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Amazon ’s New York expansion plans will now include the former Lord & Taylor building in downtown Manhattan, as the eCommerce company announced that it will purchase the storied building from office sharing startup WeWork , according to the New York Post.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Businesses and financial institutions (FIs) are following suit, reordering their products and services for a new digital normal — but unfortunately, fraudsters are tagging along. For more on these and other stories, visit the Tracker’s News & Trends. Why Shifting Consumer Spend Is Prompting Security Onboarding Moves.

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JANUARY 30, 2018

The Wall Street Journal reported news on Tuesday (Jan. The iPhone X sports features such as facial recognition technology and has a $1,000 price tag, higher than competing devices. Eyeing weak demand, tech giant Apple has cut production for its iPhone X planned for the current quarter. It’s a real headache.”

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OCTOBER 18, 2019

A class action lawsuit against Facebook , alleging that people in Illinois didn’t consent to have their photos used with the company’s facial recognition technology , will move forward despite Facebook’s efforts to halt it. News of the potential penalty saw the company’s share price drop 2.25 percent.

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APRIL 15, 2019

Amid a change for Foxconn Technology Group, the iPhone will reportedly enter mass production in India, as the country has become the fastest-growing market for smartphones around the globe. and Huawei Technologies Co., Demand has been declining in China for Apple products partly due to the large price tag. Bloomberg reported.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

A Facebook spokesperson told news outlets in a statement that it’s not out of the ordinary for the company to develop apps for internal use only. He said it was “a way to learn about new technologies.” . Photo tagging used to be a default feature, but now it is something users have to opt into.

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MAY 10, 2018

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at some of the freshest payments news of the day. Today’s stories include a new deal Sears signed with Amazon , a digital gifting acquisition and a new robotic kitchen. The company is utilizing the technology in a store located in an upscale section of Stockholm, Sweden.

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JUNE 6, 2019

Unnamed people “familiar with the matter” told the news outlet that the bank ultimately decided that Chase, rather than Finn, was best equipped to deliver those hybrid services to consumers. Now, Finn users will have to download the Chase app and get a new debit card, though the site noted the account details will not change.

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AUGUST 29, 2020

Cars are getting technologically impressive, but they don’t fly as of yet. Well, there are lots of technological limitations in the field, and it turns out that consumers aren’t all that into robots anyway. Unfortunately, the future has not yet turned out the way the Jetsons promised. Such robots aren’t cheap.

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APRIL 16, 2018

million average monthly visits, retail news source Retail Dive reported. The news comes as Macy’s plans to roll out mobile checkout in its brick-and-mortar stores. The technology, which is powered by the retailer’s mobile app, is expected to be deployed to all of Macy’s full-line stores by the end of the year, CNBC reported.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2018

News photos can showcase the latest in fashion and style of Hollywood actors, but it’s not so easy to purchase items from a celebrity’s wardrobe. To purchase the items, a reader simply clicks on the links, which come in the form of shopping tag icons embedded in the photo. billion listings. “She

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JULY 19, 2017

The company today announced news of its plans to offer QR codes for scan by customers and merchants, building on its QR efforts in India, Thailand, the Middle East and Africa, as well as its collaborations with industry players to create new global QR standards.

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MARCH 19, 2018

The technology, which is powered by the retailer’s mobile app, is expected to be deployed to all of Macy’s full-line stores by the end of the year, CNBC reported. When it’s time to check out, customers go to a dedicated counter where the cashier makes sure they scanned the correct number of items and removes a security tag.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Billon , which created the first enterprise distributed ledger technology (DLT) system, announced that it is one of six companies that have been selected to participate in the Elevator Lab Partnership Program. It was chosen from a group of over 280 applications. That bank sells it to a wholesaler network down to a corporation.

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OCTOBER 3, 2019

With a redesign of Google Shopping, the platform is receiving multiple new features such as options to track prices, shop local stores and come across style inspiration via Google Lens. The feature isn’t only for pictures of new clothes posted on the internet, as users can also take a photo of an item in their closet or on a store rack.

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JANUARY 11, 2017

Alibaba is at the forefront of a bid that would take Intime Retail Group private, with a price tag of as much as $2.6 billion price tag would offer up a 42 percent premium for Intime, as paid by Alibaba and Intime Founder Shen Guojun, at HK$10 a share — and Alibaba already owns three-quarters of the company’s stock.

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APRIL 12, 2019

The news comes as PayU announced the acquisition of payments technology platform ZOOZ last July. In a press release at the time, PayU said the price tag was undisclosed, but noted the deal supported the company’s expansion into high-growth markets. Beyond Wibmo, PayU bought Citrus Pay in 2016 for $130 million.

