First North-listed Crunchfish and RealMax Oy in Finland signs an agreement allowing the AR smart glasses provider to pre-integrate and demonstrate Crunchfish’s gesture interaction technology in solutions for its RealWear AR products. The partnership further strengthens Crunchfish’s global network of AR-partners and the position as one of the leading suppliers of gesture control for AR […]
Global payment services company American Express has announced a new partnership with online financing platform, ezbob, to offer selected small-to medium-sized UK business customers fast, secure and competitive access to finance. Through the partnership eligible American Express business clients will receive a referral to apply for up to £300,000 in finance from ezbob at a […]
Natterbox, a leading provider of global voice cloud services, has announced that it has fully integrated a highly secure, automated credit card payment service which meets the strict PCI DSS standards into its telephony platform. The new service, developed in partnership with the market leader in secure voice payment services for business, PCI Pal, offers […]
Internet of Things (IoT) has reached the stage of early mainstream adoption, with over half of business and IT leaders expecting RoI from IoT projects within three years. The study, from Fujitsu, signals that the days of simply experimenting with IoT projects are now consigned to the past. Fujitsu commissioned IDG Connect to better understand […]
In US, more than four of every five digital display ad dollars transact via programmatic means according to eMarketer. The eMarketer forecast ‘US Programmatic Ad Spending Forecast Update: Video Powers Significant Growth Through 2020‘ expects that US digital display ad dollars (86.3%) will transact programmatically by 2020 which is 82.5% this year. Other statistics predicted by the report […]
Amazon has released a set of APIs that enable smart home cameras and doorbells to connect and communicate with Echo devices. Developers are able to use the Doorbell Event Source and Motion Sensor APIs to enable customers to connect their doorbell and camera motion sensors to Alexa. The APIs give these customers the choice to […]
Fyber, a big ad monetisation company, said a survey it commissioned shows that 77 percent of brands report that they have asked their media agencies to invest in in-app advertising inventory. Traditionally, in-app purchases in free-to-play games and apps have dominated revenues in mobile. But advertising is coming on strong. The study by Sapio Research […]
Facebook has introduced a new way for users to share their experiences with the launch of futuristic, AI-powered 3D photos. Users simply have to take a single portrait shot of their friends, family, pet, holiday spot, or anything else that may interest them, and Facebook takes over by creating a 3D image based on how […]
Energy provider Npower is working with IMImobile to offer the new Apple Business Chat service to customers, allowing them to speak with call centre agents directly through the Messages app on their Apple device. It will specifically aid the roll-out process by allowing npower to share rich media messages, illustrating the benefits smart meters it […]
Following a 6-fold growth between 2013 and 2018, mobile advertising revenue is set to fall to a 12 percent CAGR, reaching a market value of USD 222 Billion in 2023, according to the latest report by Strategy Analytics. The mobile share of digital advertising will grow rapidly in less developed advertising markets but in advanced […]