
Salesforce, Apple partner to spur mobile enterprise development
strategic partnership that will provide new tools for Salesforce developers, including its first mobile SDK, and developer training to...

Amazon launches a dozen new devices to put ‘Alexa everywhere’
At a hardware event yesterday, Amazon introduced a number of updated or new Echo devices and a range of appliances with Alexa integrated....

Report: Connected TV impressions have grown 106% since 2016
For decades marketers have dreamed of “addressable TV,” with ads that could be customized or targeted to specific groups. While there...

To demystify location data, Unacast offers ‘Clear View Transparency Pledge’
Location data has become an increasingly valuable asset to marketers. Using offline behavior and movements (like a “cookie for the...

Adobe: 47% of smart speaker owners using device in shopping process
Adobe. And it supports the narrative that smart speakers are an important, emerging commerce channel. Adobe surveyed 1,000 US consumers,...

Virtual reality enters its ‘trough of despair’ as shipments decline
According to analyst firm International Data Corporation (IDC), global shipments of virtual reality (VR) headsets were down about 34...

Study: Telecoms have been throttling YouTube and Netflix since demise of net neutrality
The throttling has begun in earnest. According to a report from Bloomberg based on a study from Northeastern University and the...

Google expands Assistant device network, adds polyglot support
Google Assistant devices have an advantage over Echo in international markets. Seeking to capitalize and expand on that, the company is...

Survey: Teens cutting back on mobile screen, social media time
According to a new survey from Pew Research Center, teens are cutting back on mobile phone and social media usage. Parents, not so much....

Chrome browser to update to material design ‘across all operating systems’
Based on Google Chrome enterprise release notes, The Verge reported that Google’s browser will get a “new design across all operating...

Google faces potential class action, FTC penalties for ‘surreptitious’ location tracking
A California resident named Napoleon Patacsil has filed a lawsuit against Google in federal court (Patacsil v. Google, Inc.) seeking...

Report says Google to launch own smart display in time for holidays
Out of more than 50 million Alexa devices sold, fewer than 500,000 have been the Echo Show, according to Canalys. That’s partly because...

Google clarifies it does capture location data after Location History is turned off
Earlier this week, the AP reported that Google continues to collect user location data even when user Location History is turned off. In...

Who’s really winning the smart speaker market, Amazon or Google?
Earlier this week, Strategy Analytics released its Q2 global smart speaker shipments report. The data showed Amazon still as the global...

Microsoft and Amazon marry their assistants, but will the honeymoon be short-lived?
Roughly a year ago, Amazon and Microsoft announced that they each would be integrating their respective digital assistants into the...

Report: Google continues to gain global smart speaker share
Consistent with earlier data, Strategy Analytics reported that Google is gaining global share in the smart speaker market. It’s also...

AP: Google collects location data when ‘Location History’ is turned off
Yesterday, the AP reported that Google collects user location data regardless of user Location History settings: Google wants to know...

Apple’s HomePod makes modest gains against Echo, Google Home [Report]
Using consumer survey data, Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) reported this week that Apple’s HomePod smart speaker made...

Square opens platform to third-party developers to create new payment experiences
Today, Square announced the Square Reader SDK that lets developers build new payment experiences and workflows for specific audiences and...
























