Consumer Behavior - News Articles

WhatsApp Pay Stumbles in India's Fintech Dominion Despite Massive User Base

Jul 08, 2025

Rest of World

WhatsApp Pay struggles to make inroads in India's $3 trillion fintech market despite boasting 500 million users, as regulators cap its user base for years, allowing rivals like Google Pay and PhonePe to dominate while WhatsApp treats payments as a side feature with minimal upgrades or marketing.

Finance Consumer Behavior

Meta Unleashes AI Chatbots Sending Unsolicited Messages on Messaging Apps

Jul 04, 2025

TechCrunch

Meta unleashes AI chatbots that send unsolicited messages to users on Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram, aiming to increase engagement but raising safety concerns as the company explores monetizing AI companions.

Social Media Consumer Behavior Ethics Generative AI

Unmask 15 Thriving Faceless YouTube Channels for 2025

Jul 03, 2025

Fliki

Unmasking the future of YouTube: 15 thriving faceless channel ideas for 2025, spanning motivational videos, gaming, cooking tutorials, language learning, and more, with tips on creating engaging content without showing your face.

Entertainment Media Consumer Behavior

Apple unveils affordable A18-powered MacBook with vibrant color options, targets millions in sales

Jul 03, 2025

9to5Mac

Apple launches an affordable A18-powered MacBook with vibrant color options like silver, pink, and yellow, aiming for 5-7 million unit sales in 2026 through an aggressive pricing strategy.

Hardware Consumer Behavior Marketing

Google's Doppl Brings AI-Powered Virtual Fashion Fitting to Your Smartphone

Jun 27, 2025

Google

Google's Doppl, an experimental app, revolutionizes virtual fashion fitting, allowing users to upload photos of outfits and see AI-generated videos of how they look on a digital avatar, enabling interactive style exploration on smartphones.

Computer Vision Fashion Consumer Behavior

Xiaomi Launches AI Smart Glasses with Camera and Voice Assistant

Jun 26, 2025

South China Morning Post

Xiaomi introduces its AI smart glasses equipped with a 12MP camera, Qualcomm's AR1 chip, voice assistant, and 8.6-hour battery life, entering the competitive AI glasses market led by Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses.

Augmented Reality Computer Vision Consumer Behavior Hardware

Applebee's and IHOP Unleash AI to Tailor Menu Picks and Deals

Jun 20, 2025

The Verge

Applebee's and IHOP restaurants unveil AI-powered 'personalization engines' that analyze customers' past orders and data to recommend tailored menu items and deals, aiming to boost loyalty and upsell products through AI personalization.

Customer Service Recommendation Data Analytics Retail Consumer Behavior

Apple Faces Pressure to Unveil AI Advancements for Siri, Developer Tools at WWDC 2025

Jun 10, 2025

Yahoo Finance

Apple faces mounting pressure to unveil advancements in its AI assistant Siri and provide developers with robust AI tools at its upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference in 2025, as it races to catch up in the rapidly evolving artificial intelligence landscape.

Natural Language Consumer Behavior Developer Tools

Apple Plays Catch-Up with AI, Opens LLM Access for Developers

Jun 09, 2025

Yahoo Tech

Acknowledging its delayed AI advancements, Apple grants developers access to its on-device large language model, enabling AI integration in apps, yet still trails OpenAI and Google's AI capabilities despite OS updates leveraging its AI technology.

Natural Language Software Development Consumer Behavior

Meta's Metaverse Future Hinges on 2025 AR/VR Milestones

Jun 06, 2025

TechCrunch

Meta's ambitious metaverse vision hinges on achieving key augmented and virtual reality milestones by 2025, with the company's Ray-Ban AI glasses already generating buzz as a breakthrough product that could shape the market's adoption of its AR/VR offerings.

Augmented Reality Virtual Reality Hardware Consumer Behavior