Innovation

Innovation generally refers to changing processes or creating more effective processes, products and ideas. For businesses, this could mean implementing new ideas, creating dynamic products or improving your existing services.

(source: business.gov.au)

Innovation
Autonomous Vehicles Run Into Serious Roadblocks
July 22, 2019

Sometimes, when an idea – especially one that has long stewed in popular imagination – makes serious and well-funded moves toward becoming reality, the excitement becomes almost irresistible, and the idea takes on a sense of immediacy and inevitability. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Can Elon Musk Turn The Human Brain Into A Connected Device?
July 20, 2019

It can never be said that Elon Musk has a problem thinking big. That can be seen from his early days as one of PayPal’s primary architects to the present day, when he divides his attention between a mission to space, solar energy and electric cars. Nor...

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Alphabet’s Verily Partners With Pampers On Smart Diapers
July 19, 2019

A company under the same umbrella as Google, called Verily, has teamed up with Procter & Gamble brand Pampers to use sensors, video surveillance and software to monitor infants, according to a report by the Financial Times. Parents can attach a sensor to a child’s diaper,...

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App Factories, The Cloud And Helping Small FIs Compete Like FinTechs
July 19, 2019

The problem when it comes to innovation for regional banks and credit unions isn’t lack of interest. Quite the contrary, according to Ondot Systems CEO and President Vaduvur Bharghavan (known as VB) who told Karen Webster in a recent conversation, regional banks are highly interested....

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The Road Ahead For Connected Car Commerce
July 19, 2019

The world is changing rapidly. Multi-tasking at the highest levels isn’t just for CEOs or millennials in the “I want it now” era – it’s now common across all demographics. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Helping SMB Service Providers Catch The Digital Innovation Wave
July 17, 2019

It can be easy to forget — especially for people plugged into digital payments and commerce — that much of the world still revolves around analog processes. That holds especially true for service retail, where contractors and mechanics might still be more likely to quickly answer...

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Can AI Help Fix A Broken AML System?
July 16, 2019

Criminals are not the only elements that can vex financial institutions when it comes to protecting against money laundering. False positives — instances of potential but uncertain fraud — can significantly gum up the works when it comes to anti-money laundering (AML) efforts, leading to...

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Monopoly Goes Cashless And Board Games Gain Popularity
July 13, 2019

In this age of live multi-player online gaming, and virtual reality, and all things digital, it can be easy to think of board games as an artifact of the analog world. No doubt many households have a collection of board games in the closet or...

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Retail’s Innovation Race Pits Products vs. Services
July 11, 2019

Innovation takes many flavors and paths, and that’s especially true when it comes to merchants who sell retail products and companies that sell retail services. And payments plays a big role in all those efforts — even though many companies don’t yet to seem to...