by Adre's IT | 30 July, 2021 | Adre's IT Blog, Amazon, Apple, computing, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Elizabeth Denham, Europe, European Research Council, Facebook, groups, health systems, information, news media, Policy, Security, Startups Weekly, TC
Luxembourg’s National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) has hit Amazon with a record-breaking €746 million ($887 million) GDPR fine over the way it uses customer data for targeted advertising purposes. Amazon disclosed the ruling in an SEC filing on Friday in...
by Adre's IT | 29 July, 2021 | Adre's IT Blog, Amazon, consumer electronics, Fire TV Stick, Hardware, Joel Neidig, Media, microphone, roku, SMS, telework, usb, video conference, wi-fi, zoom
Late last year, Amazon launched support for two-way calling that worked with its Fire TV Cube devices. The feature allowed consumers to make and receive calls from their connected TV to any other Alexa device with a screen. Today, the company is expanding this system...
by Adre's IT | 29 July, 2021 | Adre's IT Blog, Amazon, Apps, coronavirus, COVID-19, Facebook, Health, Science and Technology
Earlier today, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that the company will require employees to be vaccinated before returning to work on-site. It was part of a larger letter sent to Google/Alphabet staff that also noted the company will be extending its work-from-home...
by Adre's IT | 29 July, 2021 | Adobe Creative Cloud, Adre's IT Blog, Amazon, eCommerce, employee engagement, Origin Ventures, president, safeway, social commerce, Startup Alley, Suresh Kumar, United States
Walmart’s investments in software and retail technologies it used to transform its business from a brick-and-mortar to one that combines both in-person and online shopping will now be made available to other retailers for the first time, the company announced...
by Adre's IT | 27 July, 2021 | Adre's IT Blog, Amazon, Asia, bridgestone, eCommerce, Funding, New Delhi
MyGlamm, a direct-to-consumer beauty brand in India that sells most of its products through its own website, app and retail touch points, said on Monday it has raised $71.3 million in a financing round as the Mumbai-headquartered firm looks to scale its business...
by Adre's IT | 24 July, 2021 | Adre's IT Blog, Amazon, Apps, audio streaming, Bolt EV, computing, Earnings, JLL Spark, mobile software, mp3, music services, Payments, Surround Sound, Tracy Chan
It takes a really specific consumer to buy an Android phone, yet use Apple Music. But the small overlap in that Venn diagram may be getting bigger. Last month at WWDC, Apple unveiled a free update for Apple Music subscribers that added lossless audio streaming and...
