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Walmart has introduced its own mobile payment platform, Walmart Pay, which allows shoppers to use QR codes to check out at cash registers and make digital payments. Walmart Pay is the newest feature incorporated into the retailer’s app, which has 22 …

German manufacturer Bosch is making smart-home technology a top priority. Beginning on Jan. 1, the newly founded subsidiary Robert Bosch Smart Home GmbH will bring together the company’s smart home activities. The company will create a single mobile application that …

Brick-and-mortar retailers have the opportunity to snag online shoppers in a new way—with a service called PriceLocal. PriceLocal is a web browser extension that works with Chrome, Firefox and Safari browsers to search local stores for products sold on Amazon. The company launched nationally last …

Robots are trending as retail employees, and a new model can be programmed to rapidly check an entire store’s inventory. This new robot on the scene is called Tally, and is the creation of Simbe, a San Francisco startup company, according …

Lowe’s plans to change space travel with its latest tech project—and that’s not a far-off fantasy. The giant retailer is slated to launch a commercial 3-D printer to the International Space Station in early 2016, taking manufacturing off the Earth. The goal …

A Texas home improvement retailer is getting attention for his ambitious work to create a store chain that makes sustainable products accessible and affordable enough to become the industry norm. That entrepreneur, Jason Ballard, started the business TreeHouse in 2009 in Austin, Texas. He has …

High-tech home products are a dominant trend at China International Hardware Show 2015 (CIHS 2015). A walk through the event’s five exhibition halls reveals that integrating technology into all aspects of the home is perpetually growing in popularity. Manufacturers, such as Siemens and Bosch, …

Consumers are connecting to the Internet in any way they can – via laptops, PCs, cellphones, tablets, televisions, sound systems and even home appliances such as refrigerators. Below is data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Computer and Internet Use in …