Google Home is fast catching up. As per research firm eMarketer, Amazon’s voice-controlled speakers are dominating the nascent market of voice-controlled speakers. As per the results of its study, Amazon Echo and Echo Dot devices have grabbed 70.6% of the U.S. market in 2017. These speakers feature Amazon’s Alexa, its voice-controlled assistant which allows consumers…
As it redirects its attention to battery-powered vehicles and emerges from the 2015 diesel emissions scandal the Volkswagen car brand said it is confident it will “leapfrog” the competition and become a leader in electric cars by 2025. It would target 1m electric car sales by 2025, said the VW brand, by far the biggest company in…
A very recent and wide-ranging study in Britain has revealed how the technology is helping smokers to give up harmful tobacco even as the United States cracks down on rules governing e-cigarettes. In the United States, the sales of e-cigarettes, cigars as well as pipe and hookah tobacco will now also be governed by the…
The move is aimed at reducing the churn of customers. In a strategic development aimed at boosting consumer loyalty and its broadband business, Comcast Corp has launched a new cloud-based service that its users to monitor and control their Wi-Fi usage. Called XFi, the service is a boon to parent since it allows them to…
As you might expect, prompted by the success in the U.S. elections, the same players tried the same tactics in France. Computer security researchers have come to the conclusion that far-right activists from the United States, armed with automated bots, along with WikiLeaks, have helped amplify the leak of hacked emails belonging to the French…
Noting a key milestone for a country seeking a place in the global aviation market, the first large Chinese-made passenger jet has taken off on its maiden flight. At the Pudong international airport in the commercial hub Shanghai as a crowd of thousands cheered, the C919 single-aisle jet, which can hold up to 168 passengers,…
This is a significant achievement for China since it wants to put to use Syngenta’s top tier Chemicals and patent-protected seeds to improve its agricultural output. In a significant development, ChemChina has managed to win enough support from Syngenta’s shareholders to approve its $43 billion takeover bid. With this strategic move, China has secured a…
This is welcome news for Britain: despite Brexit it is continuing to be the recipient of funds to create new technologies. Amazon plans on opening a new centre in Cambridge wherein it plans on deploying scientists and technicians to develop its future technologies, including ones for Alexa, its digital assistant that it currently uses in…
With the already announced aim of providing high-speed internet to Earth, Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to start launching satellites into orbit in 2019. In a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) filing in November, the company outlined plans to put 4,425 satellites into space. But very little detail was available about the planned timeline in the document. However,…
It is likely to be the first U.S. company to receive the anti-corruption compliance certificate from the world certification body Wal-Mart is considering getting certified under a new international program that is designed to help companies defend themselves against stray cases of poor business practices or corruption. Wal-Mart aims to be the first U.S. company…
