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Personalized web content, which raises conversion and boosts retention, time on site, and page views, is key for maintaining a competitive advantage. A November 2021 McKinsey study found that personalization drives better business performance and meets customer expectations:  Nearly three-fourths (71%) of consumers expect companies to deliver personalized interactions…

Nowadays, even though many people are minting, hosting, and distributing nonfungible tokens (NFTs) for their creative work, a misconception prevails that NFTs are synonymous with the art pieces that are sold. In fact, NFTs—the smart contract itself and the data inside—are blockchain tokens that certify ownership, i.e., small containers in…

How AI and ML Are Powering Visual Experiences Engaging with customers in today’s digital world is impossible without rich visuals, which are no longer part of the story but the story itself. Brands that not only survive but also thrive are those dedicated to delivering visual experiences across…

A vision for future opportunities and challenges is paramount for business success, hence the critical role of “future proofing”, particularly vis-a-vis adoption and ongoing adaptation of technologies. Thanks to their ability to future-proof tech stacks for enterprises, microservices and headless solutions are gaining popularity exponentially, as evidenced by the…

With the growing adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT), it’s fun to build apps with IoT devices like Arduinos or Raspberry Pis. This tutorial shows you how to implement an interesting Arduino project, starting with using a photoresistor sensor to generate pictures in a JavaScript app. You’ll then upload…

A subsidiary of Axel Springer SE, upday is an innovative news aggregator. Like many media and entertainment companies, upday must grapple with the challenge of publishing myriad images in tandem with new stories. Complicating matters is the fact that most of the images created and owned by third parties might…

A headless architecture is one that decouples the front-end user interface from the back end so that enterprises can leverage best-of-breed solutions as API-connected microservices. Here’s an analogy: You can buy a cake made with ingredients of the baker’s choice or buy the ingredients that you desire and bake the…

Optimizing media for the web is a must-do to save visitor bandwidth and accelerate page loads as much as feasible. Incorporating the optimization process into an existing development workflow could be cumbersome, however. Cloudinary’s Netlify Build Plugin ensures that all the images slated for delivery on your site are automatically…

The fact that the right tools are a must for success of any undertaking holds especially true for e-commerce. Among them is a Product Information Management (PIM) system for tracking the merchandise that are for sale. As an increasingly popular PIM player, Akeneo comprises many useful features, in particular the…