Opening a physical store is one of the last things you’d expect an e-commerce giant like Amazon to do, but that’s exactly what the company did a few months ago when it launched a brick-and-mortar bookstore in Seattle. Even more surprising is the fact that CEO Jeff Bezos told shareholders
There are thousands of Walmarts scattered across the country, so it’s no surprise that companies like Apple and Google have been trying to get the supermarket chain to adopt their mobile payments services, Apple Pay and Android Pay, respectively. Unfortunately, Walmart has refused to partner w
The ride-sharing market is divided into two parts: Uber and those other guys. With billions in funding coming in every few months, and a valuation that could be as high as $65 billion, Uber is the undisputed leader at the moment, and its sheer dominance in the market has caused “those other gu
The tablet market has been shrinking for a while now, but a recent shift in the industry may breathe new life into the tablet market. Apple, Google, and Microsoft have released high-end tablets in recent months that feature abnormally large screens and PC-like capabilities, which has actually drawn
Remember a few months back when we started hearing rumors that GoPro was working on its own consumer drone? Well the company confirmed those rumors earlier this week when it released some teaser footage that was shot from one of its drones. The footage looks as awesome as you’d expect, but wha
Firing a bunch of people right after he was named the permanent CEO of Twitter probably wasn’t the best way for Jack Dorsey to start things off, which is why he decided to distribute a third of his Twitter stock to the remaining employees that survived the recent purge. Considering how Dorsey
In a move that reeks of desperation, some of the biggest names in the PC market have joined forces to launch an ad campaign that’s supposed to drive more people to buy PCs. Dell, HP, Intel, Lenovo, and Microsoft have come together for the first time ever in order to highlight how important PCs
Vuforia isn’t a name that many people are familiar with, but it’s the most popular augmented reality platform on the market at the moment, and it has a new owner. Qualcomm was the original owner, but the company has decided to leave the augmented reality market, for unknown reasons, and
Amazon may have some serious competition from domestic companies in Asia, but here in the West, the only company that really stands a chance is Jet.com. The e-commerce startup finally launched earlier this year after spending several months building itself up, and it looked really promising. What ma
Alongside the plethora of useful features that smart cars offer is the ever-present threat of hackers. Security experts have been worrying about the threat that hackers pose to smart cars for years, but it wasn’t until just recently that consumers really started to understand how vulnerable th
You can already use your fingerprint to authorize mobile payments with certain smartphones and some companies are working on alternative methods like facial recognition and retinal scanning, but a company by the name of Nymi has managed to create what’s essentially a wearable credit card that&
Watson’s medical capabilities got a significant boost late last week after IBM dropped $1 billion to acquire medical image company Merge Healthcare and combine its technology with Watson. Healthcare has always been the industry where IBM’s artificial intelligence has the most potential a