Network Solutions has been named a Gold Stevie Award winner in the Internet/New Media Company of the Year category at the 2026 International Business Awards, recognizing the company’s shift from a traditional domain registrar toward an AI-powered digital presence platform for entrepreneurs and small businesses. The domain registrar is becoming something broader. As entrepreneurs increasingly…

Smart speakers are moving beyond simple voice-command devices as generative AI, on-device processing and interoperable smart-home standards reshape the category. The global smart speakers market is projected to expand sharply through 2035, with manufacturers increasingly competing on AI intelligence, privacy, audio quality and ecosystem compatibility rather than hardware alone. The smart speaker market is entering…

B2B outbound marketing is increasingly shifting from static prospect lists toward real-time buying signals. SeeResponse, a B2B growth marketing agency, has launched a signal-based outbound service designed to identify changes that suggest a company may be entering a buying cycle and trigger personalized sales outreach around that event. For years, B2B outbound sales has followed…

As broadcasters and streaming platforms manage growing volumes of video, subtitles and multi-format content, quality control is becoming an increasingly automated discipline. Venera Technologies plans to use IBC 2026 in Amsterdam to demonstrate how AI is reshaping media QC, introducing new capabilities across its quality-control portfolio and debuting QCentral™, a unified command center for managing…