Google teams with Walmart for voice-enabled shopping
Walmart and Google are teaming up to enter the voice-shopping market, currently dominated by Amazon’s Alexa.
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Virtual tours and digital assistants: UK holidaymakers think future of travel lies in tech
Travel companies need to embrace new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) to create a more immersive and enjoyable travel experience for holidaymakers, new research suggests.
GroundTruth sees rise in global demand for location data
Global location tech company GroundTruth (formerly xAd has seen a 35% QoQ revenue growth as major brands like L’Occitane and Timberland put more budget towards location-based marketing.
NBC Snapchat show gets 30m viewers in first month
In less than a month, more than 29 million unique viewers tuned into NBC News’ new twice-daily Snapchat Show, Stay Tuned, making it one of Snapchat’s fastest-growing Shows.
The rise of chatbot financial assistants: 3 apps that are changing banking
Chatbots are being used by fintech start-ups to help customers manage and save their money. Plum, Chip and Cleo are automatic financial assistants which use intelligent software to understand customer spending habits, and customers can chat about their finances to their chatbot whenever they feel like it.
WhatsApp to add payments in messaging app
WhatsApp is set to launch direct payments on its messaging app, as the Facebook-owned messaging app becomes the latest service to let users transfer money to one another with a text.
Top 10 burning issues in digital: comScore warns of TV digital divide and programmatic pricing pressure
Digital monitoring firm comScore has published its Top 10 Burning Issues in Digital report providing a perspective on the most pressing topics, issues and trends that are changing the way media buyers and sellers evaluate digital in the context of the broader media ecosystem.
Soundcloud saved with $170m investment
Music streaming service Soundcloud has survived a recent money scare after securing a $170m (£135m) in investment.
Millennial trends: 16-24s mobile use ‘to overtake all other media combined’
The mobile tipping point is happening among 16-24s globally; the point in which internet users will spend longer on their mobile than all other devices combined, according to new research.
Snap shares dive 17% as user growth slows
Snapchat shares have plummeted 17% as the social media firm saw user numbers and revenues grow slower than expected and losses rise nearly fourfold, amid increasing competition from Instagram.