Smart speakers up 131% globally, smartphones ‘in freefall’ says analyst firm. According to analyst firm Canalys, global smart speaker shipments grew 131% year over year. China is now the fastest-growing smart speaker market in the world, overtaking the U.S. in the first quarter of 2019. Smartphone growth by comparison, declined by 18% in the North American market. […]
Uber Elevate, the aerial arm of rideshare service Uber, last week announced that it will start a fast food delivery by drone test service later this summer in San Diego. Delivery destinations won’t be houses or apartment buildings, however, but instead will be “designated safe landing zones,” according to reports. Those landing zones could include […]
Two of the more commonly used cloud storage services for personal use are Google Drive and Dropbox. Both cloud services are simple to set up and use reliably. Either one can be a suitable choice for storing personal files using free or paid plans. That said, Google Drive, despite long-festering promises by Google to provide a non-browser-based […]
Apple, Google and Microsoft are three very powerful companies. Two of them had big events last week — Google I/O and Microsoft Build. What I found interesting was that both Google and Microsoft largely were on the same page about focusing on the customer. Both Google and Microsoft have been making massive advancements with artificial […]
Small business owners are keenly aware that protecting their assets is a top priority. Unfortunately, many entrepreneurs have a blind spot when it comes to cybersecurity. Some SMB owners believe they are unlikely to be the target of hackers specifically because of their size; they assume hackers are more likely to target bigger enterprises with […]
