Safety, Security Features Powering Sales Of Smart Home Tech
Safety, Security Features Powering Sales Of Smart Home Tech
August 22, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

The most popular reasons consumers are interested in or buying smart home technology? They apparently want to feel safer and more secure within their own...

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inVia, The Monthly Robot Subscription Service
inVia, The Monthly Robot Subscription Service
August 22, 2016  |  Retail

Meet inVia Robotics, a startup that is redefining both the warehouse and automation models by developing robots that, rather than just assist humans in the...

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For Payments Stocks, Some Small Gains, Bigger Decliners
For Payments Stocks, Some Small Gains, Bigger Decliners
August 22, 2016  |  Payment Methods

Not much movement on the winners this week, but some relatively outsized swings on the declining side of the payments stock index made for some...

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Tim Cook’s Five-Year Report Card
Tim Cook’s Five-Year Report Card
August 22, 2016  |  Apple

Tim Cook is celebrating his five-year anniversary this week — officially commemorating the date the torch officially passed from Apple Founder Steve Jobs to the man who...

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ID Experts Nabs $27.5M To Step Up Fraud Protection
ID Experts Nabs $27.5M To Step Up Fraud Protection
August 22, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Cybersecurity software provider ID Experts announced late last week that it closed a $27.5 million round of equity funding. The firm, which specializes in delivering...

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iPhone Facial Recognition Flaw Found
iPhone Facial Recognition Flaw Found
August 22, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

The Apple iPhone 6s “Live Photo” feature may present a biometric security vulnerability in various mobile banking applications. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Tencent Surpasses Alibaba As Most Valuable Chinese Tech Stock
Tencent Surpasses Alibaba As Most Valuable Chinese Tech Stock
August 22, 2016  |  International

Alibaba can no longer call itself the most valuable Chinese tech stock. Social media company Tencent has now claimed that title. Alibaba still has the...

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Consumers Still Drawn To The Branches Banks Are Trying To Shut Down
Consumers Still Drawn To The Branches Banks Are Trying To Shut Down
August 22, 2016  |  Digital Banking

Though often written about and praised highly, the digital-only world may not have quite the number of converts the tech press would lead one to believe....

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Octopus Investments Gives FinTech Startups A Leg-Up
Octopus Investments Gives FinTech Startups A Leg-Up
August 22, 2016  |  Fintech Investments

TechCrunch reports that, while the accelerator investment model has been used in tandem with other strategies (by marquee names, such as Barclays), as an adjunct...

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