New data from digital commerce consulting firm SUMO Heavy suggests that voice commerce remains a nascent retail channel but the data suggests voice-assisted shopping will quickly increase as voice assistants gain wider adoption among consumers. While voice assistant adoption is still in its early stages, consumers are becoming more accustomed to the technology as it becomes commonplace in connected devices such as smart speakers, wearables and in-car entertainment systems, says SUMO Heavy.

Bond Capital founder and former Kleiner Perkins general partner Mary Meeker made her annual Internet Trends presentation this past Tuesday at Vox/Recode’s Code Conference in Scottsdale.

Facebook is rolling out a digital payments system next year that will allow Facebook users (as well as WhatsApp and Instagram users) to pay for goods and services using Facebook’s own cryptocurrency, dubbed “GlobalCoin.”

I wondered what it would feel like. It wasn’t quite what I expected.

2 out of every 3 digital ad dollars in the US goes to Facebook, Google or Amazon, according to eMarketer data.

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Today on The Register we are joined by Anthony Bucci, founder of RevZilla, which sells apparel, gear and parts for two and four-wheeled motorsports.

A food trail featuring Anthony Bourdain’s favorite New Jersey restaurants was proposed shortly after his death, and it just made its debut.