Companies have long relied on market research to determine how customers are using their products and whether they have underlying needs that a new feature might meet. Much of this... More
Tag Archives: research
How Companies Can Mine Online Reviews for Product-Development Gold (Kellogg Insight)
AI for Research: How Machines Can Guide R&D (Tech HQ)
What if our inventions start inventing things? What if we imbue our curiosity into programs that seek out hidden patterns and truths? It’s a powerful idea. But there are countles... More
How Adobe Turns Cutting-Edge Research Into Everyday Features (Fast Company)
The creative tools kingpin’s researchers get to dream big—but they’re responsible for ensuring that tools like Photoshop never feel like yesterday’s news.... More
6 Areas to Consider When Designing a Modern Research Platform (Avanade Insights)
Research driven organizations, such as asset & investment firms, create value through novel insights, ideas, and data-driven hypothesis about how the physical and business world fu... More
LinkedIn Will Allow Economics Researchers to Mine Its Data (Bloomberg)
Once upon a time, Facebook Inc. allowed academic researchers access to its data. We know how that story ends: with the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Now LinkedIn Corp., the professi... More
SAP Labs France Celebrates 20 Years of Innovation (HITS)
At SAP in France, a seed planted two decades ago has grown into a sturdy source of innovation with deep roots to a fertile ecosystem. What started with six employees led to a team ... More
Upfronts Get More Complex With New Technology, Comprehensive Data (Variety)
TV’s annual “upfront” market, when U.S. networks try to sell the bulk of their advertising inventory for the coming programming season, has never been more intricate and conv... More
Where Does IBM Research Get Ideas? Open Mikes and Interns (IEEE Spectrum)
“We’re still doing a lot of basic research,” it’s not just development. That’s what Jeff Welser, lab director of IBM Research-Almaden told me on a recent visit. Given tha... More
Tech Companies Spend More on R&D than Any Other Companies in the U.S. (Recode)
Tech companies lead top U.S. companies in R&D spending. That’s notable because spending on research and development is a key indicator for U.S. productivity, a measure of how wel... More
Product Research is the Most Important Aspect of Defining Digital Experience (ARC)
The concept of digital experience is now en vogue. But what digital experience even mean? In many ways, the term digital experience is opaque and diverse enough to become jargon. I... More
Obama Administration Gets Earful on Broadband Research (MCN)
The Obama Administration is getting plenty of input on what information it should be collecting to help guide its mission of promoting universal broadband deployment, adoption and ... More
Survey: Consumers Want Cheap OTT (MCN)
Consumers may want their content when they want it and where they want it, but they don’t want it to cost much, according to a new survey by MoffettNathanson. MoffettNathanson pa... More
Oracle Provides Technology to White House’s PAWR Program (SD Times)
Oracle is providing its Oracle Cloud technology and engineering resources to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s program Platforms for Advanced Wireless Res... More
YuMe Research Finds Streaming Media Players Have Highest Growth (MediaPost)
Did you ever wonder what a “day in the digital life” of a video consumer is? We know our own individual digital paths, but what about consumers in aggregate? New research from ... More
Quantum Computing Breakthrough Renews Concerns of Cybersecurity Apocalypse (Network World)
The term "cryptopocalypse" was probably first coined at the Black Hat USA information security convention in 2013. A talk presented by four security and technology experts at the... More
Capgemini/In-Stat Tackle Digital Entertainment ‘Dilemmas’ In White Paper
The evolving entertainment ecosystem poses five "dilemmas" for content companies and service providers: • How to dramatically improve how content is created and managed using a ... More
Blu-ray Beginning To Gain On DVD Player Market: In-Stat
High-volume shipments of Blu-ray players, most of which feature network connectivity, are finally making inroads into the broader disc player and recorder market, reports In-Stat. ... More