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MWC 2022: Qualcomm and the Metaverse

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Futurum analyst Michael Diamond covers Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon’s announcement in his MWC 2022 keynote of a partnership with ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, coupled with insight on his vision on how the firm’s Snapdragon chips and Spaces XR Developer Platform will play a key role the global Metaverse market in the future.

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CES 2021: The Mudra Band and how Wearable Devices Defining the Future of Immersive Customer Experiences

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From consumer CX to industrial applications, from creating more immersive experiences to bringing accessibility to people with disabilities, the Mudra Band was one of the highlights of this year’s virtual CES show for Futurum’s Fred McClimans. He writes, “I think this tech has tremendous potential and expect it to play a significant role in our daily lives, perhaps sooner than many might have anticipated.”

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5 Emerging Technologies That 5G Will Disrupt

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Disruption is the name of the game in the world of tech. We’re constantly on the cusp of some new innovation—interactive technologies, for example, are changing how consumers shop and how brands set out to improve the ever-important customer experience. The next big tech innovation—5G—stands to revolutionize these and so many more, as it will be a major driver of …

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How Are SMBs Using the Cloud in 2018?

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Throughout the rest of 2018, small to mid-size businesses (SMBs) are expected to continue to increase their usage of cloud services for data storage, file hosting and sharing, web-based email and customer relationship management — in other words, almost every essential function of business. A vast majority of SMBs are already using at least one cloud-based application, and that number …

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3 Technology Trends Driving Adoption of Collaboration Tools

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Today’s workforce has changed significantly in the past decade. More and more businesses are hiring remote employees, freelance employees, part-time employees in addition to full-time in-office employees to help with an ever-expanding workload. It is imperative that as the workplace changes, we learn to collaborate on a higher level. These three trends are driving the adoption of collaboration tools. It …

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4 Reasons 5G Is Critical for Mass Adoption of AR and VR

In Mobility by Daniel NewmanLeave a Comment

The world is buzzing from all the talk about augmented reality and virtual reality. Both have been trending at major consumer electronic shows this year. We are on the verge of seeing AR and VR change the way we live. Everything from how we shop to how we work will be different. However, we haven’t managed to push through to …