Woolworths is applying booking technology originally built for smart parking to sense the length of queues forming outside supermarkets due to COVID-19 restrictions. The retailer is trialling the technology known as Q Tracker, which both provides an approximate wait time outside stores and lets customers book a 15-minute slot to Continue Reading
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Woolworths trials sensors to track queues outside supermarkets – Cloud – Hardware – Software- Tempemail
Woolworths is applying booking technology originally built for smart parking to sense the length of queues forming outside supermarkets due to COVID-19 restrictions. The retailer is trialling the technology known as Q Tracker, which both provides an approximate wait time outside stores and lets customers book a 15-minute slot to Continue Reading
EU regulators seek feedback on Google’s Fitbit data pledge – Hardware- Tempemail
EU antitrust enforcers are asking interested parties whether Google’s pledge not to use fitness tracker maker Fitbit’s health data for its advertising, and to separate the dataset from its own, might ease concerns over their tie up. Alphabet’s Google made the pledge to the European Commission late on Monday to Continue Reading
Kangaroo-like robot to clock in at Japanese convenience store – Hardware- Tempemail
In August, a robot vaguely resembling a kangaroo will begin stacking sandwiches, drinks and ready meals on shelves at a Japanese convenience store in a test its maker, Telexistence, hopes will help trigger a wave of retail automation. Following that trial, store operator FamilyMart says it plans to use robot Continue Reading
Arm raises prices on chip technology for some customers – sources – Hardware- Tempemail
SoftBank-owned semiconductor technology supplier Arm has moved to raise licensing fees for some customers in recent negotiations, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters. In recent talks, Arm’s sales representatives have pressed for price hikes that would boost overall license costs for some customers by as much as four Continue Reading
German court bans Tesla ad statements related to autonomous driving – Hardware – Software- Tempemail
Germany has banned Tesla from repeating what a court says are misleading advertising statements relating to the capabilities of the firm’s driver assistance systems and to autonomous driving, a Munich judge ruled. Tesla can appeal the ruling. The case was brought by Germany’s Wettbewerbszentrale, an industry sponsored body tasked with Continue Reading
Chipmaker Analog Devices in advanced talks to buy Maxim Integrated – Hardware- Tempemail
US semiconductor maker Analog Devices is in advanced talks to acquire Maxim Integrated Products, an industry peer that has a market capitalisation of US$17.1 billion, people familiar with the matter said. The acquisition would expand Analog Devices’ offerings in applications such as autonomous vehicles and 5G telecommunications networks. It would Continue Reading
Kmart Australia deploys “large-scale” Android Voice solution for fulfilment – Projects – Hardware – Software- Tempemail
Kmart is the first Australian retailer to deploy an Android Voice based system that guides workers in how to fulfil product orders for its stores and online operations. The retailer said overnight it has struck a deal with Melbourne’s Cohesio Group, which last year became part of German technology group Continue Reading
World’s busiest airport envisions ‘touchless’ travel post-COVID – Strategy – Hardware- Tempemail
With COVID-19 ravaging the aviation industry, airlines and airports worldwide are reining in costs and halting new spending, except in one area: reassuring pandemic-wary passengers about travel. “Whatever the new normal (…) it’s going to be more and more around self-service,” Sean Donohue, chief executive of Dallas-Forth Worth International Airport Continue Reading
Apple expands independent repair shop program to Europe, Canada – Hardware- Tempemail
Apple is expanding a program to supply repair parts, tools and manuals for iPhones to independent repair shops in 32 countries in Europe as well as Canada. Apple began the program last year in the United States after years of lobbying against state-level “right to repair” bills that would have Continue Reading