India’s Ola Announces UK Push
Ride-Hailing Company Looks for a Gateway to Europe Last week, Ola, the Indian ride-hailing start-up, announced that it’s heading to the UK. In its second big international push, Ola received…
The Biometrics Race
NEC to Bring Facial Recognition to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Biometrics are becoming an increasingly common way to authenticate people by public agencies and on privately owned hardware such as…
Driving Skills
Amazon Announces the Alexa Auto Software Development Kit It has become common for people to talk to a piece of hardware in their living room. It’s the evolution of searching…
Samsung Debuts the Galaxy Watch
Shows Off New Fitness Features, Traditional Design and LTE Support At its Unpacked event in New York yesterday, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Watch, its latest flagship smartwatch and the follow-up…
Android Pie Freshly Baked
Google Launches Android 9 with Control to Limit Screen Time On Monday, Google released the commercial version of its latest major Android build, called Android 9 Pie. The platform was…
Samsung Lifts the Veil on Galaxy Note9
New Flagship Debuts with Meaningful Updates Samsung unveiled its latest flagship device, the Galaxy Note9, at its Samsung Unpacked event in New York today. The handset brings several improvements to…
Chase Bank Goes Cardless
Mobile Wallet Apps Get a Boost from NFC-Enabled ATMs Last week, Chase, one of the largest banks in the US, announced that its customers no longer need a physical debit…
A Three-Horse E-Commerce Race in India
Reliance Retail Starts Online Sales, Takes on Amazon and Flipkart Last week, Reliance Retail launched an e-commerce platform for smartphones and electronics, using the brand clout of Reliance Digital. Reliance…
A Multidimensional Imaging Race
Camera Count Joins Megapixels as a Smartphone Metric Sony recently announced the upcoming release of its IMX586 stacked CMOS (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) image sensor for smartphone cameras. The sensor is capable…
Line to Roll Out Mobile Payments in Japan
Japanese Messaging App to Target 1 Million Retailers by the End of 2018 Japan is one of the most technologically advanced nations in the world, but despite this, most retail…