Using Retail Technology To Empower Your Team
Chatbots: One tech solution retailers should leverage to gain insight into their shoppers is chatbots. Chatbots enable a retailer to open a new channel with the shopper. A store associate can use the bot to redirect a response to the shopper's phone, if they desire. By doing so, store associates …
“We’re paving the road” – Viber on user engagement, a feeling of communitity, and ads
Messaging apps are big business and many of them have moved into provided far more services for users beyond traditional peer-to-peer messaging, such as chatbots and banking services. This move from messaging apps into becoming the Swiss army knives of the app market has seen the number of … Read More
IT pros are not confident their organizations have the skills to take advantage of AI
A survey that has examined the adoption and usage of intelligent assistants and AI chatbots in the workplace has been carried out by Austin, Texas-based technology network Spiceworks. The advancement of AI across industries shows that this technology is becoming an integral part of workplace … Read More
This is How Social Networking Sites Would Look Like If They Were Locations
We have had social networking sites for over a decade now and they have shaped how we communicate with each other. In the past, we were limited to sending letters and making phone calls, but now, we can instantly communicate via a plethora of apps. Although initially social networking apps …
Facebook Is Trying To Make Itself Relevant in The “Story” Game With New Features
Both Instagram and Snapchat have it covered and it doesn't seem like Facebook is going to change that anytime soon. But like that annoying person who isn't used to getting rejected and just doesn't take a hint when you clearly aren't interested, Facebook is going to keep trying. Because Facebook … …
5 killer stats to start your week
Spend on Facebook-owned Instagram was also up, by 9% in both weeks. However, Facebook's growth was slightly behind the wider social media market, which saw spend increase by 65%, boosted by major sporting events including the Six Nations and Winter Olympics. Snapchat saw spend increase … Read More
The battle to beat the block: Telegram’s attorneys see success in court efforts
MOSCOW, April 16. /TASS/. Telegram's litigation team has achieved its immediate goals set for them by Telegram's creator, Pavel Durov, related to the dispute with the FSB (Russia's Federal Security Service) and the Federal Service for Supervision of Telecom, Information Technologies and Mass … Read More
Russia begins blocking messaging app Telegram
Russian authorities alleged that Telegram, which was developed by Russian entrepreneur Pavel Durov, has been used by violent extremists. The company argues that Russia's FSB intelligence service is violating consumer rights. Telegram was briefly unavailable to users early Monday afternoon, but … Read More
Russia starts blocking Telegram for failing to turn over encryption keys
The Russian state telecommunication regulator has began blocking Telegram as expected. This comes after the messaging company refused to give Russian security services encryption keys. The service is expected to be blocked within the coming hours. According to several reports Telegram is still … Read More
APA TV’s YouTube channel hits 150000 subscribers
As of April 2018, YouTube channel of APA TV, operating under APA Holding, ranks fourth among the most subscribed YouTube channels of TV channels based in Azerbaijan. In total, 31,500 … APA TV has received its first YouTube button after its YouTube channel's subscribers surpassed 100,000. Read More