More localization opportunities exist in India Amazon has added full support for the Hindi language to Alexa in India, making the retailer's virtual assistant and Echo smart speakers usable to ...

UK operator strengthens its strategy for businesses O2 in the UK is on a roll. In the second quarter of 2019, it reported growth in total revenue for an 11th ...

A new push to galvanize the enterprise ecosystem for extended reality Too often, the promise of extended reality (XR) is overly focussed on just one part of the puzzle. The ...

Company sets new long-term goals after a breakout year For several years Canonical, owner of the open-source Ubuntu Linux distribution, has been investing heavily to develop its software from being ...

Use of artificial assistants spreads to drive-throughs Last week, McDonald's announced the acquisition of Apprente, a start-up based in Silicon Valley that describes itself as a "leader in the field ...

F(x)tec releases a smartphone with a pop-out qwerty keyboard Android phones with physical keyboards are like buses: you wait ages for one, then three come together. I've covered Planet Computers' ...

Apple's lower pricing for the iPhone 11 may suggest so Smartphone makers have been testing the economic rule of supply and demand for the past decade, seemingly defying conventional wisdom ...

Former smartphone innovator is evolving For many, the BlackBerry name conjures up memories of the qwerty-keyboard smartphone that many business people couldn't live without. BlackBerry was revered as a smartphone ...

California law threatens freelance-worker business models On Tuesday, in a landmark vote, the California Senate passed Assembly Bill 5, a rule that could force giants in the so-called gig economy ...

US regulator announces mid-band spectrum auction High-band millimetre-wave spectrum is exciting, but not practical. It offers lots of throughput and low latency, but needs many small cells to be effective. ...