Software, and digital transformation more broadly, have transformed the business landscape. Nearly every modern business relies on software to run their operations, and digital technology has become a pervasive, invisible thread enabling and optimizing workflows. When it works well, businesses software fades into the background....
After a star turn at January’s Consumer Electronics Show, the connected home continues its momentum with new manufacturers tying their once analog, manual products into automated, digital solutions. Many of the developments show that builders are taking the connected home from a “ground up” approach,...
Seven major global automakers have created a new charging network joint venture to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) in North America. The move will expand access to high-powered charging, the automakers said in a Wednesday (July 26) press release. The goal is to install...
For advertisers and the brands they work for, the Super Bowl is, well, the Super Bowl. With NBC charging upward of $6 million for a 30-second spot (Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, for comparison, pulls in about $9.5 million a year) for an event that’s...
July 10, 2020
Subscriptions are retaining their strength as “everything-as-a-service” (XaaS) joins the post-COVID chorus of business models that seem tailor-made for these strange days. PYMNTS’ July 2020 Subscription Commerce Conversion Index, done in collaboration with Recurly, shows how well subscription services are performing during the pandemic. Our July Index, which measures merchants’ ability to convert subscribers, found that firms’ average score rose […]
September 29, 2024
A recent glitch found in Kias has highlighted cybersecurity vulnerabilities in connected vehicles. According to a report from the cybersecurity publication Dark Reading, the flaw was found earlier this month by independent researcher Sam Curry while he was conducting follow-up research on other vehicles. That research, the report said, showed how anyone could take advantage […]
July 26, 2023
Seven major global automakers have created a new charging network joint venture to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) in North America. The move will expand access to high-powered charging,...
February 18, 2021
Social shopping platform Personas Social has rolled out a bitcoin payment system, according to a press release. The company will now accept bitcoin payments for purchasing content on its Peeks...
February 08, 2021
Hyundai Motor Co. and its Kia unit announced Monday (Feb. 8) morning South Korea time that they are not in discussions with Apple Inc. about teaming up on an autonomous...
