Lexmark announces retail innovations and LEAP at NRF 2024

Lexmark is showcasing its retail-ready printers and solutions at NRF 2024, Retail’s Big Show and Expo, Jan. 14 to 16, at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York. The new Lexmark Engagement Automation Platform (LEAP) transforms customer interactions and drives sales with hyper-localised, automated social media posts.

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Global skills and salary report finds three in four IT departments face critical skills gaps

London, UK – Skillsoft , a global provider of corporate digital learning, has released its annual Global Knowledge IT Skills and Salary Report, exploring the current state of skills gaps, training and development, compensation, and job satisfaction in the IT industry.

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Over 50% of UK consumers will share personal data for reward points

We live in a highly connected society, where consumers have a plethora of devices at their disposal. Every time consumers use their smartphones, tablets and computers to engage in activities online (shopping, banking, entertainment, social media etc), they are either consciously or subconsciously increasing their digital/data footprint.

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Norwegians can now pay their bills via Facebook Messenger

Nordea launches the first Nordic bank service via Facebook Messenger. Powered by Nets, it initially allows for payment of Norwegian bills via an e-invoice in Facebook Messenger – anytime and anywhere.

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How the Internet of Things is changing social media marketing

The Internet of Things (IoT) has already proven its vitality in the business and the economic world. IoT has touched almost every corner of the business world, says IoT writer Yash Mehta, and one such corner which is transformed by IoT in marketing is social media.

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Open source: Security through transparency

The contrast between proprietary and open source software is as old as the IT industry itself. Software in almost every category is available either from suppliers who develop and market their code by themselves or from developer communities who work with open code.

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Consumer satisfaction with insurance online experience needs improvement

Up until now, online communication with insurance customers was, in terms of customer satisfaction, significantly lagging behind other industries. As a matter of fact, this is  clearly  an aspect of Insurance business with a good potential for improvement.

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Sensara and GreenPeak join forces in the development of a new Family Lifestyle system

Sensara, a Dutch company specialised in intelligent sensor network technology, has entered into a strategic partnership with GreenPeak Technologies to provide integrated solutions of contactless, self-learning monitoring technology for the Senior Lifestyle System, Sensara’s first Family Lifestyle solution.

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‘Senior Lifestyle’ is firm’s first high volume sensor and cloud-based smart home system

GreenPeak Technologies, the industry leading Smart Home semi-conductor/system company, announces a family of new, ground-breaking sensor and cloud based intelligent systems for Family Lifestyle integrated with Social Media. The first release is a Senior Lifestyle System that empowers children and their elderly parents to privately and securely share lifestyle information, enabling the seniors to feel

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M2M does social networks, and much more

(BLOG): July 4, 2013 — A new study from ABI Research indicates that “… there’s an intriguing intersection developing around social networks and M2M services. At this stage the activity is nascent.”  However, one company, WaveNconnect seems to be ahead of the game, says Bob Emmerson.

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Now smartphone shoppers do more than Wi Sh as Window Shopping gets seriously connected

London, UK. April 5, 2013: Global shopper marketing agency, Integer has launched an innovative virtual store Wi Sh (Window Shopping).  Wi  Sh is being brought to market in the UK by Integer in partnership with VIVID Digital Retail,

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Car conversations dominated CES 2013 social media, says Crimson Hexagon

January 14, 2013 — With the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) only just closed it’s interesting to see what dominated discussions. Crimson Hexagon’s social media analysis platform, ForSight, monitored social media conversations surrounding CES, by analysing Twitter and Facebook posts throughout the event.

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GSMA launches a new social platform to bring M2M leaders together

GSMA aims to ‘collectively power the vision of connected living.’

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