• Why Fi?

    Will iPhone Save Google's Mobile Virtual Network Operator? Among its many business units, Google has a mobile virtual network operator business in the US, buying wholesale wireless capacity from Sprint, ...

  • Smart City or Surveillance Hell?

    China Builds Facial Recognition Database of Its Citizens China is quickly outpacing the rest of the world in making facial recognition technology a part of people's everyday lives. Authorities in ...

  • Virtual Reality Market Stumbles in 2018

    But FDM CCS Insight Forecast Expects It to Bounce Back in 2019 The challenges facing makers of head-worn virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) devices are underlined in our ...

  • ChargePoint to Juice Up Electric Cars

    Secures $240 Million in Series H Funding Round On Wednesday, ChargePoint, the world's leading charging network for electric vehicles, announced that it has won $240 million in a series H ...

  • The Changing Face of Holiday Shopping

    Mobile-Based Shopping Lifts Cyber Monday Sales The frenzied sales event known as Black Friday has become the unofficial start of the Christmas shopping season in the US. Shoppers rush to ...

  • Black Magic

    Google's Night Vision Shows the Growing Importance of Soft Features Although most smartphones launched these days are great, they don't introduce many new "wow" features. Night Sight is certainly one ...

  • Three Sees Bright Future Thanks to 5G

    UK Operator Pins Its Expansion Hopes on Its New Spectrum Since launching more than 15 years ago, Three UK has endured a bumpy ride. Constrained by a lack of spectrum, ...

  • Xiaomi Goes Rural In India

    Plans to Open 5,000 Stores by the End of 2019 This has been a good year for Xiaomi in India. The company became the largest smartphone brand in the country ...

  • A Shot in the Arm for the Amazon of Korea

    Cash Boost from SoftBank Fuels the Rise of Coupang This week, South Korean e-commerce company Coupang, which some have dubbed the Amazon of Korea, announced a $2 billion investment from ...

  • The Future of Retail

    Nike's New Store Blends Offline and Mobile Shopping Last week, Nike opened a new flagship store in New York. The athletic goods company calls it the House of Innovation, as ...