Best Buy adds another feather to its senior healthcare hat: It launched a simple smartphone designed to connect seniors with virtual health and urgent healthcare services—here’s why Best Buy’s focus on the aging population will be especially attractive to telehealth vendors.
A new Nest update will make Google’s smart home devices compatible with the Matter smart home standard. The move could add momentum towards a push for a unified smart home ecosystem and presents Google with access to a quickly growing supply of smart devices.
Taking the witness stand, Tim “Not a Gamer” Cook showed off his evasive moves dodging questions about App Store profitability. Apple’s Epic battle may wrap up soon, but Big Tech’s antitrust wars have just begun.
Will consumers adopt Facebook live shopping?: The company is kicking off a series of livestreaming ecommerce events, but it's facing a battle to get US consumers on board with the idea.
Google dives deeper into ecommerce with Shopify: The two companies have worked out an integration that will give Shopify's merchants easy access to Google's suite of features, contributing to its over 1 billion daily shopping journeys.
The fintech sold majority stakes in a $600 million deal, boosting its valuation ahead of a possible IPO and providing the necessary capital to make strategic acquisitions and stay ahead of competitors.
Lloyds faces angry SMBs with bank account fee hikes: The UK bank is moving ahead with several fee increases that will affect its small and medium-sized business (SMB) customers—which could lead some customers to jump to Lloyds’ competitors.
UK regulator tells neobanks to knock off bank comparisons: Neobanks must inform their customers that they lack deposit protection—the latest instance of global regulatory pressure on challenger banks, which could prompt more to seek banking licenses.
Even as consumers develop stronger appetites for emerging payment methods, opinions remain mixed on biometrics—and providers will need to win customers over.
The future looks bright for insurtechs: Bright Health just filed to go public—here’s why health insurtechs like it are primed to grow and garner more digital health tie-ups.