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The Bitcoin Banks, Robots And Terrorists Edition
January 29, 2016

In any given week, you’re bound to find a story about bitcoin that makes it look promising, a story that makes it look bad, and a story that reminds us all that bitcoin is just plain off the wall. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

International
Samsung Electronics Sells Off Samsung Card Stake
January 28, 2016

The results are finally and officially in, and Samsung has fallen short of expectations, again, with a chip supply glut presaging tough swimming for at least some corners of the tech world, especially as it’s tied to smartphones. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Alibaba’s 192 Percent Mobile Revenue Momentum
January 28, 2016

It was pretty obvious based on its Singles’ Day mobile figures that Alibaba had already secured the title for the leader in mobile commerce. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Retail
How Cigna Is Using Retail To Change Health Care’s Story
January 28, 2016

Shopping has a long and noble track record in making people feel better. It’s why the idiom “retail therapy” exists after all — to describe the tiny, but scientifically demonstrable psychological benefits that actually go along with buying something for the average human being. Get...

A Far Offline Place
January 28, 2016

What’s more offline than the Amish lifestyle? Very few things, English. But that hasn’t stopped some of those characteristically unplugged folk from finding ways to connect into online commerce, providing potential business from an incredibly unlikely source.

Digital Gaming’s $61 Billion Year
January 28, 2016

Digitally downloaded video games have never been bigger than they are right now. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....

Retail
Lyft’s Labor Resolving, Uber’s Still Unfolding
January 28, 2016

The sharing economy is here to stay, but less certain is the way the companies of this new age of retail classify and treat their on-demand workers. Ride-hailing companies, like Lyft and Uber, are at the center of this debate, and the former is now...

The Absolute Meaninglessness Of ‘Natural’ Foods
January 28, 2016

What does the word “natural” mean on a food label? For consumers, it can mean a lot of things … but for the retailers claiming their products are “natural,” it doesn’t have to mean anything. Consumer Reports argues that the FDA should regulate the term,...

International
Why IoT’s Future Rests In Israel
January 28, 2016

Just like every hurricane has an eye at the center that feeds the whole storm system, it’s not entirely inaccurate to suggest that the explosion of tech development over the last two decades from places like Silicon Valley follows a similar pattern. With pioneers like...