Virtual Assistants Are People Too
Virtual Assistant Responses Are Carefully Crafted by People The top names in tech now each have digital assistants, with Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft each offering their own flavour of...
View ArticleGE to Fade out CFLs for LEDs
A Big Boost for the Internet of Things This week, General Electric (GE) announced plans to phase out production of compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) bulbs in the US by the end of 2016.
View ArticleSuper Bowl 50's High-Tech Kick Off
The Big Game Gets a Silicon Valley Makeover On 7 February, Super Bowl 50 will be played at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. It's anticipated that 72,000 fans will fill the venue and that...
View ArticlePrice Awareness Hits the Smartphone Market
The End of Subsidy in the US Has Implications for Europe CCS Insight's latest market forecast projects smartphone shipments in North America and Western Europe will grow just 3 percent between 2015 and...
View ArticleFacebook Can't Give It Away
Indian Regulator Rules on Net Neutrality Norms Zero-rated data has taken centre stage lately, but some regulators are concerned that service providers and mobile operators can funnel traffic in a...
View ArticleAfrica Gains Its First Unicorn
AIG Is Developing Internet Businesses Across Africa This week, French insurance giant AXA announced an investment of €75 million for an 8 percent stake in Africa Internet Group (AIG), one of Africa's...
View ArticleWhy Smartwatches Still Don't Cut It
Is Bluetooth the Weak Link? CCS Insight has amassed an impressive collection of wearable devices over the past few years. We believe it's important to have first-hand experience with the devices,...
View ArticleLaying the Foundations for 5G
Qualcomm Ups the Connectivity Ante with Its Gigabit-Class Snapdragon X16 LTE Modem Qualcomm is currently enjoying a connectivity advantage, widening the gap between the company and its competitors by...
View ArticleHigh-Speed Internet via Satellite
California-Based ViaSat Sends up High-Capacity Satellites This week, California-based ViaSat announced that it was developing a system to enable high-speed Internet connectivity via satellite.
View ArticleMicrosoft Needs Some Phone Magic
Lumia 650 Reflects New Reality Facing Redmond's Phone Business Yesterday, Microsoft unveiled the Lumia 650, an entry-level business Windows 10 smartphone with a five-inch screen and powered by a...
View ArticleWhat Makes People Click
ClickTale's Software Reveals Every Detail of Online Activity ClickTale is a conversion rate optimization tool that provides customers with analytics that show highly detailed information on how...
View ArticleThe Four-Dollar Flagship
Ringing Bells' Freedom 251 Targets the Indian Masses This week, an Indian start-up called Ringing Bells unveiled a new smartphone which the company said it will sell for 251 rupees ($4)
View ArticleRansomware: an Alarming Trend
Digital Shakedown Racket Spreads In the past week, the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles became the latest high-profile institution to be hit by a ransomware attack, resulting in a...
View ArticleOfcom Weighs Openreach Future
BT and Its Rivals Battle over the UK's Broadband Infrastructure The future of broadband access in the UK and the role of BT's Openreach unit have become hot topics as regulator Ofcom readies to publish...
View ArticleDaily Insight: Mobile World Congress 2016 (Sunday)
News and Analysis This is the first of our daily reports from Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona.
View ArticleSamsung Pay Gets a Move On
Samsung, SEAT and SAP Join Forces for the Connected Car At last year's Mobile World Congress, Volkswagen subsidiary SEAT and Samsung unveiled a digital key concept to enable remote unlocking of car doors
View ArticleDaily Insight: Mobile World Congress 2016 (Monday)
News and Analysis This is the second of our daily reports from Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona.
View ArticleEricsson Heads for the Clouds
Data Deluge Demands Cooperation On Monday at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Ericsson and Amazon announced a partnership to bring Ericsson's customers — telecom network operators and service...
View ArticleDaily Insight: Mobile World Congress 2016 (Tuesday)
News and Analysis This is the third of our daily reports from Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona.
View ArticleLG's G5 Has Friends with Benefits
New Smartphone Takes a Modular Approach This week LG introduced its latest smartphone at Mobile World Congress. In the competitive handset market, where margins are razor-thin, LG dared to be different.
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