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German Pharmacy Rossmann Integrates Alipay To Tap Into Chinese Market
German Pharmacy Rossmann Integrates Alipay To Tap Into Chinese Market
April 10, 2017  |  Mobile Payments

Dirk Rossmann GmbH, one of the largest drugstore chains in Germany, will soon accept Alipay at all of its branches. Get the Full Story Complete...

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China’s Silicon Valley Investments Spark Concern
China’s Silicon Valley Investments Spark Concern
April 10, 2017  |  Investments

Pentagon officials have issued a warning about the rapidly increasing investments in U.S. companies that Chinese companies have made “under-the-radar.” Get the Full Story Complete...

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TaskRabbit Is On The Hunt For A Potential Buyer
TaskRabbit Is On The Hunt For A Potential Buyer
April 10, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

On-demand services marketplace TaskRabbit is on the sales block, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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GameStop’s Website May Have Fallen Victim To Hack Of Credit Card Information
GameStop’s Website May Have Fallen Victim To Hack Of Credit Card Information
April 10, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

GameStop, the video game retailer, is looking into reports that hackers may have stolen credit card information and customer data from its gamestop.com website. Get...

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Google’s Android One Might Be Coming To US This Fall
Google’s Android One Might Be Coming To US This Fall
April 10, 2017  |  Google

Rumors are swirling that Android One, Google’s line of devices targeted at first-time smartphone users, might be coming to the United States sometime in the...

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An Inconvenient Apple Pay Truth
An Inconvenient Apple Pay Truth
April 10, 2017  |  Payment Methods

The WSJ article last week, finally, told the story of Apple Pay’s failure to meet the hype generated at its launch. Karen Webster writes that...

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How MicroWarehouses Make The Grocer
How MicroWarehouses Make The Grocer
April 10, 2017  |  Retail

Building the better consumer experience has become retail’s rallying call these days — though what exactly the “better experience” consists of is very much up for...

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Data Dive: New Things Edition – Wells Fargo, Amazon And Bitcoin
Data Dive: New Things Edition – Wells Fargo, Amazon And Bitcoin
April 10, 2017  |  Data Dive

As always, those keeping up with the mainstream news cycle are likely feeling the normal Monday morning nervousness today — though perhaps given the rather militaristic...

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Hacker Tracker: Kaspersky Labs Runs The DDoS Attack Numbers
Hacker Tracker: Kaspersky Labs Runs The DDoS Attack Numbers
April 07, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

One of the main drivers in the popularity of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks among cybercriminals is the favorable cost-profit ratio. Get the Full Story Complete...

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