In 2019, a number of high-profile tech companies have decided to leave the private sector and transition to publicly owned and traded entities. There are many reasons companies decide to make initial public offerings (IPOs), and there’s more to it than seeing your company’s shiny, new letters trending on the stock ticker. Typically, IPOs serve […]
When you pay for goods or services, you typically use your fingers to complete the transaction. However, any set of fingers can complete that transaction, as long as the person attached to them has the proper information. Imagine a world where your unique fingertips — or other unique physical characteristics — are needed to process […]
Imagine if, every time you wanted to use a GIF or screenshot, you had to ask its copyright owner’s permission to post the content. In the European Union, this may soon be the case. On March 25, the European Parliament approved Article 17 (formerly known as Article 13), which requires online platforms to police copyrighted […]
Any marketer will tell you that you can’t improve what you don’t measure. As experts in the customer journey, they’ve been using good measurement practices to improve the experience of all those who interact with the brand. The savviest of organizations are realizing that their candidates have a very similar journey, and the impact to […]
We’ve previously written about attacks and killings in India spurred on by false and incendiary information spread on WhatsApp. Falsified content and profiles have posed a massive problem on Facebook, particularly in the United States, but other countries have seen similar negative ramifications from fake stories spread on the Facebook subsidiary. Now, it seems the […]
Kroger, America’s largest grocery store, has teamed up with Microsoft to make what they hope to be a formidable foe against Amazon. Two high-tech grocery stores stores — one in Redmond, Washington and the other in Monroe, Ohio — recently opened as a result of this union to give shoppers and employees an easier, more […]