Articles by Richard Adhikari

Data science has become mission-critical to many enterprises. Internet Advertising Bureau projections indicate that companies in the United States will spend billions on third-party audience data in 2018 and even more on third-party solutions to use that data as they move toward becoming model-driven It's not just a matter of harvesting data and th...

Amazon will unveil eight new Alexa-powered devices for the car and home before the end of the year, CNBC reported Monday. They include a microwave oven, an amplifier, a receiver, a subwoofer and an in-car gadget. Amazon is expected to reveal some of the devices at an event later this month....

Defending against foreign interference in American elections is one of the priorities Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been focusing on this year, he said in a post Wednesday The issue is highly sensitive, and it is one that has garnered a great deal of discussion in media reports and on the Web. Special counsel Robert Mueller warned in a court fil...

Apple on Wednesday unveiled three new iPhones at an event held in the Steve Jobs Theatre on its Cupertino, California, campus. Along with the iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max and iPhone XR, Apple introduced the Apple Watch 4 "Our mission started with personalizing technology for the desktop," CEO Tim Cook told the audience, and it's "now personalizing it f...

7-Eleven on Monday said it has begun accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay at participating U.S. stores. The stores will add support for the services throughout this month Apple Pay works with all iPhone models going back to the SE (successor to the iPhone 5s). It also works with Apple Watch....

ShipBob, which offers Amazon-type fulfillment services to small and mid-sized businesses, on Thursday announced it had raised US$40 million in a Series C funding round led by Menlo Ventures Existing investors Bain Capital Ventures, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Hyde Park Angels and Y Combinator also participated in the round.

American consumers' attitudes toward Facebook appear to be cooling, based on the results of a Pew Research Center survey released Wednesday. Forty-two percent of the roughly 4,600 people who responded to the May poll said they had taken a break of several weeks from checking the platform....

Google last week announced new steps to combat the placement of fraudulent tech support ads on its platform The company will roll out a verification program in the next few months to ensure that only legitimate third-party tech support providers can place Google ads....

Data science has become mission-critical to many enterprises. Companies in the United States will spend billions on third-party audience data in 2018 and even more on third-party solutions to use that data, as they move toward becoming model-driven, Internet Advertising Bureau projections indicate It's not just a matter of harvesting data and then ...

AdTheorent, which offers a machine learning platform for advertisers, on Thursday announced AdTheorent Relationship Targeting This new product allows advertisers to harness the power of relationships with family members, cohabitants or friends to influence a consumer to take desired actions....

Braavo Capital on Tuesday announced it has raised US$6 million in Series A funding, led by E.ventures with participation from SWS Venture Capital and Bill Smith, CEO of Shipt. The company also converted $2 million in seed capital from investors including SV Angel and BoxGroup, bringing the total equity raised to date to nearly $8 million....

Atlatl Software on Monday unveiled its bCommerce Visual Configurator, which gives manufacturers access to the company's 3D Visual Configurator via Web browsers B2B buyers can use the Visual Configurator on manufacturers' websites to make selections and pass them on to the manufacturers' sales reps in real time....

Google on Wednesday announced the availability of Google One as a storage upgrade option for people in the United States The option will become available in other countries within the next few weeks....

Microsoft and Amazon on Wednesday announced the release of a public preview of the integration of their Cortana and Alexa voice assistants Cortana will be available on amazon Echo devices, while Alexa will be available to U.S. customers on Windows 10 devices and on Harman Kardon Invoke speakers....

Square on Monday announced that Cash App users could buy and sell bitcoin in all 50 U.S. states Red, white, and bitcoin. Now you can use Cash App to buy bitcoin in all 50 states. pic.twitter.com/D4fhVRz7WL...

Samsung unveiled its much-anticipated Galaxy Note9 Thursday at its Unpacked event in New York City. The company made several other announcements as well, as it presented its vision for a seamlessly connected world "We are creating a galaxy of experiences that span not just devices and locations but platforms and brands," said DJ Koh, CEO of Samsung...

CVS Health'a retail MinuteClinic on Wednesday announced MinuteClinic Video Visits, a new virtual healthcare offering designed to assist people with minor illnesses and injuries, skin conditions, and other wellness needs The telehealth offering will provide 24/7 access to healthcare services via mobile devices....

Versium on Tuesday announced a partnership with LiveRamp, an Axiom company, to launch artificial intelligence-powered B2B audience segments,as part of a new business-to-business data management platform The partnership will let companies perform online targeting of offline business professional data that often is housed within their own CRM systems...

Worldwide spending on blockchain will hit US$1.5 billion this year -- twice as much as in 2017 -- and it will total nearly $12 billion in 2022, according to IDC. The technology is expected to have a five-year compound annual growth rate of 73.2 percent Cross-business collaboration and interoperability have emerged as key aspects in the technology's...

Early reviews of the Microsoft Surface Go two-in-one, which hit shelves on Thursday, mainly have been positive "It's a tiny wonder of a computer -- with a few flaws -- that can do more than I would have given it credit for before I tried it," wrote Dieter Bohn for The Verge....