Amazon may be trying to do for health care what it did for shopping online. In September 2019, the world’s largest online retailer quietly launched a Seattle-area pilot program offering its employees health care through an app. The service, called Amazon Care, lets patients use an app to schedule appointments and connect with a medical…
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Sony, DoCoMo Test Remote Auto Test Drive Over 5G
Having a car in, say, Guam, and driving it from 1,500 miles away in Japan, all by 5G, sounded pretty theoretical. Until suddenly it wasn’t. The car, manufactured by the Sony Corporation and dubbed the New Concept Car SC-1, was out for testing with Docomo Pacific, the largest telco in Guam and the Northern Mariana…
Ford And Google Sign Six-Year Deal For In Car Connectivity And Cloud Services
Ford and Google are entering a six-year deal that will make the tech giant responsible for much of the automaker’s growing in-vehicle connectivity. Google will also provide cloud computing and other technology services. The partnership announced Monday is designed to streamline Ford’s operations and accelerate an ongoing $11 billion restructuring plan. It marks a major…
Big Data Crunching Company Databricks Attracts $1 Billion Funding From Amazon, Google, Microsoft’s Venture Arms
Databricks, a start-up whose software helps companies quickly process large sets of data and get it ready for analysis, said Monday it has raised $1 billion in fresh cash, including from a few prominent corporate investors. Amazon Web Services, Alphabet’s CapitalG venture arm and Salesforce Ventures all joined in, according to a statement. Microsoft, which…
Just Read – Shoe Dog A Memoir by the Creator of Nike By Phil Knight
The first book of the year. At the beginning of the year, i decided i would read at least 12 physical books. This is apart from the ones i might read on Kindle or some other e-reader. Since i spend most of my time on gadgets, i think i might need to tweak that target…
How to Make an Ecommerce Career Work for You
If you’re ready for a career change and have ever thought about opening your own business, now may be the perfect time to do so. Ecommerce has experienced substantial growth over the last four years and is expected to nearly double by 2021. While sites such as Amazon, Wayfair, and Zulily dominate the market, small…
Dragonchain Awarded Patent for Blockchain Powered Loyalty System
Dragonchain, an enterprise blockchain-as-a-service provider originally developed out of a Disney technology incubator, was awarded a patent for a loyalty system that tracks and monetizes time on the blockchain, according to documents published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patent, titled security systems and methods based on cryptographic utility token inventory tenure,…
Facebook Sets Up Libra Networks in Switzerland
Facebook has reportedly set up a fintech company dubbed Libra Networks in Switzerland. The move clearly correlates with the social media giant’s Project Libra. According to Reuters, the focus of the fintech is on the blockchain, payments, data analytics, and investing. Libra Networks, which was registered in Geneva on May 2, will provide financial and…
How TripAdvisor changed travel
Should one be so unlucky as to find oneself, as I did, lying awake in bed in the early hours of the morning in a hostel in La Paz, Bolivia, listening anxiously to the sound of someone trying to force their way into one’s room, one could do worse than to throw a chair under…
How is Best Buy Thriving in the Age of Amazon
In Best Buy’s perfect world, all 380 of its new “in-home advisors” would park their clean, white Priuses in front of a customer’s house rather than in the driveway, where the car could block others. They would quickly appraise the neighborhood, survey the landscaping, and see if a security system is in place. After knocking…
Microsoft and Walmart Team Up to Take On Amazon
Walmart has plenty of competition, but you could argue that its only real rival is Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN). And the two massive retailers are engaged in a technological arms race to make shopping as easy and convenient as possible for customers. That’s an area where the e-commerce leader has had an edge. Because Amazon started as…
How Amazon Rattles Other Companies
Amazon’s ambitions have few limits, and the mere specter of its entry into a particular industry can shape markets. When the company has appeared interested in expanding into a new business, it has spooked investors in potential competitors, leading to large sell-offs. The most recent example: Amazon, along with JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway, announced…
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