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2018 has now come to an end, with just a few hours left until the stroke of midnight and the start of a new year . It is therefore time to take stock of the past year, and we at Digital Dictionary could not help but look back at the 12 months that have just passed and retrace the news related to the digital world that characterized 2018 more than others. So, download our infographic with the most important digital news of the year and...enjoy reading! DD_Infographic_Christmas_CTA 1) January 22 - The first Amazon Go store opens in Seattle Amazon Go is Amazon's cutting-edge store, a sign of the e-commerce giant's desire to leave its mark not only in the world of online purchases but also in physical ones. The innovative heart of this new store lies in the absence of checkouts : thanks to a complex system of sensors and cameras, coupled with a dedicated algorithm, the price of the items purchased is automatically charged to the Amazon account when the customer passes through the "turnstiles" at the release of the store. Amazon calls it " just walk out technology ". To date, there are 7 Amazon Go stores in operation.
3 in Seattle, 3 in Chicago and 1 in San Francisco, while two new openings are already planned , one in Chicago and the other in San Francisco. 2) 29 January - Buddybank is born, the first Italian mobile-only bank Buddybank is not only an exclusively mobile bank , but is also aimed exclusively at iPhone owners . Sponsored by UniCredit, in the sense that it was born within the Italian banking group, Buddybank stands out from other mobile-only banks by offering a concierge service active 24 hours a day, 7 days a weekthe staff (human, not automated) is always available to solve not only any banking problems , but also to respond to the most diverse needs of users : from purchasing tickets for a concert to organizing a trip. 3) March 22 - Samsung Pay arrives in Italy 2018 was the year of the arrival in Italy of the main mobile payment Australia WhatsApp Number Data methods " X-Pay " available on the international market. In fact , starting from March, Italians in possession of a Samsung -branded smartphone also began to use the Samsung Pay mobile payment service to make their purchases in shops equipped with POS with NFC technology. 4) March 27 - Google Home in Italy Digital 2018 will probably be remembered as the year in which home speaker devices entered the Italian market . Now just say " Ok, Google " and Big G's virtual assistant will do its utmost to answer our questions ("What is the recipe for carbonara?" or "What films are there at the cinema?"), set timers, alarms or entertain us with funny jokes. 5) April 10 - Ant Financial is the most valuable startup in the world, 150 billion dollars Ant Financial is the financial services company born within the Alibaba group in 2014 and which among its services boasts, for example, the omnipresent (in China) Alipay . This year Jack Ma 's startup became the unicorn.
this expression refers to startups worth more than 1 billion dollars - which is worth the most in the world: 150 billion dollars . Alt Financial Startup Site Screenshot 6) May 1st - There are more than 300 thousand chatbots on Messenger The number of chatbots on Messenger continues to grow : if in September 2016 these were 30,000 , in April 2017 they became 100,000 until they reached 300,000 in May this year. Chatbot representation 7) 8 May - LinkedIn turns 15, 11 million Italian users The social network dedicated to professionals blew out 15 candles this year and for the occasion some interesting data was released : did you know that Italy represents the third largest community in Europe by number of professionals present on the social network? In first place we find England (25 million users) and in second place France (16 million). Linkedin representative image 8) June 1st - Waymo brings its autonomous cars to Italy For the first time, self-driving cars from Waymo - the company owned by Alphabet (which also owns Google) - have left the United States for a demonstration on public roads. The chosen place was Italy , in particular the province of Turin , probably by virtue of the partnership that links Waymo to the Fiat-Chrysler group . 9) July 17 - Over 100 million products were sold during Amazon Prime Day Prime Day 2018 was a truly important event for Amazon : more than 100 million products were sold during the 36 hours dedicated.
3 in Seattle, 3 in Chicago and 1 in San Francisco, while two new openings are already planned , one in Chicago and the other in San Francisco. 2) 29 January - Buddybank is born, the first Italian mobile-only bank Buddybank is not only an exclusively mobile bank , but is also aimed exclusively at iPhone owners . Sponsored by UniCredit, in the sense that it was born within the Italian banking group, Buddybank stands out from other mobile-only banks by offering a concierge service active 24 hours a day, 7 days a weekthe staff (human, not automated) is always available to solve not only any banking problems , but also to respond to the most diverse needs of users : from purchasing tickets for a concert to organizing a trip. 3) March 22 - Samsung Pay arrives in Italy 2018 was the year of the arrival in Italy of the main mobile payment Australia WhatsApp Number Data methods " X-Pay " available on the international market. In fact , starting from March, Italians in possession of a Samsung -branded smartphone also began to use the Samsung Pay mobile payment service to make their purchases in shops equipped with POS with NFC technology. 4) March 27 - Google Home in Italy Digital 2018 will probably be remembered as the year in which home speaker devices entered the Italian market . Now just say " Ok, Google " and Big G's virtual assistant will do its utmost to answer our questions ("What is the recipe for carbonara?" or "What films are there at the cinema?"), set timers, alarms or entertain us with funny jokes. 5) April 10 - Ant Financial is the most valuable startup in the world, 150 billion dollars Ant Financial is the financial services company born within the Alibaba group in 2014 and which among its services boasts, for example, the omnipresent (in China) Alipay . This year Jack Ma 's startup became the unicorn.
this expression refers to startups worth more than 1 billion dollars - which is worth the most in the world: 150 billion dollars . Alt Financial Startup Site Screenshot 6) May 1st - There are more than 300 thousand chatbots on Messenger The number of chatbots on Messenger continues to grow : if in September 2016 these were 30,000 , in April 2017 they became 100,000 until they reached 300,000 in May this year. Chatbot representation 7) 8 May - LinkedIn turns 15, 11 million Italian users The social network dedicated to professionals blew out 15 candles this year and for the occasion some interesting data was released : did you know that Italy represents the third largest community in Europe by number of professionals present on the social network? In first place we find England (25 million users) and in second place France (16 million). Linkedin representative image 8) June 1st - Waymo brings its autonomous cars to Italy For the first time, self-driving cars from Waymo - the company owned by Alphabet (which also owns Google) - have left the United States for a demonstration on public roads. The chosen place was Italy , in particular the province of Turin , probably by virtue of the partnership that links Waymo to the Fiat-Chrysler group . 9) July 17 - Over 100 million products were sold during Amazon Prime Day Prime Day 2018 was a truly important event for Amazon : more than 100 million products were sold during the 36 hours dedicated.