The wearables market may have originally been dominated by fitness bands and smart glasses targeting the leisure market, but as the industry matures, applications are becoming more sophisticated and businesses can benefit from the trend.
By John Loder
John Loder, head of strategy at Nesta Health Lab, argues that advances in technology present huge opportunities to innovate in the healthcare space and bring about sizeable benefits – both commercially and socially.
Just when you finally let go of your BlackBerry for a buttonless, shinier alternative, it’s time to prepare for the incredibly noisy entrance of virtual reality in 2016 – so start skipping breakfast and prepare to be force-fed VR.
In today’s technology-driven world, the task of keeping customers happy is a constantly moving target. Therefore, keeping pace with the changing expectations that customers have of their online user experience (UX), has never been more important.
By Dave Hobday
This September, the upper limit for contactless payments was officially raised to £30. Many entrepreneurs and small business owners might not even have registered this seemingly minor event, but we at Worldpay believe it could represent a significant moment in the evolution of payments.
By Dave Hobday
This September, the upper limit for contactless payments was officially raised to £30. Many entrepreneurs and small business owners might not even have registered this seemingly minor event, but we at Worldpay believe it could represent a significant moment in the evolution of payments.
The trend of contactless payments is set to spike significantly as the limit per transaction increased to £30 on 1 September, which follows British consumers spending £2.5bn with the method in the first half of 2015.
By Mike Weston
Mike Weston, CEO of data science consultancy Profusion, discusses the growing trend of wearable devices at work and what employers need to think about before bringing them on board.
Connected health business Fitbit has achieved a 253 per cent revenue growth year-on-year, which highlights consumers’ increasing desire for fitness and wearables.
With mobile payments taking off across the country, ecommerce firm Avangate has revealed that 64 per cent of British shoppers would be willing to make purchases via wearable devices.
