5G Set to Offer “Always-On” Notebooks a New Lease on Life

Apple is making the switch from using Intel chips to creating Macs using ARM-based silicon that brings efficiencies and better battery life without sacrificing performance.

DHL, Microsoft, and Blue Yonder Launch Management System for Robotics to Accelerate Deployments and Build Efficiencies of Scale

In late June 2020, DHL launched a new plug and play robotics platform in collaboration with Blue Yonder and Microsoft that will give customers more flexibility in selecting and integrating different robotics vendors into a single solution.

Facebook Focuses on 6DoF VR, Discontinues Oculus Go

While the current installed base of Oculus Go users may not relish in the news, a large majority of the industry has voiced support for the decision and view it as a step forward for VR. 

How Can AR Contribute to Pandemic Safety and Maintaining Social Distancing after Lockdown?

The major question is how valuable and practical are these solutions, and how can other AR solutions contribute to building social responsibility and safety?

BMW Announces New Connected Infotainment Features as OEMs Seek to Emulate the Smartphone Experience

BMW 5 series mid-cycle refresh, which will be available in the 2021 5 Series, introduced key connected infotainment functions, including a cloud-based navigation system called BMW Maps.

The Effect of COVID-19 on Private Cellular Networks

In the long term, enterprises will transform from focusing on “just-in-time” to “just-in-case” production, which will strengthen the value proposition of private cellular networks for the enterprise domain to set up reliable business continuity plans and increase resilience. 

COVID-19 Pushes 2020 Enterprise Video Communications Revenues to Reach Nearly US$19 billion

The millions of employees working and networking from home during the COVID-19 pandemic has proven that video is a powerful and successful tool for marketing, collaboration, training, and many other use cases for businesses across multiple industries. Evolving video delivery technologies, coupled with smart content management solutions, continue to provide benefits to enterprise video deployments. The enterprise video market is forecast to generate US$18.7 billion in 2020, according to a new report from ABI Research.

Low latency video streaming solutions allows live streaming of corporate events to both internal and external viewers. “Artificial Intelligent (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) technologies enable enterprise video applications to be more efficient. Facial and object recognition, scene detection, and speech to text capabilities are making video indexing and search functions easier, faster, and more accurate. AI-assisted content screening allows enterprises to make sure the videos are in-line with regulations. Such features are driving more enterprise video deployments across different industries,” comments Khin Sandi Lynn, Industry Analyst.

Despite COVID-19, Micro-Mobility Is Here to Stay Reaching a Global Installed Base of 50 Million by 2026

Ever since start-ups Mobike and Ofo kickstarted the bike-sharing market in China, the shared micro-mobility market has exploded globally. The vision of bike-sharing becoming a popular method of “last mile” travel is now a reality. Over the last few years, sharing service operators not only grew their fleets of shared bikes, but also expanded their services by introducing other two-wheeled vehicles such as pedelecs, electric scooters, and mopeds. While micro-mobility took a hit from pandemic lock-down orders, micro-mobility is here to stay and will continue to grow in the post-COVID-19 world. ABI Research forecasts the worldwide installed base of micro-mobility vehicles to reach 50 million by 2026.

COVID has dramatically changed the micro-mobility market as many service operators finding themselves having to halt their services. “For-profit to be made, rides need to take place and as a consequence of COVID-19, service operators are facing huge short-term profitability challenges,” explains Harriet Sumnall, Research Analyst. Many operators have had to reduce their workforce as well as suspend their operations globally, which will impact the amount of available cash to keep the companies afloat.