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Apple Chinese iPhone Shipments Plummet 20 Pct In Q4
Apple Chinese iPhone Shipments Plummet 20 Pct In Q4
February 11, 2019  |  Retail

Shipments of Apple’s iPhones plummeted around 20 percent in China during the fourth quarter of last year, as competitor Huawei Technologies was able to steal...

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Lloyds Online Banking Platform Experiences Outages
Lloyds Online Banking Platform Experiences Outages
February 11, 2019  |  Banking

Lloyds, the U.K. banking company, saw its online banking platform go down on Monday (Feb. 11) morning, with City A.M. reporting some users couldn’t get...

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Nets Unveils Przelewy24 Strategic Alliance; Mobitel Introduces mCashQR Feature
Nets Unveils Przelewy24 Strategic Alliance; Mobitel Introduces mCashQR Feature
February 11, 2019  |  Global Payments

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Alipay’s findings for mobile payment behavior during the Lunar...

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Tier Mobility And Voi Technology Hold Initial Deal Talks
Tier Mobility And Voi Technology Hold Initial Deal Talks
February 11, 2019  |  International

Tier Mobility and Voi Technology, two European scooter startups, are reportedly in initial talks to merge, as competition in the scooter market increases. Get the...

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Trump Debuts AI Development Initiative
Trump Debuts AI Development Initiative
February 11, 2019  |  Innovation

President Donald Trump is gearing up to sign an initiative later on Monday (Feb. 11) that will focus on artificial intelligence development in the U.S....

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The Evolution Of Home Shopping, From Radio To Live Streams
The Evolution Of Home Shopping, From Radio To Live Streams
February 11, 2019  |  Retail

Lowell W. “Bud” Paxson, the owner of a radio station in Florida, had a challenge one day in the 1970s: He was short on money...

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Digital Gains Often Come With Setbacks — And Criminality
Digital Gains Often Come With Setbacks — And Criminality
February 11, 2019  |  Today In Data

One of the participants in one of the biggest payments megadeals to date has made recent gains — a good sign for all the changes...

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Why Health And Beauty Retailers Are Driving Digital Innovation
Why Health And Beauty Retailers Are Driving Digital Innovation
February 11, 2019  |  Retail

Amid great technological change, health and beauty retailers are developing strategies to drive innovation. In some cases, retailers are using social media tools such as...

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Outdoorsy On Adventure Travelers, Driveway Surfers And Trying To Be The Airbnb For RVs
Outdoorsy On Adventure Travelers, Driveway Surfers And Trying To Be The Airbnb For RVs
February 11, 2019  |  Retail

Entrepreneurs sometimes see opportunity in places that are far from the hustle and bustle of city life: When spending time in San Francisco, Outdoorsy Co-founder...

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