Is Artificial Intelligence the Future of Retail?
by Lee Rickwood
Proximity marketing tools like motion-tracking cameras, wireless device detectors and Bluetooth broadcasting enable instant connectivity with potential customers.
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Canada Tops Global Intelligent Community List; Three Communities Cited for Broadband Development
by Lee Rickwood
ICF honours the best practices of the world’s Intelligent Communities as they face new demands and seize new opportunities presented by information and communications technology (ICT).
$60 M Helps Marketers Use Power of Video Analytics and Digital Body Language
by Lee Rickwood
Vidyard says live video streaming with integrated viewer tracking and lead generation tools built-in can be used to provide an accurate picture of a prospect’s interest and intent.
Ad Blocking Won’t Stop Battles among Mobile Users, Online Advertisers, Privacy Advocates
by Lee Rickwood
The number of location-revealing beacon widgets, customer-tracking cookies and pixels, downloaded analytics tools and more found in all types of ad content on an average website is seen as a real privacy concern and a major reason users deploy ad blockers.
Curie Advanced Tracking Module Covers Sports Now; Much More to Come from Intel Device
By Lee Rickwood
The low-power solution comes with motion sensors, wireless transmission capabilities, battery charging circuits, and pattern-matching technology for analyzing sensor data.
Calgary to Get Its Own Spaceship – uhh, Bass Ship
by Lee Rickwood
Beama Visual does some amazing mash-ups itself, with creative video mapping and custom anaglyph 3D animations set to live music and sound effects.
Data Privacy Day 2016 is About Protecting Not Hiding Your Information
by Lee Rickwood
From cyber-criminality to targeted advertising, from corporate spies to commercial retailers, from government agencies to technology developers, it seems almost everyone is looking at our online activity. And not just looking: our digital fingerprints are being are being tracked, collected, stored, analyzed, cross-referenced and re-purposed, often without our knowledge and often by entities unknown to us.
Consumer Protection and the Internet of Things
Of all the things connected by the Internet of Things, it appears that a robust strategy for consumer protection, corporate security and individual privacy has not yet been fully hooked up. The Internet of Things (IoT) broadly refers to a…