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Threekit announced the launch of the Threekit Visual Configurator for Salesforce Commerce Cloud on Salesforce AppExchange, empowering customers to do real-time customisation with interactive 3D Augmented Reality and Virtual Photography. When customers can interact with products by changing colours, features, materials, and configurations, they can become more confident and willing to buy.  Threekit Visual Configurator […]

The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) announced its partnership with social media giant TikTok. In a statement, the tourism department said that by using its newly launched Tiktok channel – Visit Abu Dhabi – it aims to “engage content creators to showcase the best of the emirate with creativity […]

Speakerbus, a leading provider of real-time digital communications for the financial markets, has launched Cadence, a cloud trading communications platform designed to meet the unique performance requirements of the global financial community. Building on Speakerbus’ 35 years of excellence serving customers of all sizes, Cadence is a suite of software-based trading communications, compliance and connectivity […]

Salesforce the global leader in CRM, announced that it has been ranked the number one CRM provider, for the eighth consecutive year by International Data Corporation (IDC) in its latest Worldwide Semiannual Software Tracker. Salesforce grew its overall market share position and increased its revenue more than any other Customer Relationship Management (CRM) vendor. Additionally, […]

SoftwareReviews, a division of IT research and advisory firm Info-Tech Research Group, has published its 2021 Enterprise Resource Planning Data Quadrant Awards, naming five vendors as gold medalists. The following vendors are leaders according to the feedback provided by their end-users via SoftwareReviews’ comprehensive online survey. Vendors are rated on product features, vendor capabilities, and […]

Dynamic Yield, the Experience Optimisation platform, announced the gradual release of its state-of-the-art, self-training Deep Learning Recommendations Algorithm, enabling brands to predict the next series of products a consumer is most likely to buy. Today, product recommendations are an essential requirement for any eCommerce business looking to increase engagement, purchases, and loyalty. However, a consistent […]

Spotify launched a paid subscription platform for podcasters through its podcast company Anchor. The platform will allow creators to mark podcast episodes as subscriber-only and publish them on Spotify and other platforms. The launch comes after rival Apple earlier this month said it will add paid podcast subscriptions within its dedicated podcast app.  The subscription […]

Roku warned that Google’s live-TV streaming service YouTube TV may be removed from its popular devices, saying in an email to customers that Google is making unfair, anti-competitive demands that would ‘manipulate your search results, impact the usage of your data and ultimately cost you more.’ YouTube’s main app on Roku is unaffected. Roku’s standoff […]

Expanding on its 2020 rollout of biometric payment tech, Amazon said it will add its Amazon One palm readers to seven Whole Foods stores in Seattle over the coming months. The devices were previously only available as a payment option in a dozen of its brick-and-mortar Amazon Go stores.  To sign up for the payment […]

Data analytics firm Yougov has acquired open banking start-up Lean App to help improve its services with financial transaction data.  Lean App has been acquired by Yougov on a three year earn-out, tied to enriching and expanding the research company’s data in the UK and the US. Lean App’s founders – Luke Dugdale, Tom Stuart, […]