Roku, Inc. announced Roku OS 9.4 will start rolling out to Roku devices in the coming weeks. Roku OS 9.4 offers customers new ways to access content quickly and a range of performance enhancements. The Roku Channel is adding more ways to access all-in-one entertainment via a new dedicated mobile app for iOS and Android smartphones available in the coming weeks. Additionally, Roku announced a new streaming player line up in another announcement. "The Roku OS allows consumers to easily get to the content they want…

New capabilities empower businesses to rapidly respond to COVID-related behavioral shifts and quickly act on fraud data intelligence with precision IDology, a GBG company, announced the latest innovation to its multi-layered identity verification platform, ExpectID. As COVID-19 continues to bring complexity to the fraud landscape, IDology is giving businesses the power to respond with new levels of data visibility, control and customization throughout the identity verification process. With ExpectID's Decision Builder,…

Bold BI makes it easier to customize and deploy dashboards for every user Syncfusion, Inc., is pleased to announce the latest version of Bold BI, its cloud-neutral business intelligence dashboard solution, for both its Enterprise and Embedded versions. Bold BI Embedded now provides a new JavaScript SDK that allows users to easily embed dashboards into a web application in a secure manner. In addition, it provides enterprise-grade dashboards that create more powerful data visualization and allow users to analyze data in…

With the upgraded CCM platform, Ecrion is providing a faster, user-friendly customer communication management solution Ecrion announced the release of the latest version of its customer communication (CCM) and customer experience (CX) platform. This release, based on a microservices architecture, also introduces a new suite of digital experience (DX) applications, designed with specific business processes in mind, including insurance claim processing, loan applications, patient onboarding, and more. "For businesses…

FitSmallBusiness.com Lists 5 Key Ways The Retail Landscape Will Change After COVID-19 We already see that the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed American spending habits. But, we didn't quite realize just how vast it would alter shopping habits. As brick-and-mortar retailers close their doors to combat the outbreak, online retailers are seeing a huge uptick in sales as many of us have little else to do these days. Increased Demand for Fitness Apps & Streaming Car Industry Coronavirus…

In 2015, Deloitte predicted the rise of made-to-order mass personalization. Its research showed that brands that offer personalization opportunities – and do it well – can expect an ROI on Marketing spend of 500 to 800 percent. In the four years since then, brands interested in enjoying such ROI have faced two major problems: first, one of definitions. While Deloitte writes about “Personalization,” what the study describes is a blend of personalization, customization, and configuration. The difference between these is…

Eighty-six percent of consumers want products tailored to their unique preferences. And they expect brands to make it happen: 42% of consumers who seek customized products want brands to provide a selection of options. In short, brands have their work cut out for them. To rise to the challenge, leaders in consumer goods need to harness the power of technology. But with a blank slate initiative and hundreds of tools available, where do you start? For product customization goals, look to CPQ and next-generation…

March Networks, a global video security and video-based business intelligence leader, is pleased to introduce new capabilities available in its powerful Searchlight software. Used by leading banks and retail organizations worldwide to extract valuable information on customer service, merchandising, operations, compliance and more, March Networks Searchlight™ helps businesses improve performance and profitability. Integrating clear surveillance video, relevant business data and highly accurate analytics, the software also…

New Partner to Serve as System Integrator and Enable More Customer-Specific Workflow Enhancements Matrix Solutions, the only global ad sales platform built for media, announced a new alliance with Aspirant, a leading global management consulting and technology firm. This relationship provides global media enterprises with greater customization capabilities within Monarch’s full ad platform and reporting and analytic modules, as well as additional system integrations and other workflow enhancements. Aspirant’s alliance…

Stefanini TotalCare for Salesforce Is Comprised of Extremely Cost-Effective and Flexible Managed Services for Salesforce Help Desk, Admin, Enhancement, and On-Going Development Support Investing in Salesforce to drive business solutions, Stefanini, a $1B global IT provider, offers an extensive set of end-to-end Salesforce services that provide strategies to expand the capabilities of clients’ enterprise CRM systems.  Customized to clients’ unique needs, Stefanini’s suite of Salesforce solutions enable clients to maximize…

