The Visible Light Communication (VLC) industry is growing at a rapid rate and is set to exceed ten billion devices by 2023, according to HomeGrid Forum President Dr Len Dauphinee, who laid out a roadmap of the future of VLC and its role alongside G.hn in promoting a secure wireless environment.

The new IDC 2019 Future SMB Pulse survey shows that 84% of SMBs in Asia Pacific (excl. Japan) recognize the need to use digital technologies to make significant changes in their companies' processes and operations to become more competitive. While 39% of those have already started their journey and are at different stages of digital maturity, 42% are just planning to start. The survey reveals further that the top priorities of SMBs in the next 18 months include improving revenue growth, increasing efficiency/productivity, and reducing costs/expenses.

Marketing is highly digital nowadays and has its hands full with data and measurable target group reactions. The challenge the industry faces, however, is to channel the flood of data, to filter out the essentials, and to draw the right conclusions from them. That’s why systems and algorithms are needed.

Hardly anyone abstains from checking the smartphone at least once a day, not to mention that our little all-around gadgets are used for tasks like shopping, booking restaurants or whole vacation trips, always assisting us in life. In fact, the phone feature is rarely used, since the communication preferences of the younger generation in particular focuses more on chatting than speaking. This trend has of course an impact on businesses and there is no reason to assume that it is different in B2B compared to the B2C industry.

According to Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) President Martha Suárez, competitive access to spectrum resources will result in a thriving fixed and mobile marketplace that can deliver new, innovative services. During a TV White Space (TVWS) workshop in Buenos Aires, she highlighted that harnessing spectrum sharing technologies like TVWS is key to enabling rural broadband.

High-quality visual product content is widely accepted as an increasingly critical element of an effective e-commerce merchandising strategy. Brands and retailers adapting to a “digital first” world must produce high-quality visual product content at scale to engage with their customers across many channels and platforms. The good news are, that Bright River, a global leader in end-to-end visual product content solutions for e-commerce, just announced its integration partnership with Capture Integration’s ShotFlow, offering more scalability to photo studios serving the e-commerce industry.

With the rise of nonhuman intermediaries ― recommendation engines, voice-powered search, smart-home devices, autonomous purchasing programs and other artificial intelligence-powered systems, machines are now empowering consumers with new levels of intelligence. These algorithms have begun playing an increasingly important role by augmenting consumers with the information they need, influencing their decisions and ultimately helping them become better humans.

Now, more than ever, cybersecurity teams are seeking to become more agile. They help organisations meet regulatory compliance requirements, align to industry best practices, and accelerate business transformation initiatives. Effective cybersecurity acts as a business enabler – building customer, shareholder, and employee trust. This enables organisations to protect and enhance their reputation and reduces the risk of the many negative consequences of a cybersecurity breach.

Criteo just released findings showing that brand loyalty is up for grabs when it comes to Singaporean consumers. The company’s ‘Why We Buy’ survey revealed that 78% are willing to consider shopping from a new brand across all product categories. ‘Groceries’ (95.8%) and ‘Apparel’ (93.4%) are the top two categories where consumers are willing to do so.

Zendesk. announced the launch of Gather, a powerful new product that enables companies to provide trusted and transparent support to customers through online community forums. Gather creates a space where customers can engage with each other and company experts to offer guidance and insight beyond what a single customer support agent might be able to handle.

As content consumption on mobile continues to increase around the world, so has advertising spent on the medium. In fact, nearly a quarter of digital advertising budgets are allocated to mobile apps, according to a report conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of PubMatic.

It is a predicament: consumers' expectations towards businesses are higher than ever, as they demand an experience when buying a product, not just the feeling of a mere necessity. Hence, personalization is the keyword here, so that offers, product recommendations and discounts are available on the right channel at the right time and in line with the customer's current expectations and needs. All this is possible and only needs as prerequisites data-based 360-degree customer views, but that's exactly where the problems start. For fear of abuse, consumers are more reluctant in giving their data to businesses.

When it comes to what makes a successful marketing campaign, today it is obviously the situation that determines the value, since the geographic location of the customer is decisive: consumers are used to having their taxi picking them up right where they are, they read online reviews for the best restaurants in their area before making reservations; and search by app for the nearest parking lot.

Xandr, AT&T’s advanced advertising & analytics company, just announced the launch of Xandr Invest, a strategic buying platform built for the future of advertising. The new platform offers simplified access to and tailored buying of premium, brand-safe content, as digital and TV silos give way to converged buying.