Here are the editor's top picks for the week.

How data analytics is creating a flatter world for marketers

As more companies leverage data and data partnerships, the lines between industries and consumer demographics are disappearing, at least for those that can keep up.

VR: Judging the real opportunity

People inside the virtual reality industry are confident that the time for VR has arrived. But people just outside the industry still seem hesitant.

In-flight entertainment is taking off

Our connectivity options keep expanding, even at 30,000 feet. Not only has the global number of commercial aircraft equipped with Wi-Fi more than doubled since 2011, but the bandwidth and speed of connections have grown exponentially and will likely continue to increase.

End in sight for spectrum auction, all eyes turn to M&A

The broadcast incentive auction will not go down in history as the spectrum extravaganza FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler once promised. But nor will it go down as a complete failure.

Starship COO: Robots will boost on-demand sector profits

S&P Global Market Intelligence spoke to Allan Martinson, COO at Starship Technologies, a delivery robot startup launched by two former co-founders of Skype Technologies SA.