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MAY 15, 2019

To help improve their operations, consumer services companies appear to have some very specific ideas about digital technology. The report also noted that many firms believe technology could also bolster their back-office operations. From Yelp to Apple , technology companies are providing solutions that could serve retail environments.

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JUNE 13, 2019

Together, the companies will offer riders more vehicles equipped with the latest technology advancements for the sharing market, and provide services in more communities. “We Bird has announced its acquisition of electric vehicle company Scoot.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2018

The next stop on the road to technological evolution in the transportation industry may just be unattended. Across the industry, from carmakers and road regulators to bike share programs, companies are looking to unattended retail tech to improve efficiency and unlock new revenue opportunities. Going unattended to get more convenient.

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JULY 2, 2019

The price cuts were prompted by lower-than-anticipated demand for iPhones in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, the news outlet reported. Demand has been slumping in China for Apple products in part because of the hefty price tag. As one example, an iPhone XR is now priced 4.6 percent lower than it was at the end of March, the report said.

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APRIL 1, 2019

The price cuts were prompted by lower than anticipated demand for iPhones in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, the news outlet reported. Demand has been slumping in China for Apple products in part because of the hefty price tag. As one example, an iPhone XR is now priced 4.6 percent lower than it was at the end of March, the report said.

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AUGUST 24, 2018

The technology, which is powered by artificial intelligence, was developed by Donde Search , the retailer said in an announcement. The news comes as H&M has given its mobile app and eCommerce site a digital makeover , bringing a myriad of new features to online customers such as visual search.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Visa , the payments company, announced news on Wednesday (Nov. In a press release , Visa, the exclusive payment technology partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, debuted three wearable payment devices, including NFC-enabled payment gloves, commemorative stickers and Olympic pins.

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JUNE 26, 2019

In addition, shoppers see value in personalized offers that match their buying preferences, or the ability to use their phones to scan a tag and place an online order for an out-of-stock item. percent – of new customers indicate the most influential consumer experience is the ability to scan and pay with phones. Walmart U.S.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Technology is the new norm for restaurant customers worldwide — especially if those customers happen to live in Asia or the Middle East. In another restaurant technology survey of U.S. consumers , 79 percent agreed that restaurant technology improves their guest experience. Customers want convenience. fall short.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

The long-awaited, Siri-powered Apple HomePod smart speaker is finally available for purchase, but users’ reviews are coming back mixed, according to news from CNBC.

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MAY 22, 2019

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Inserts, packaging and leaflets can come with near-field communication (NFC) tags and quick-response (QR) codes to allow customers to sign as well as pay using their smartphones for their subscriptions. and Australia. And, in the U.K.,

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APRIL 22, 2016

And that could be good news for FinTech firms or, rather, the folks who start them up and steer them into the arms of large-pocketed suitors. But only 13 percent of those same executives say they have the technology in place to help support a move toward a truly digital environment. The affordability goes beyond the price tag.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Online marketplace eBay has launched a new service in partnership with Google , according to news from Chain Store Age on Wednesday (Nov. While items were previously grouped by seller on the eBay platform, like items are now grouped together and tagged through human and technological processes to ease the shopping experience.

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MARCH 17, 2017

The cooperation with and technology provided by all partner companies have been outstanding. ” The news comes as a surprise to many since the company was just talking about the launch at Qualcomm’s CES press conference in January. Tag Heuer is releasing a unisex smartwatch later this year.

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

According to news from Reuters , the company’s shares, which have fallen steadily since Apple announced in early September that it would launch two iPhones within two months, rose nearly 3 percent in response.

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JANUARY 9, 2017

As of now, customers must still manually scan their purchases before the system bags for them since not every item in the store has been fitted with an electronic pricing tag. Lawson said every item should have a tag by the end of February. Samsung’s Family Hub got a voice technology upgrade over the 1.0 Family Hub 2.0

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

New Zealand’s Auckland Airport recently introduced mobile self-service kiosks to its international terminal, which will allow travelers to check in for flights and print boarding passes and baggage tags. . Similarly, back stateside, drivers at more California DMV locations will now have access to automated services. About The Tracker.

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MARCH 9, 2017

The end product results will likely be comprised of less expensive component parts to bring the price tag down. The news comes soon after Nest rolled out two-factor authentication support via software update.

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JULY 2, 2019

Even so, it’s difficult to take these two bits of news and say exactly what is really happening in the sharing space for bikes and scooters, except to say that things are happening. That deal came after Lyft rival Uber bought bikesharing operator JUMP.

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JUNE 10, 2019

Government procurement moved to the spotlight last week when New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer announced he is closely monitoring the state’s eProcurement project following reports of surging costs. “One of the biggest challenges in this space is that you have people come in from the private sector world,” he said.

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