Sentences with phrase «in consumer tech companies»

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The company has raised $ 45.5 million in venture capital and its tech reaches more than 1.3 billion consumers across more than 3.3 billion devices globally.

At this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, several companies revealed tech for your infant.

At the company's annual analyst summit in Shenzhen, Changzhu Li, vice president of the consumer business group's handsets strategy, said the U.S. had effectively «locked the door» to the tech giant.

In the last 6 months or so we've seen how tech companies have gone after very different primary goals as they seek to transition consumers onto their mobile wallets.

In 2010, Fadell, who grew up in Michigan, founded Nest, a consumer - tech company that in October launched its first product — the world's first «learning thermostat» — that can figure out the temperature you prefeIn 2010, Fadell, who grew up in Michigan, founded Nest, a consumer - tech company that in October launched its first product — the world's first «learning thermostat» — that can figure out the temperature you prefein Michigan, founded Nest, a consumer - tech company that in October launched its first product — the world's first «learning thermostat» — that can figure out the temperature you prefein October launched its first product — the world's first «learning thermostat» — that can figure out the temperature you prefer.

Big tech companies have had a fraught relationship with intelligence agencies in recent years, with prior revelations of surveillance programs leading to efforts to reassure consumers that their devices are safe from snoops.

The world's largest electronics trade show, the Consumer Electronics Show or CES, is gathering tech companies in Las Vegas this week to show off their newest products.

With all that in mind, here are three things you should consider regarding the case, whether you're at a tech company whose bread and butter is consumer data, or a startup that merely collects it in the normal course of business:

Amazon, whose identity straddles between a tech and retail company, has been the bane of the latter's problems as consumer preferences have shifted to shopping online instead of in stores.

Tech giants such as Sony, Samsung and Panasonic along with thousands of smaller consumer - electronics companies descend on Las Vegas for the week, where they'll make arguably some of the largest tech announcements of the year and show off not only what we'll see in stores this year, but what we can expect to see for years to cTech giants such as Sony, Samsung and Panasonic along with thousands of smaller consumer - electronics companies descend on Las Vegas for the week, where they'll make arguably some of the largest tech announcements of the year and show off not only what we'll see in stores this year, but what we can expect to see for years to ctech announcements of the year and show off not only what we'll see in stores this year, but what we can expect to see for years to come.

In the more tech - heavy segments of the industry, startups like pet toy and treat subscription service BarkBox, services platform Rover, direct - to - consumer pet pharmaceutical company Vets First Choice, and smart - collar maker Whistle Labs are some of the dominant companies.

Under the so - called Stock Connect, investors in Hong Kong will be able to buy stocks listed on China's Shenzhen stock exchange, home to many of the country's tech and consumer companies.

This line of thinking is especially difficult to adapt in the consumer tech world, where every company does their best to convince you that this year's Thing is constantly superior than last year's Whatever.

Big tech companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google have invested millions of dollars in their respective digital assistants, which they believe will be a major way that consumers will interact with computers — joining the standard keyboard, mouse, and touchscreen.

Tech companies big and small are unveiling new gear at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

A lot of tech companies at the consumer electronic show are betting your body is the only key you will need in the future.

While today's consumers debate the merits of wearable technology like smart watches and Google Glass, tech companies are already looking beyond that to the day when the tech disappears on — or even in — the human body.

Big tech companies that sell directly to consumers across the globe have an obvious interest in protecting — or at least purporting to protect — their users» privacy.

Founded in 2009, the company has become the platonic ideal of a successful tech startup and has replaced the taxi cab for many consumers.

But Tu says that while consumers have benefitted tremendously from tech innovations by companies like Google, Facebook, Alibaba and Tencent, the financial industry lags behind because many financial service firms rely on in - house tech teams, which means that «fintech continues to be more «finance» than «tech,» especially in Asia.»

Aspect's Jennifer Fonstad discusses investing in companies moving the needle in consumer tech, cybersecurity, digital health and mobility.

I've worked in and am interested in both consumer and enterprise companies, but I'm focusing right now on health tech, which spans everything from consumer health and wellness / CPG to deep tech innovations in R&D, diagnostics, and therapeutics.

And when we explored how Canada is participating in the growing high - tech and consumer markets in Asia, we saw that especially in ASEAN and China / Hong Kong, Canadian companies are present across the high - tech spectrum, indicating the compelling attraction of these far - away markets.

In its prospectus, Redfin differentiates itself from other tech companies that use only the internet and mobile apps to connect consumers with businesses.

Today, many of the world's top tech companies, including Adobe, Microsoft, IBM, Intel and Oracle, operate in Bucharest, where consumer prices are dramatically lower than in London.

It revolves around investing # 1 billion in a «hi - tech National Grid» which would see «smart meters» being installed in every home - meaning that energy companies would be able to tell consumers when it is cheapest to use electricity.

MarkMonitor currently partners with well - known tech, fashion, pharmaceutical, automotive, entertainment, and dating companies, and implements top - notch security tools that increase consumer confidence in the brand.

Tech companies are looking to expand their footprint from traditional consumer electronics, and car companies are competing to provide the latest in infotainment and connectivity services to their customers.

