Here Mobility Drives to Democratise the Uber Model
Back-End Services for Transport May Let Others Beat Disruptors Here is the mapping and location platform owned by Audi, BMW, Daimler, Intel, Bosch, Continental and Pioneer. In 2Q17 it set up a new...
View ArticleRobots Transform the Global Workplace
Machines Work with Humans to Accomplish Quick Fulfilment Intelligent robots are increasingly creeping into store aisles and major warehouses. The energy and funding is there.
View ArticleFrench Intelligence
France Outlines an Artificial Intelligence Strategy Artificial intelligence has moved its way up the food chain, becoming a fundamental ingredient for a nation's economy and security.
View ArticleSupport Grows for Cellular V2X
Operators, Suppliers and Car-Makers Back Vehicle Networking Standard Momentum continues to build behind the 3GPP-based standard known as cellular V2X (C-V2X).
View ArticleLocalisation Trumps English in India
Tech Companies Need to Adapt to the Local Lingua on the Subcontinent Technology companies looking to cater to the many millions of Indians who are expected to soon buy their first smartphones need to...
View ArticleRakuten's Telecom Foray in Japan
E-Commerce Company to Build Its Own LTE Network Japan's biggest e-commerce company, Rakuten, has won government approval to launch its own LTE network, making it the fourth mobile network operator in...
View ArticleCloud Service
Google and Others Want In on In-Flight Connectivity Services In-flight Wi-Fi has gone from being a luxury to an expectation. Many airlines now offer this service, including on long-haul flights, with...
View ArticleAI Tackles the Indian Parcel Problem
Flipkart Uses Artificial Intelligence to Set the Record Straight India's e-commerce market is still settling in. Just over the past few days, the takeover battle for the top company in this space,...
View ArticleOver the Top and Overseas
Netflix Is Changing Content Consumption Almost Everywhere Founded more than 20 years ago, Netflix has disrupted the global broadcasting industry in a profound way.
View ArticleAmazon in a Prime Position
Latest Shareholder Letter Offers Rare Glimpse into Amazon Performance Amazon is among the most secretive companies in the technology space and one rarely gets an insight into the details of how the...
View ArticleSphere of Influence
Microsoft's Azure Sphere: a Security System for an IoT World After decades of development, major PC and smartphone platforms now have security features built into their cores.
View ArticleThe Chips Are Down for ZTE
Chinese Phone-Maker Removed from US Smartphone Gene Pool Last week, the US Department of Commerce announced a denial order against ZTE in response to what it called "repeated false statements" to the...
View ArticleHuawei Flaunts Its 5G Plans
Unveils 5G Device Road Map at Its Global Analyst Summit Last week, I attended Huawei's 15th annual Global Analyst Summit in Shenzhen, China.
View ArticleAmazon Releases a Light Mobile Browser
"Internet" Is an Android Web Browser for Emerging Markets Last week, Amazon launched an Android Internet browser optimised for users in emerging markets, where access to mobile data and high-speed...
View ArticleBody Hacking? There's an App for That
The Personal Mobile Tech Providing Digital Drug Effects The popularisation of mobile phones initially triggered widespread fears about the effect of sustained exposure to electromagnetic radiation.
View ArticleVodafone's Bet on Pet Tech
Operator Unleashes "V by Vodafone" Initiative As demand for new smartphones declines in many mature markets, it's little wonder that mobile operators are starting to think about other connected devices...
View ArticleFitbit Rides on Google's Cloud
Device Maker to Use Google's New Cloud Healthcare API Yesterday, Fitbit announced it will begin using Google's new Cloud Healthcare API to make data from its devices more accessible to healthcare...
View ArticleElectrify America to Juice Up Electric Cars
Volkswagen Unit to Deploy 2,000 Fast Chargers by End of 2019 A lack of public charging stations in the US is seen as a major barrier to mass adoption of electric vehicles in the country.
View ArticleOculus Looks to Ignite Standalone VR Space
Attractively-Priced Oculus Go Headset Starts Shipping This week at its F8 developer conference, Facebook announced that the Oculus Go standalone virtual reality (VR) headset is now available in 23...
View ArticleXiaomi Shines a Light on Its Business
Prospectus for Initial Share Offering Reveals New Detail Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) on the Hong Kong stock market.
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