Insightly’s Metadata-driven Architecture Allows For Rapid Innovation on Its Customer Relationship Platform, Outpacing That of Legacy CRMs Insightly, the CRM for building lifelong customer relationships, announced its latest product release designed for modern enterprises whose unique business dynamics require greater flexibility in how they structure and access their customer data. Insightly offers a new breed of CRM that helps modern businesses of all sizes build lifelong customer relationships and grow faster than ever…

Zoho CRM Expands Its AI Capabilities with Interactive Voice and Chat, Deal Prediction, and Email Sentiment; Enterprises Can Now Build, Distribute, and Manage Internal Apps for Global Teams.  Zoho has unveiled Zia Voice, the first conversational AI for sales teams that adds speech and chat capabilities to Zia, Zoho's AI-powered sales assistant. Zia can now also predict deal closures and analyze email sentiment. Read More: Boost.ai Secures $5 Million Investment to Expand Internationally The company also introduced…

If you think you’re drowning in data now, just wait. The pool is about to get a lot deeper. The much anticipated Internet of Things is here and it’s growing at a head spinning rate. The telecommunications experts at Ericcson are predicting that IoT sensors and devices are going to produce 400 zettabytes of data next year. That’s one trillion gigabytes. Even if that forecast turns out to be a bit off, there’s no denying that the IoT is deluging us with data. Without experts to analyze all that data and turn it into…

Apps add one more enormous level of customization to your website, and whether you’re looking for a specific niche function or a massive variety of fun toys, an app store might be the thing to sway you toward a specific platform to build your website. Rather than having to sign up for each service just to see their app stores, let’s go over some of the best website builder app stores out there, and see who offers the most robust collection of apps. Weebly Weebly has a massive app store that lets you customize your…

Intuiface and Sightcorp have integrated their respective solutions to create a unified, no code, computer vision-based approach to building, running, and measuring effective digital out-of-home deployments. Systems integrators and any business hosting staff and/or visitors would use Intuiface's digital experience platform to create interactive digital content for physical locations and connect those experiences to a real-time stream of AI-powered face analysis data produced by Sightcorp's DeepSight Toolkit. Intuiface…

Agora, Inc, a pioneer and leading platform for real-time engagement APIs, announced impressive growth across its customer base in Q3 driven by increased demand for real-time engagement (RTE) technology. Agora, with dual headquarters in Santa Clara, California, and Shanghai, China, saw a 95.4% increase in active customers year-over-year as of September 2020 and continues to power some of the most exciting digital transformations in the world. Heading into the new year, Agora will continue to be the go-to developer-friendly…

"E-Commerce businesses in particular profit from advanced colorization techniques, product customization and personalization, and image optimization." Hi Steve, please tell us about your journey into the imaging/technology space and how you started at LiquidPixels. After 18 years in the yellow box of Eastman Kodak, trying to push them into the digital era, I left my position at Kodak.com. During the ensuing four months, I investigated a half-dozen different ideas, eventually drafting business plans for two of them.…

Tulip, a global leader in retail mobile solutions, announced it has completed its acquisition of Timekit, the leader in advanced scheduling and resource management system based in San Francisco, California. With the acquisition of Timekit, Tulip is positioned to play a greater role in driving digital transformation, enabling enterprise retailers around the world to enhance connected customer experiences with real-time scheduling, personalize every store visit, and drive revenue growth. Marketing Technology News: BigID…

Mediafly, a provider of sales enablement technology, content management, and advisory services that create interactive, value-based selling experiences, announced the launch of Jumpstart Presentations, a new offering to help brands accelerate their digital sales transformation and move beyond the traditional pitch presentation. The no-risk, cost-efficient program is Mediafly’s latest, most transformative offering since its recent acquisition of visual communication solution Presentify, positioning the company as the only…

Seismic Gives Customers Unparalleled Abilities to Explore, Customize and Share Actionable Insights on Campaigns, Content, and Deals Seismic, the industry-leading and award-winning sales enablement and marketing orchestration platform provider, announced new content analytics capabilities that boost marketer and seller effectiveness, drive revenue team alignment, and help organizations deliver exceptional buyer experiences. In today's world, most sales teams aren't equipped with the best-performing content to help them…