7-Eleven japan takes contactless shopping to the next level

The Touch Sensor Modules are provided via NEXTY Electronics and Kanda Kogyo. 7-Eleven Japan has decided to run a pilot trial with contactless self-checkout kiosks with holographic displays. The holographic displays are equipped with Neonode’s Touch Sensor Modules that make it possible to interact with the images projected by the…

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Blended learning approach to education

Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker, the Philippines tablet market grew by 60 per cent. According to the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker, the Philippines tablet market grew by 60 per cent quarter-on-quarter in 4Q21 as smartphone vendors Nokia, realme, and Xiaomi launched their products in the market. This was,…

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Feedback sought on potential new rules

The discussion paper outlines potential measures as part of a possible new regulatory framework. The ACCC is seeking views from consumers, businesses, and other parties on options for legislative reform to address concerns about the dominance of digital platforms. A discussion paper, released today, outlines options for addressing harms to competition,…

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Huawei Unveils Full-Stack Data centre

Campuses have high requirements for data centre storage. Huawei held its Industrial Digital Transformation Summit during Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona 2022 in Spain. At the summit, Huawei unveiled brand-new solutions for data centre and intelligent campus scenarios. Campuses have high requirements for data centre storage, computing power, and energy efficiency, and face…

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Key Asia/Pacific Data and Content technologies

COVID-19 has largely accelerated rather than decreased spending on data and analytics. Many companies have been blindsided by the double challenge of digitalization and developing resilience in response to the pandemic. While COVID-19 has largely accelerated rather than decreased spending on data and analytics over the last year, most firms…

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China to lead Asia in pay rise in 2022

The mainland of China has the highest percentage of employers. Hays, a world leading recruitment agency, today released its Asia Salary Guide 2022 (“the Guide”), in which it surveyed more than 3,000 employers and nearly 10,000 professionals in the mainland of China, Hong Kong SAR, Malaysia, Singapore, and Japan, with…

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72 per cent of businesses lack clear hybrid work strategy

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) were identified as the top transformative technologies. The State of the Industry: Future of Work survey was created to gain insights from senior executives regarding current and future work models, challenges posed under new working models, and technology accelerants to aid change in the way…

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India’s Increasing Demand for Transportation Services

Shared mobility presents promising solutions to meet India’s increasing demand. Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis of the Indian shared mobility industry finds that rapidly increasing urbanization in the country presents an opportunity for an integrated, multimodal transport system. Shared mobility presents promising solutions to meet India’s increasing demand for transportation services. With people relying…

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India Artificial Intelligence Predictions for 2022 and Beyond

Technology will only continue to grow in India in 2022 and beyond. International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts that by 2024, 40 per cent of large enterprises will expand the use of AI/ML across all business-critical horizontal functions like marketing, legal, HR, procurement, and supply chain logistics. That is one of the…

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