Author: Connected World
Parks Associates says 44% of U.S. internet households say they actively work to reduce energy consumption in the home.
Juniper Research says digital advertising spend lost to fraud to reach $68 billion globally in 2022.
Strategy Analytics says green mobile operators need a holistic approach to achieve net zero target.
Gartner says 35% of consumers have never heard of the metaverse.
Jason Perez, cofounder and CEO, Yardz, recently sat down with Constructech Editorial Director Peggy Smedley to talk about the company and why having the right data can ensure that available construction equipment is where you need it, when you need it, at a jobsite, with simply a click. Connected World (CW): Why don’t you start out by telling us a little bit about the company and why you started it? Jason Perez (JP): I would love to do that. So, I actually come from a construction family, my father was an electrical contractor, he did small commercial, residential-type work, so…
ABI Research says the metaverse will push the extended reality market to $4.84 billion in 2024.
With the onset of the COVID -19 pandemic, patient expectations changed where they required ongoing care via something other than the face-to-face appointments. The implementation of telemedicine in the provider space seemed like an alternative to an in-person visit. The reality though was that these solutions were not built to integrate with the workflows that occurred in that space. Because telemedicine on the provider side was driven by the pandemic, quick implementation occurred. As a result, the processes were never refined, and the drivers of change were external to the organizations that needed to implement a solution. In the past,…
Ericsson has been creating news lately and for multiple reasons. First, the elephant in the room: The Iraq investigation. The company recently released a statement suggesting it’s getting berated by media requests for comment on its internal investigation on Ericsson Iraq employees’ conduct during the 2011-2019 period. Here’s what Ericsson knows based on the ongoing investigation. The company says it has been operating in Iraq since the reopening of the telecom equipment market after a United Nations embargo was lifted. In 2018, Ericsson uncovered compliance concerns while investigating unusual expense claims in Iraq. This initial investigation led to a more…
Immersive, mixed-reality experiences and the metaverse will change life, work, and everything else. Last year, Mark Zuckerberg revealed Facebook’s next move—its evolution to Meta, a social technology company. Meta describes the metaverse, an immersive VR (virtual reality)-enabled space that allows users to interact with a computer-generated environment, as “the next evolution of social connection.” Could this so-called next iteration of the internet also underpin the evolution of work? Will the adoption of immersive technologies, including not only VR but also other XR (extended reality) technologies such as AR (augmented reality), prompt a fundamental change in the way humans see the…
Parks Associates says one-third of OTT subscribers have signed up for a service through a content aggregator.