This year's edition of Mobile World Congress is going on in Barcelona, Spain, and since it is one of the largest consumer technology shows in the world, several tech companies announce some of their best products for the year.

While consumers and industry watchers alike have spent a fair amount of time waiting eagerly to see how the ruling handed down against Apple for anti-trust violations would actually impact the publishing industry, the tech company has made a statement of its own asserting that the decision by Judge Denise Cote in the case brought against them by the Department of Justice is overly punitive and harsh.

Mofibo, on the other hand, has had more of a tech - company feel, designing personalized user experience on all its platforms and emphasizing the sorts of user - analytics that publishers can capitalize on in understanding reader - consumers.

As the staff of GoodEReader pack up and head off to Las Vegas for the 2012 International CES, the largest consumer technology showcase available, a full schedule of tech companies and designers are already slated to show us the latest in tablets, e-readers, mobile devices, and more.

It is the most ambitious company in America and the least profitable major tech company in America, and these things are true for the same reason... It is a consumer - friendly company that is the opposite of friendly to its competitors, suppliers, and even employees.

She spent 15 years in marketing for health - care, high tech and consumer products companies before returning to writing.

But Amazon is a high profile software and tech company with lots of consumer metrics and a dominant position, while Barnes & Noble, through their recent partnership with Microsoft, has acknowledged the need to become a technological company in order to compete in the e-reading arena.

As of June 2003, approximately 11 percent of the companies in the S&P 400 Index fell into the industrials group, over 21 percent were in the consumer sector, info tech and telecom made up just under 16 percent, almost 14 percent were in the utilities and energy sectors, nearly 20 percent were financial stocks, about 4 percent were in materials, and 14 percent were in the healthcare group.

Len Horowitz, founder / CEO of 4 Paws Tech — a New York - based company that offers LED and reflective wearables for dogs — says that consumers are looking for that perfect combination of quality, ease of use and simplicity in design and, of course, «the cool factor.»

Startups use tech to put cardholders in charge of security — With data beaches on the rise, startup companies are developing new options that help consumers minimize their exposure to a possible hack.

It's obvious that many car companies, tech companies, homebuilders, architects, city planners, airline companies, and many other industry leaders could do more, and we could (and often do) offer plenty of unsolicited advice to them, based on our own perspective, but considering how slowly the wheels of change turn, and how consumers and manufacturers alike are complicit in the creation of our current petro - based economy, the move to a more sustainable economy is more likely to be one full of baby steps, and not giant leaps.

Tech leaders and companies can be seen taking up the cause, not always for the environment but benefitting it nonetheless and are expected by their fans and consumers to do more so in the future.

The annual Consumer Electronics Show is now underway in Las Vegas — where tech companies show off their latest and greatest.

In letters to the tech companies Consumer Watchdog's Simpson wrote: «We call on you to support a narrow amendment to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act — H.R. 1865, the «Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act» could be the vehicle — that would allow Backpage to be held accountable for its ongoing facilitating of child sex trafficking.»

As part of its CSR programme, Noerr has partnered with consumer products company Henkel and engineering company RWE to establish the German Tech Entrepreneurship Center in Berlin.

In an industry pushing to increase diversity in its ranks, as well as address changing consumer demographics, we are losing out on building scalable, impactful legal tech companies due to this funding gaIn an industry pushing to increase diversity in its ranks, as well as address changing consumer demographics, we are losing out on building scalable, impactful legal tech companies due to this funding gain its ranks, as well as address changing consumer demographics, we are losing out on building scalable, impactful legal tech companies due to this funding gap.

The surveyed companies operate in more than 25 industries, including banking and financial services, consumer goods, energy, high tech, insurance, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, professional services, and retail.

That structure is no longer sustainable because: (1) much of the «leveraged» work is now performed outside law firms (disaggregated); (2) at the lower rungs, machines, paraprofessionals, and / or lawyers operating in lower - cost structures and / or markets are now performing the work; (3) many «legal» tasks have been transformed from «services» to «products»; (4) law companies that are well - capitalized, tech and process savvy, and with customer - centric models aligning provider to consumer economically and culturally have migrated up the complexity chain.

Tech companies need to be putting more information and easy - to - use tools in front of consumers in convenient ways so that they can become more informed and make smarter healthcare decisions.

Lightspeed Venture Partners is having quite a year, between the sale of AppDynamics to Cisco for $ 3.7 billion on the eve of its IPO (Lightspeed wrote its first check); to the March sale of publicly traded Nimble Storage to Hewlett Packard Enterprise for just north of $ 1 billion in cash; to the IPO of the enterprise software company MuleSoft in March (the company is now valued at $ 2.8 billion); to the March IPO of the consumer tech company Snap, which is is valued at more than $ 20 billion, despite a terrible earnings call earlier today that drove its shares into a nosedive.

These kinds of scenarios can seriously spook pipeline companies and their advisors, particularly in the world of consumer tech.

Large retail companies such as Warby Parker have made a heavy technology investment to adapt to the younger tech savvy consumer who uses their Iphone to research and buy online or pick up in store.