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InnovationCybercrime’s New Stomping Grounds: Smart Cities
For at least the last five years — futurists and smart technology boosters have been touting the inevitable rise of the smart...
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Mobile Order AheadDomino’s Mobile Order-Ahead 2.0: How Voice, 5G Can Deliver
Domino’s was one of the first innovators on the digital ordering scene, debuting order trackers and store locators with consumers in 2007....
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RegulationEU Countries Gain Ability To Exclude ‘High-Risk’ 5G Suppliers
New guidelines from the European Union (EU) allow for countries to restrict or exclude “high-risk” 5G providers from important parts of their...
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RetailViettel Will Debut Commercial 5G Services
Viettel, the largest telecom company in Vietnam, will roll out commercial 5G services this year with technology it created itself that bypasses...
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EuropeEU Official Downplays 5G Delay Over Security Concerns
European industrial policy chief Thierry Breton said Sunday that he didn’t agree with claims that waiting on European companies to install a...
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InnovationSenate Calls For Funding To Help US Beat China In 5G Race
Senators Richard Burr from North Carolina and Mark Warner from Virginia have introduced a bill to push back against China’s 5G dominance...
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Internet of ThingsIntelligence Of Things (IoT) Tracker Shines A Light On 2021
The smiley face of the Internet of Things (IoT) in 2020 mostly involves refrigerators that self-refill, voice-assisted homes, cars that can order...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsSamsung Snatches Up TeleWorld To Enhance 5G Offerings
Samsung Electronics is acquiring network services provider TeleWorld Solutions (TWS) to build out the next generation of wireless, TechCrunch reported Monday (Jan....
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RetailQualcomm Expects To Ship 1B 5G Smartphones By 2023
Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon spoke at CES 2020 on Monday (Jan. 6) and debuted a few new products from the company, according...
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RetailDelay Expected For Faster Apple 5G iPhones
In a note to investors, Susquehanna said Apple will roll out its inaugural 5G iPhones in September. The speedier mmWave 5G iPhone...
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InnovationWhat’s New At CES Isn’t Always What’s Really Good
No organization or person has a lock on the future, and that applies to the big global event that starts next week...
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Artificial IntelligenceChina’s Xiaomi To Boost AI, 5G With Five-Year $5B Infusion
Chinese smartphone firm Xiaomi is planning to pump over ¥50 billion ($7.18 billion) into artificial intelligence (AI) and 5G technologies over the...
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InnovationCES 2020 Opens The Door On A New Decade
If it’s not the holiest of holies for those involved in payments and commerce, it sure comes reasonably close. We are talking...
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AppleCiti Analyst Says Wearables To Boost Apple Stock Price
Apple is confident that strong sales of its Apple Watch and AirPods will be the ticket to drive up the company’s stocks in...
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NewsTop News In Payments: Sensory, OEMS Team For Independence From The Cloud; PBOC Says Stablecoins Threaten Yuan
In today’s top news, Sensory released TrulyNatural, its speech recognition and natural-language-understanding platform for smart appliances, and China’s Central Bank says stablecoins...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsU.S. Gov’t Fights States’ Bid To Block Sprint, T-Mobile Merger Saying Move Would Slow 5G
A group of state attorneys are banding together to fight a merger of T-Mobile and Sprint that is backed by the United...
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Commerce Connected5G Can Drive More Connected Vehicle Value — But Battles Remain
Everything else is getting smarter these days — homes, phones, wearables and even clothing — so why shouldn’t the same standard apply to...
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RetailCommerce Uses Visuals To Improve Customer Experiences
Don’t look now, but retailers and commerce are getting more visual with reality. Recently, Verizon announced that it’s partnering with Snap Inc., the company...
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RegulationFCC Votes To Move Connected Car Safety Features To Broadband
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) could allow mobile devices to command the airwaves that have been used by carmakers for vehicle...
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InnovationHow 5G Will Power The Industrial Commerce Revolution
Robots and artificial intelligence haven’t taken over — yet. But machines still have human-like needs, needs that, when fulfilled, can improve payments and...
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ANTITRUSTAutomakers Worry That Qualcomm Appeal Could Boost Cost Of 5G Cars
If microchip supplier Qualcomm wins its case on appeal, the cost of connected cars using 5G technology will skyrocket, automakers and suppliers...
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Safety and SecurityEU Warns Of Legal Risks With 5G Supplier Contracts
Ahead of a meeting of European ministers, a European Union (EU) document noted that governments in the bloc should mull the broader...
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RidesharingDidi Chuxing Could Offer Streaming Content With 5G
Didi Chuxing, a Chinese ride-hailing company, said the advent of 5G technology would potentially allow for advertising and other related services for...
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InnovationWill Virtual Reality Pass the Sickness Test?
New, emerging and increasingly popular technologies go through a few tests on their way to more mainstream acceptance. Are they efficient? Are...
