2016 IT Spending Offers Glimpse of Cloud Computing Potential for 2017 and Beyond
Technology is the backbone of global business, and IT spending is a leading indicator of the trends across the hardware,…
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Former Microsoft EVP Dr. Qi Lu to Bring Artificial Intelligence Expertise to Baidu
Ex-Executive Vice President of Services and Applications Group at Microsoft, Dr. Qi Lu, has been hired by Chinese web services…
How Amazon Echo and Alexa Will Follow in Prime and AWS Footsteps
Over the past month Alexa, the virtual assistant from the Amazon Echo smart speaker, has forayed far and wide. But,…
Chinese e-Retailer Alibaba Finally Cracks Down on Counterfeits, Sues 2 Vendors
The marketplace model of online retailing is not a new concept, but it has helped Chinese retail and technology company…
Cloud Industry Review 2016 Part 5 – Google Cloud Growth
Of all the cloud companies in the industry today, Alphabet’s Google is the one company that had the longest and…
The One Habit that is Stopping Consumers from Embracing Mobile Wallets
The Internet plays a major role in our lives, there’s no doubt about it. It has irrevocably changed the way…
Cloud Industry Review 2016 Part 4 – Oracle Cloud Growth
In the first three articles in this multi-part series, we covered the cloud businesses of the world’s top cloud providers:…
Why Facebook’s Active User Base Growth Will Breeze Past 2 Billion
Facebook’s user base growth has been staggering. Not many companies on earth can boast of a user base that kept…
This is Why Apple and PayPal are Dumping Billions into Mobile Wallet Technology
The mobile wallet space is not one that you can call extremely crowded, but when you factor in the…
Cloud Industry Review 2016 Part 3: IBM Cloud Growth
In this cloud industry review series, I’ve been talking about the biggest players in cloud, the edge they have over…
The Smartphone Industry is About to Get Brutal. Who’ll Last and Who’ll be Last?
2016 turned out to be the year that shocked the smartphone world, in terms of sales. It’s not that smartphones…
How Amazon Go Can Fill a Huge Hole in the E-tailer’s Competitive Edge
After many months, if not years, of speculation about Amazon’s intentions to enter into the brick and mortar space, it…
Cloud Industry Review 2016 Part 2: Microsoft Cloud Growth
Yesterday, we covered the champion of the cloud infrastructure industry, Amazon Web Services. We saw how their margins had grown…
Ouch! But Trump is Right about China on These Two Issues
Before we even begin the article, let’s start with a disclaimer: I used to live in the United States, but…
Cloud Industry Review 2016 Part 1: Amazon Web Services (AWS) Growth
As 2016 draws to a close, this would be the right time to take a closer look at the cloud…