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Chinese App Developers Capture Quarter Of Global App Store Sales
Chinese App Developers Capture Quarter Of Global App Store Sales
December 04, 2017  |  Apple

Apple developers in China, which number 1.8 million, have earned a combined $16.93 billion and now account for about a quarter of total global App...

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CME, CBOE Allowed To Trade Bitcoin Futures
CME, CBOE Allowed To Trade Bitcoin Futures
December 04, 2017  |  Bitcoin

CME Group and Cboe Global Markets got the green light from regulators to list their bitcoin futures, bringing more legitimacy to cryptocurrency, which has been...

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The Unexplained Edition: Bitcoin, Apple And The Gap
The Unexplained Edition: Bitcoin, Apple And The Gap
December 04, 2017  |  Data Dive

On Dec. 5, 1872, 145 years ago tomorrow, the Mary Celeste was discovered drifting aimlessly off the coast of the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean....

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Venezuela Launches Anti-Trump Petro Crypto
Venezuela Launches Anti-Trump Petro Crypto
December 04, 2017  |  Blockchain / Distributed Ledger

In protest of what Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro called a financial “blockade” by the United States and the Trump administration, the government of Venezuela will...

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Banks Prepare For Apocalyptic Cyberattack
Banks Prepare For Apocalyptic Cyberattack
December 04, 2017  |  Banking

In a world where attacks on computers are nearly de rigueur at this point, it isn’t much of a surprise that U.S. banks have begun...

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New iOS Release Includes Apple Pay Cash
New iOS Release Includes Apple Pay Cash
December 04, 2017  |  Apple Pay

After months of speculation, Apple Pay Cash is out in the wild. The new feature came with the iOS 11.2 update that first appeared overnight...

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PARS For A New (B2B Payments) Course
PARS For A New (B2B Payments) Course
December 04, 2017  |  B2B Payments

B2B payments are still mired in paper checks, but it needn’t be so. Dean M. Leavitt, CEO and founder of Boost Payment Solutions, says education is key...

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Roomi: How To Trust But Verify Roommates
Roomi: How To Trust But Verify Roommates
December 04, 2017  |  Podcasts

Millennials are on the move, professionally.  And in an age where apartment rents are rising faster than incomes, shared housing proves salvation – unless they...

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Thinking Inside The Box For Holiday Shopping
Thinking Inside The Box For Holiday Shopping
December 02, 2017  |  Retail

With only 23 days left until Christmas, the pressure is mounting. Sure, there are some Type A people who’ve long since done their holiday shopping...

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