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Listen: Helping Retailers and Customers Connect with Nick Brackenbury

On today’s podcast, we chat with Nick Brackenbury from Near St. We discuss a literal “lightbulb moment” that led to the founding of the company, the logical approach that they take towards local businesses, some challenges with managing data for an area, and Nick recounts his personal stress-test for the app. For more information…

Listen: How Augmented Reality Will Impact E-Commerce with Thomas Lee

On today’s podcast, we have a conversation with Thomas Lee from Jumdle. We discuss the challenges faced in developing VR vs AR, the rapid advancement in hardware and how it will impact AR, and Thomas approves of the “less is more” approach to Star Wars movies. For the latest news, videos, and podcasts in…

MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS: CONNECTED DRONES

MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS: CONNECTED DRONES

Last month, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Deutsche Telekom, one of the world’s 10 largest telecommunications companies, featured Microdrones in their presentation on CONNECTED DRONES- the safe and fair integration of drones into German airspace via mobile network.  CONNECTED DRONES is a joint project of Deutsche Telekom and DFS, Deutsche Flugsicherung. LEARN MORESCHEDULE A MEETING Timotheus Höttges,…

Energy Saving Tips For Every Industry

Energy Saving Tips For Every Industry

See how businesses like yours are saving energy every day. Here we provide energy saving tips specific to your industry- retail, manufacturing, hotel, office, restaurant, and education. Read The Full List Here

Choosing An Access Control System

Choosing An Access Control System

Facility executives make a lot of decisions, the least of which includes those related to matters of facility security and access. With multiple options on the market, choosing a system can seem a daunting task. But the task can be simplified by asking four questions about the system, your facility, and the needs of your…

From Sunglasses to Cinema

From Sunglasses to Cinema

Behind every great movie and television show is an overshadowed and fundamental piece of technology—the camera. The picture quality of a film is imperative in projecting the director’s vision with precision, and moviegoers can marvel with amazement at the realistic nature of the movie experienc. Several big names in electronics, like Sony, Panasonic, and Canon…

Listen: How to Automate Your Dropshipping with Travis Mariea

On today’s podcast, we have a conversation with Travis Mariea from Inventory Source. We talk about the way dropship is altering retail in general, how it opens up the industry for smaller merchants, the increased functionality of social media as an e-commerce option, and the dream goal of an actual universal product code. For…

Minnesota Has 4 Of The Top Arenas

Minnesota Has 4 Of The Top Arenas

On Monday, it was announced that Target Center is a nominee for the Sports Business Journal’s Sports Facility of the Year Award. For those who have been to Target Center recently, this comes as no surprise. But what a journey it’s been. Target Center reopened on Oct. 12 after an 18-month, $145 million renovation. The…

Del Frisco Restaurant Group Considers Sale of Unit

Del Frisco Restaurant Group Considers Sale of Unit

For the past two years, Texas-based Del Frisco Restaurant Group, Inc. has considered selling its Sullivan’s Steakhouse unit. Although still not sold, Del Frisco closed several locations and reduced hours of operation at others.  The problem is that Sullivan’s is simply not making enough money to justify continuing its operation. The average meal check, for…

Listen: Talking Health Data Exchange and Interoperability with Rob Brull

On today’s podcast, we talk with Rob Brull from Corepoint Health. We discuss the recent move towards open APIs in the healthcare technical approach, the development of cloud-based availability, and he presents a very solid case for continuing to hold conferences in the crazy chaos of Las Vegas. For more information on Corepoint Health,…

Listen: Personalizing Ride Sharing with Christopher David

On today’s podcast, I have a conversation with Christopher David, CEO and Founder of Arcade City. We discuss the evolution of the sharing economy, the benefits of decentralization, and the future of ride-sharing. For more information on Arcade City, be sure to check out – https://arcade.city/ For the latest news, videos, and podcasts in…

Apple To Develop Own Screen Displays

Apple To Develop Own Screen Displays

The news that Apple created a “secret” plant to create its own MicroLED device displays was a bombshell to the Asian firms supplying screens for iPhones, smartwatches, and other products. Stock prices in those suppliers were undercut with the news. MicroLED display technology is new and unproven, although they are thinner and brighter, and in…

