Average daily traffic to Walmart’s online grocery site reached 1.1 million between March 1 and March 20, according to SimilarWeb—a 55% increase on average daily visitor numbers during the previous two months. Read more in Zdnet Online grocery shopping numbers…
Some major hosting firms have adopted Let’s Encrypt as an effectively no-cost method of adding digital certificates for their users’ sites with almost no overhead. They can automate the process of requesting a certificate, receiving it, and installing it, a…
Although excitement about digital ecosystems is growing, executives still don’t fully understand what makes a particular digital ecosystem successful. We reveal five factors common to successful digital ecosystems. Read more in BCG What Does a Successful Digital Ecosystem Look Like?…
The five most valuable public companies in the US—Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and Amazon—are all orchestrators of digital ecosystems. This is a strong contrast with ten years ago, when Microsoft was the only digital player alongside four physical giants (Exxon…
As tech winds its way deeper and deeper into our lives, deeper questions arise: How can you trust someone you’ll never see? How can you trust an algorithm that is making thousands of decisions a second of which you aren’t…
Adding more women to the digital workforce will do more than just fill a growing need for talent. BCG research has shown that there are real benefits—both operational and financial—to creating more gender-balanced workforces and leadership teams. Read more in…
Technology has been the enabler: Wi-Fi and mobile networks have taken the internet to the farthest reaches of the planet while collaboration tools have made it feasible to do ‘business as usual’ from unusual locations. Read more in raconteur Rise…
In the sixteenth century, it was the invention of canvases. In the nineteenth, photography. And today, it’s 3D printing, algorithmic art, VR, AR, AI… Technology has always presented both challenges and opportunities in the art world, and the industry today…
As of 2017, upward of 2.1 billion internet users lived in emerging markets. By 2022, that number will likely swell to around 3 billion, and three times as many internet users will live in emerging markets as in developed markets.…
