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Biometrics Of Mass Defense?

PYMNTS

HYPR, for example, debuted what it is calling a biometric shopping platform at the National Retail Federation’s BIG Show in New York City in January. While some providers work to find new ways to authenticate users and detect fraudsters using biometrics, others are working to stop a rapid rise in account takeovers.

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Techy Turkey Day: How Technology Has Changed America’s Trademark Holiday

PYMNTS

Here’s how innovation, marketing and technology have shaped this iconic American holiday over the years. National Geographic says that the first Thanksgiving was not a thanksgiving at all, but simply a celebration of the pilgrims’ first successful harvest. What made it stick was (if we may retrofit a modern term) the right marketing.

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What Is Psychographics? Understanding The ‘Dark Arts’ Of Marketing That Brought Down Cambridge Analytica

CB Insights

Today, “Everyday usability” is still a key theme, and a recent tweet from May 2018 shows the strategy continues to play out in the company’s marketing strategy: Other automotive companies have expressed the impact of psychographic segmentation across their marketing strategies as well.