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The world was watching earlier this month as Google CEO Sundar Pichai demonstrated a world first: a very realistic phone call made by a Google Assistant, booking a hair salon appointment on [...]

As you may have gathered from the flurry of privacy policy notices likely hitting your inbox, the European Union has enacted a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that will apply across all [...]

(Originally published on July 25, 2017) I don’t know about your office, but lunch is pretty important around here. A good lunch can make or break your afternoon, so you want to make the right [...]

(Originally published on October 2, 2017) You know the drill by now: Customer experience is the new marketing, and customer experiences are the new brand. In fact, improved experience can grow [...]

(Originally published on September 16, 2015) Have you ever been to an all-you-can-eat buffet? Giant appetizer platters, vats of soup, an endless selection of meats and veggies and [...]

(Originally published on Oct 4, 2017) Amazon’s forays into brick-and-mortar stores are all over the news lately, with many analysts predicting doom and gloom for traditional retailers [...]

(Originally published on May 25, 2017) Here at Phunware, we are dedicated to making accessible and beautiful apps for an international audience, spanning all languages and locales. We also [...]

According to a recent report on Edutechnica.com, more than 700 U.S. universities and colleges have implemented at least one mobile application. Large schools tend to have multiple apps, while [...]

As it approaches its third decade of existence, the internet is experiencing an identity crisis. The next era of the web will be built around personal data. Here's how blockchain will provide the [...]

In the mobile world, we’re all a bit guilty of focusing on the next shiny object. Here's why your attention should be focused on a winning mobile strategy instead.

We’ve written quite a lot on how mobile wayfinding helps people find their way around busy, confusing environments, like airport terminals and hospitals. Having a personal digital navigator [...]

Remember back in the Dark Ages before we could set reminders on our phones? If you’re anything like me, you were probably leaving yourself a voicemail saying “Don’t forget to [...]

If you weren’t able to join us at the 2018 National Retail Federation (NRF) Big Show, you missed out on Cisco’s super-cool Toy Box, a fully functional toy store right on the floor of [...]

Airport terminals are a great place for people-watching. There’s the caffeine-fueled road warrior feverishly charging her phone while barnstorming her laptop. The young couple taking giddy [...]

“Smart hospitals are those that optimize, redesign or build new clinical processes, management systems and potentially even infrastructure enabled by underlying digitized networking of [...]

When we last looked in on how airport passengers are coping with clogged terminals and security bottlenecks, people were pretty steamed. TSA checkpoints were bogged down and #iHatetheWait was [...]

Retail and parking are big business for airports, making up 70% of all non-aeronautical revenue worldwide, according to the most recent Airport Economics Report from Airports Council [...]

What does your smartphone’s home screen look like? Is it cluttered with apps (and folders filled with more apps)? Or is it a tidy array of a handful of apps you use every day? Most of us desire [...]

The Department of Energy forecasts LED lighting will comprise about 30% of U.S. lighting installations by 2020. By 2035, LEDs are predicted to make up more than 85% of all lighting stock in the [...]

Virtualization has been around the computing world for more than a decade now. For the non-techies (or even the sorta-techies) among us, virtualization basically means using software to make one [...]

When users open an Android app, what they see is the result of Android developers assigning data from various inputs (databases, the internet, etc.) to elements of the app user interface. Until [...]