EMBEDDED WORLD 2018: NVIDIA JETSON DEVELOPER MEETUP

EMBEDDED WORLD 2018: NVIDIA JETSON DEVELOPER MEETUP

The Microdrones Team was pleased to participate in their first NVIDIA Jetson Developer MeetUp event at Embedded World 2018. Wait a minute?  You might be asking yourself why was Microdrones at an event hosted by NVIDIA, a company renowned for creating graphic processors (GPUs) that power modern computer graphics, the largest PC gaming platforms and even…

Watch: BP says oil use may peak by the late 2030s

In a recent annual report, BP predicted that electric vehicle (EV) use will push the globe to peak oil use by the late 2030s. Though 2016 saw just 2 million EVs on the road, analysts say more than 320 million could be driving by 2040. Changes in the rate of EV growth as well as…

Clothing Retailer Zara Bring AR Displays To Stores To Attract Millennials

Clothing Retailer Zara Bring AR Displays To Stores To Attract Millennials

Brick and mortar stores have tried a variety of methods to get millennials in the door. Clothing chain Zara is incorporating Augmented Reality (AR) in 120 of their stores next month with that goal in mind. They are not the only store, however, exploring emerging technology in this way. Read more at Tech Republic For…

Sony Unveils Their First Projection Mapping Project

Sony Unveils Their First Projection Mapping Project

VR projection mapping technology has been used in a music video for the first time, at a Sony-sponsored event at the SXSW interactive media, film and music show. The technology was used in the debut showing of musician Khalid’s “Young, Dumb and Broke” VR music video at the Lost In Music Sony promotion, according to…

Vision Exchange Gets An Upgrade From Sony

Sony has announced an upgrade to its flagship interactive collaboration and active learning solution Vision Exchange. The upgrade will give users the opportunity to integrate Skype for Business to allow for global learning, and give access to a powerful new Personal Note Taker for smarter note taking. Version 1.1. of Vision Exchange will be available…

Improbable & Midwinter Entertainment Partner For New Game

British internet start-up Improbable will use $502 million of its cash horde to fund a new game called Scavengers, created by Midwinter Entertainment. Japan internet company Softbank provided the cash that Improbable will distribute. The Scavenger game itself is based on the concept where teams of players compete to escape from a hostile environment. This…

Airlines To Carry Record 151 Million Passengers During Spring Break

Airlines To Carry Record 151 Million Passengers During Spring Break

An airline industry trade group forecasts that a strong U.S. economic environment will propel air travel during Spring Break to a 4% increase compared to last year. With a dynamic stock market, employment gains and increasing consumer net worth, cash is available for air travel where fares have remained on the low side for the…

Phillips Enters The LiFi Market

Philips Lighting (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, is now offering Light Fidelity (LiFi), a technology in which high quality LED lighting provides a broadband Internet connection through light waves. As the lighting company for the Internet of Things, Philips Lighting is the first global lighting company to offer LiFi-enabled luminaires from its existing office…

More Retailers Are Investing In Facial Recognition

More Retailers Are Investing In Facial Recognition

Retailers are brainstorming ways to use facial recognition to enhance the online retail experience. Forbes reports their findings from displays at the National Retail Federation’s annual expo in January, that details the ways they could incorporate that data. https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanpearson/2018/03/15/3-ways-retailers-can-use-facial-recognition-to-express-better-experiences/#574f16361766

University of Waterloo Finds New Partners For Autonomous Vehicles

The University of Waterloo in Ontario is to partner with two Chinese institutes for research into connected and autonomous vehicle technology. The research will span from automated vehicle testing to applied artificial intelligence in driving. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/16/canadians-to-partner-with-chinese-on-connected-autonomous-vehicles.html For the latest news, videos, and podcasts in the Software & technology Industry, be sure to subscribe to our…

Itison Upgrades Its Headquarters with the Latest AV Equipment

Itison Upgrades Its Headquarters with the Latest AV Equipment

If you believe that internet companies should be on the cutting edge in everything they do including the design of office workspace, then Scotland-based Itison is your kind of company. Itison, a daily deals and events website, recently refurbished its headquarters at a cost of £1.5m, and the changes are seen the minute you enter…

Watch: Spotify to Go Public April 3

Watch: Spotify to Go Public April 3

Spotify executives won’t ring a bell on the stock exchange, and the CEO won’t do any interviews on the trading floor. Spotify also will not rely on underwriters to help assess market demand and set an initial price for the stock. The music streaming giant filed the paperwork with the Security and Exchange Commission in…

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