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Online sales for Black Friday set a record this year with consumers spending $9.2 billion, according to Adobe Analytics. That is a gain of 2.3% year-over-year. Tech gifts have been very popular so far with sales rising 221% above a regular day in October this year. Among the top sellers were smart home items and audio equipment. Toys […]

  Mozilla has released its annual 2022 edition of Privacy Not Included buyer’s guide which contains privacy reviews of more than 75 popular consumer electronics gifts, which will be continuously updated throughout the giving season. Among the potential gifts in the guide so far are the Apple Watch, Nintendo Switch, Amazon Echo, Garmin fitness trackers, Google […]

If an online business wants to sell products and meet the needs of customers on a 24-by-7 basis, it’s going to need a way to ensure that its infrastructure remains not only online but also operational and accessible. That “operational and accessible” part is often overlooked, experts say. Cloud service providers can offer high availability […]

The holiday season is the most wonderful time of the year for online stores. The good news is that despite inflation, just over 50% of consumers plan to spend the same or more this holiday season as they did last year, according to NPD. Now is the time to optimize your website and think about […]

The metaverse is being much talked about. Investments in this virtual world are growing. Mastercard recently announced it is testing new technology that is intended to operate in the metaverse and allows customers to make biometric payments using their face or hand. Capital One’s recent announcement that it will enter the metaverse with virtual credit […]

  With recent announcements of semiconductor price increases beginning in 2023, consumers should move quickly to lock in lower prices this back-to-school and holiday season, analysts have told technewsworld.com. In June, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the largest semiconductor foundry in the world, announced price increases starting in 2023. Later so did Intel and DigiTimes reported that […]

  With recent announcements of semiconductor price increases beginning in 2023, consumers should move quickly to lock in lower prices this back-to-school and holiday season, analysts have told technewsworld.com. In June, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the largest semiconductor foundry in the world, announced price increases starting in 2023. Later so did Intel and DigiTimes reported that […]

The Sanas company makes software that uses artificial intelligence to remove accents in the speech of non-native, or even native, English speakers and output a more standard version of the language. The program does phonetic-based speech synthesis in real-time. The voice characteristics remain the same even after the accent is removed. The voice output by […]

E-commerce retailers are facing many much-talked-about problems. They are continued inflation, the increasing cost of goods, customers’ squeezing disposable income, global supply chain shortages, increased out-of-stocks, more demanding customer expectations, massive outflow of vital frontline and back office staff. On the positive side, new digital technologies still help e-commerce businesses expand online shopping options, improve […]