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Apple Expands Developer NFC Access To Boost New Use Cases

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Citing The Information, 9to5Mac reported that Apple is aiming for the iPhone to be used for more digital payments and other interactions, such as opening hotel room doors or as a virtual transit card for easier access to transportation.

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Yes, Twelve Dollars Is a Good Price for Two Batteries–Under the…

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The $6 price tag for each battery sent a not-so-subtle social message. Economists are wary of the word “need;” whether you need something or not is context-dependent, and I’m always amazed at how much my kids’ “needs” change when they’re paying with their money rather than mine.

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Taking A Sharing Economy Approach To Hotel Booking

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For a couple of nights, he splurged on a hotel room, which he recalls as being much nicer, with a big bed and more amenities. He realized that if he could share the room and split the cost with one other person, he could receive all of the perks of a hotel at a hostel rate. The Platform.

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The Robots Are Coming – And Some Are Already Here

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That’s a big price tag, but it’s not so bad when one considers that doing that using humans to perform that kind of plant surveying work would cost roughly $300,000. Robotic Hotel Workers. Fluffy and Spot travel the plant and gather data that can be synthesized into improvements in the production process, according to The Economist.

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Badi Rolls Out AI Room Booking App In NY

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In another case, Roost allows travelers to book hotels and find roommates. They can enter how many people are traveling and choose a category of hotel. They can select which people they would want to stay with by tagging profiles, much like a dating website.

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Deem’s New Software Aims To Boost Corporate Travel Booking Services

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Using the Rise program, customers have the option to offer customized travel content while managing policies and approvals, as well as allowing customers to shop for airfare, hotels and ground transportation according to each company’s rules. Rise does away with the need to handle each segment individually. Deem CEO John F.

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When Homeshares Become Shoppable Experiences

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At one point, she was staying at a hotel in Chicago, where she fell in love with a coffee table book. She ended up getting the coffee table book from the hotel after asking for permission. The house contains items that come with small wooden tags that printed with the hashtag #SHOPTOSTAY.