A new study has found that the smart speaker and music streaming markets are becoming more interdependent. According to CNBC, market research firm AudienceNet conducted the study, called “Audiomonitor 2018: The Overall Music Listening Landscape,” surveying 3,000 people older than 16. The data revealed that music services such as Spotify, Apple Music and Pandora are […]
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One of the new realities of augmented reality is this: the technology is attracting more investment from China than from sources in North America. This trend happens as activity around AR heats up, with major players in the digital economy apparently positioning themselves to profit as the retail-friendly tech move every closer to mainstream popularity. […]
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Digitally native retailers are testing out temporary brick-and-mortar locations to drive consumer engagement — and allow their customers to experience some of their selections in real life. Two eCommerce retailers in particular — Wayfair and Brandless — are planning to reach consumers with pop-up shops ahead of the busy holiday shopping season. Wayfair plans to […]
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Time Magazine has put a blockchain startup from Ghana in its “Genius Companies” list for 2018, along with such companies as Apple, Netflix and SpaceX. American journal Time Magazine has included a blockchain startup in its recent top 50 “Genius Companies 2018″ list, published Thursday, October 4. In putting together the list, the magazine asked […]
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What would you say about a computer geek who said he could protect your online identity, and while doing do would make a bold move against the likes of Facebook and Google? What would you say if that person happened to be the inventor of the World Wide Web? As consumers become more cautious — […]
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sponsored A blockchain-based “crypto arcade playground” is vowing to help game developers make decent profits without having to rely on commission-heavy app stores. For small indie game developers, the advent of Apple’s App Store and Google Play has proven to be both a blessing and a curse. While one-man bands were able to upstage some […]
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Mining malware in 2018: growth, Macs, the NSA and amateur cryptojackers 2017 was a big year for cryptojacking. It increased by 8,500 percent, according to figures published by Symantec in March. And it would seem that 2018 has so far been an even bigger year for mining malware, as the Cyber Threat Alliance September report […]
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Want a nod to the power of a message – to the power of social media? Look no further than the weight of a single WhatsApp message, which sank a stock in India, erasing almost three quarters of its value. Bloomberg reported Friday that eCommerce firm Infibeam Avenues Ltd shares plunged 71 percent after a […]
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An opinion piece on why attracting foreign investments might not be a good idea The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. On September 27, the EU Competitiveness Council met in Brussels to discuss how to support Europe’s digitization, particularly with regard to […]
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Big Tech companies Amazon, Apple, AT&T, Charter, Google, and Twitter have backed the idea that there is a need for new federal data privacy protection laws during a hearing before Congress this week. The Guardian, citing a Senate commerce committee hearing, reported representatives of the companies all agreed that something has to be done — […]
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