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Security & FraudFCC Calls For ‘Comprehensive Effort’ In US 5G Security
The U.S. doesn’t have a comprehensive strategy for 5G security, according to Jessica Rosenworcel, one of five Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioners....
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InnovationVerizon And Snap Team On 5G To Power AR Development
Verizon has announced that it’s partnering with Snap Inc., the company that owns popular social media video platform Snapchat, to provide 5G...
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InnovationQualcomm Expects 5G Adoption To Outpace 4G
As retailers and payment service providers look for what might be their best 5G edges, clarity is emerging about the pace of...
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NewsCiting Security, Senators Advise White House To Hire 5G Head
A letter from a bipartisan Senate panel to National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien calls on the White House to appoint someone to...
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Intelligence of ThingsBlackBerry On 5G And The IoT Security Problems That Must Be Fixed
The promises of 5G include faster connectivity and more opportunity for Intelligence of Things (IoT) providers, but security threats from unregistered IoT...
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NewsTop News In Payments: Digital Currency Faces Greenspan Backlash; Amazon Boosts Its Grocery Program; Goldman Denies Apple Card Discrimination
China is making privacy allowances for digital currency, which faces a new foe in the U.S. Meanwhile, Amazon is opening its first branded...
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Intelligence of ThingsNEW REPORT: With 5G Anticipation Building, Security Threats Loom
The 5G network is rapidly being deployed in markets around the world, and the advance of the network could mean profound changes...
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MobileSources: Apple Plans To Ship 80M New 5G iPhones In 2020
Apple is assembling suppliers to launch the company’s first 5G iPhones, the Nikkei Asian Review said on Wednesday (Oct. 30). The three...
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RetailAs Year Winds Down, Retailers Get Ready For 5G Revolution
The 5G mobile network technology revolution is on, and you can bet that retail will be one of the places where this...
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RetailApple Looks To Ship Over 200M Handsets In 2020
As the debut of 5G devices supercharges demand, Apple Inc. expects iPhone sales to return to growth next year. The company reportedly aims to...
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RetailTarget And Other Retailers Give Augmented Reality A Deeper Look
Augmented reality (AR) is getting a new look in retail – with one of the most recent developments coming from Target. According...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsIntel Acquires Canada’s Smart Edge For $27M To Advance 5G
Intel is acquiring the software business Smart Edge for $27 million from Pivot Technology Solutions based in Toronto, Intel said in a...
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Intelligence of ThingsBringing Autonomous Smart Shuttles To the Masses
There will be 41.6 billion Internet of Things (IoT)-connected devices around the world by 2025. Consumers and businesses have increasingly employed the...
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InternationalUS Expansion Of Trade Blacklist Hurts China’s AI Plans
The United States has expanded its blacklist of Chinese companies ahead of trade talks, and the move will potentially hurt China’s artificial...
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RetailSamsung’s Galaxy Note 10 Sales Limit Projected Profit Falls
As Samsung Electronics moves forward with the rollout of its 5G phones and $2,000 foldable handsets amid intensifying competition with Huawei and Apple, strong...
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RetailLook Here: Retailers Get Visual With Commerce Innovations
As consumers get more visual, so, too, does retail, and that is helping to fuel some significant innovation. Indeed, 3D mapping stands...
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MobileGoldman Predicts Huge Gains For Telecoms With 5G
As Goldman Sachs is predicting a huge boom from upcoming 5G mobile technology, it recently upped its 5G smartphone estimates for next...
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Internet of ThingsIoT’s Impact On Supply Chains And Security
This week, along with Amazon’s announcement about new Echo devices and Alexa’s celebrity voices, came news of Amazon Sidewalk, a new wireless...
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Innovation5G Fuels Factory And Enterprise Innovation
Coal, steam and oil helped to fuel the industrial revolutions we read about in history books. But as time passes and a...
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Intelligence of ThingsDr. Alexa? How Voice Assistants Can Cure Patient Billing’s Ills
Fifth generation (5G) networks are slated to be in use around the world by 2020. These networks offer higher data processing, lower...
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InnovationHow To Make Sure Stores Don’t Die
Among the defining endeavors of our time — at least for the worlds of payment and commerce — has been to bring brick-and-mortar...
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MobileSoftBank Aims For Two-Year 5G Headstart In Japan
Japan-based SoftBank Corp. said it is two years ahead of schedule on its release for 5G technology in the country, and it...
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InnovationCan 5G Power Retail Drone Deliveries?
The worlds of drones and 5G mobile network technology – two of the most promising trends in digital payments and commerce –...
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RetailVirtual Reality Gains Traction In Retail
Virtual reality could have more retailers reach more consumers in the coming few years — in large part by upping the consumer...
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MobileVerizon Outfits 13 NFL Stadiums With 5G
Verizon has outfitted 13 NFL stadiums with its 5G wireless service, allowing fans to watch demos of multi-angle instant replays. In March,...
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Mobile5G Set To Round The Bases In South Korean Baseball
Professional baseball, to the annoyance of some real and would-be fans, remains in very large part an analog game, given the reliance...
