Legislation paving the way for tech entrepreneurs in Spain: A new startup law aims to make it easier for technology startups and investors to thrive. Will the rest of Europe catch on?
Headroom looks to disrupt Zoom fatigue with AI: The new videoconferencing tool integrates productivity and transcription functionality. Can it measure up against leading conference players?
Closing the digital divide and improving investment in emerging technologies have been on President Joe Biden’s tech policy agenda since he began his term. The long-awaited Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act finally passed through Congress in early November with bipartisan support, and it includes funding for increasing the affordability and adoption of high-speed internet in remote and underserved areas. Although not without its problems and compromises, the package provides a strong foundation for lowering the cost of connectivity across the country.
TikTok's success has renewed social platforms' interest in algorithms: Instagram, Snap, YouTube, and Twitter have all begun implementing algorithmically-recommended content over the past year.
Is live shopping everything it’s hyped to be?: Social platforms race to provide live shopping in the US, even as it’s unclear whether audiences are responding.
Affirm, Afterpay, Klarna, PayPal, and Zip have until March 1, 2022, to respond to the consumer watchdog’s inquiry.
Its second job is helping to solve fintech’s gender diversity problem.
The US regulator wants feedback on principles it’s drafted to help banks deal with the risks posed by catastrophic weather. Banks should take this as a reminder to update their business continuity plans.
Lending fintech’s neobank could give it a strong niche: Avant’s new neobank geared toward the underbanked could benefit from its existing suite of lending products and its cross-selling potential.
BMO’s Bank of the West interest follows Canadian banks’ US success: The bank’s talks to acquire the BNP Paribas unit come after it and TD Bank reported US growth that exceeds their home market’s.
Insider Intelligence spoke with Carolyn Feinstein, Varo Bank’schief marketing, growth, and design officer, to better understand how CMOs are redefining their roles as digital becomes the default banking channel for customers
We look back on our top digital health predictions for 2020—and delve into which held up in the year of multibillion-dollar M&As.
What Oracle’s rumored Cerner acquisition would mean for the EHR market: The reported $30 billion acquisition would put Oracle back on the map in healthcare cloud, and shake up the market dynamics between Epic and Cerner. More on this below.
On today's episode, we discuss some very specific 2022 predictions: Why Amazon is looking to expand into sports media, why TikTok will force YouTube to do something reckless, why Clubhouse might not last the year as a standalone company, how Disney might reposition Hulu, how Apple will re-enter the streaming wars, and more. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer principal analysts at Insider Intelligence Debra Aho Williamson, Paul Verna, and Andrew Lipsman.
Emerging countries looking to upgrade their network infrastructure have become good starting points for expanding Big Tech’s network provider aspirations.