Back-To-School Is Back | Amazon Air Takes Flight | JC Penney, Office Depot Enhance Loyalty

Amazon and Walmart have been going head to head over the battle of eCommerce ruler over the past few years. In today's Direct to Consumer piece, we explore the recent actions by both companies and what it could mean for the consumer. Read More...

There's got to be more to (AI) life than speech recognition, image search, and translation, and Google wants to find out what it is. The company has launched PAIR, the People + AI Research initiative, to better understand machine learning and how humans interact with software. From there, it hopes to bring AI to the masses with innovative new applications - and it's open-sourcing tools for outside researchers to enter the conversation. Read More...

PayPal Helps SMBs Go Global In The Flip Of An API

SMBs have spent the better part of the last decade hearing that they need to go “cross border” yet find taking the first steps overwhelming. That, PayPal’s Director of Global Initiatives Melissa O’Malley told Karen Webster, is all about to change at the flip of an API in partnership with Webinterpret. Read More...