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Walmart Amazon whole paycheckThe Whole Paycheck Tracker: HQ Enhancements, Empathetic AI And Special Guest Bernie Sanders
This week Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos got the tech sector’s attention with emerging reports of his “fascination” with the rapidly developing world...
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RetailAmazon Develops Voice-Activated Device To Recognize Emotions
Amazon is reportedly developing a wearable device that is activated by voice to recognize human emotions. The effort is a collaboration between...
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HealthcareComcast Follows Amazon, Apple Into Healthcare
Comcast reportedly is getting into healthcare — the latest example of how technology is proving entry for a variety of tech and...
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AppleApple’s R&D Spending Goes From $1B to $13B In 2019
Apple has increased its research and development spending from $1 billion in 2009 to an estimated $13 billion this year, an amount...
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HealthcareHow Big Tech Is Disrupting Big Healthcare
Big Tech is busy disrupting healthcare and shaping the industry’s future, and Amazon is showing the latest example of that — though...
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RetailAlexa Earbuds To Move Amazon Into Wearables
In a move to take on Apple’s wireless earbud dominance, Amazon is planning to make its own version with Alexa capability, according...
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WearablesFitness Trackers Could Mean Insurance Savings For Pet Owners
MoreThan has partnered with PitPat — which offers a FitBit type device for dogs — and will offer up to £100 in...
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InnovationHuawei, Gentle Monster Link Up For Smart Glasses
Huawei and Gentle Monster, a sunglass and eyeglass brand from Korea, have collaborated on a line of eyeglasses that contain electronics for...
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RetailFitbit Rolls Out Four New Products; Tests Rewards Program
Fitbit announced on Wednesday (March 6) the launch of four new products – Fitbit Versa Lite Edition, Fitbit Inspire HR, Fitbit Inspire and...
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AppleApple Shipped 26 Pct Of Wearables in 2018
The latest data shows Apple continues to lead the wearables market, shipping 46.2 million wearables for the year. A new report from the International Data...
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BankingBarclays Combining Pingit, BPay To Compete With Apple
Barclays Bank is going to merge its two payment apps into one, in an attempt to be more competitive in the payments...
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RetailApple Watch Claims 50 Pct Of Smartwatch Market
The 2018 holiday quarter was a good one for smartwatches, as Samsung and Fitbit each quadrupled shipments compared to a year before,...
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EarningsFitbit’s Dim Q1 Forecast Comes Amid Smartwatch Gains
As the global wearables market continues to grow, the latest earnings results for Fitbit show that the company had a 3 percent...
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EarningsGarmin Earnings Boosted By Smartwatch Popularity
With the demand for watches by outdoor adventurers bolstering earnings, Garmin’s stock reached its highest point in 11 years, rising 17 percent....
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GoogleGoogle Looks For Hardware Engineering Wearables Exec
While wearables based on Google’s Wear OS are designed by other companies, that could someday change: The tech company is apparently looking...
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AppleCan Apple Watch Carry Apple Into The Healthcare Future?
Healthcare is becoming more important to major players in digital commerce and payments, with companies such as Amazon, Apple and Google trying...
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InnovationApple Teases New Wearable, iPhone Patents
If recent patent applications are any indication, Apple could very well have some groundbreaking new products to debut. According to a report,...
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RetailCan North’s Focals Succeed Where Google Glass Failed?
For many in tech Google Glass is a cautionary tale about the dangers of hype. When it arrived in 2013, there were...
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MatchmakersWith This Ring, I Thee Pay — Buy, And Authenticate
Human wrists deserve a break when it comes to payments, commerce and even authentication, right? To put it another way: Is there...
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RetailBots And Outside-The-Bots, CES 2019: Payments And Commerce Highlights
There was a lot about CES in Las Vegas last week that was predictable. Google and Amazon competed for voice-activated mindshare. There...
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HealthcareAre Patients Really Gaining More Power Over Healthcare Pricing?
Information is power, right? Sure. Except when it’s a source of confusion. That’s the emerging — if very early — story so far...
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AppleiWhat? Apple Does A Number On Its Numbers Game
Tim Cook’s recent statement about Apple wearable sales is a reminder of Apple’s mastery of reporting numbers that are not really numbers....
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WearablesWearables To Reach 125.3M Units By Year End
New data is predicting that global shipments of wearable devices will reach 125.3 million units in 2018, a 8.5 percent increase from...
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Global PaymentsWirecard Amplifies Wizz Air Collaboration; AIB Taps Into Fitbit Pay In Ireland
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes the expanded collaboration between Germany’s Wirecard...
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WearablesWearable Use To Grow 26 Pct Globally In 2019
A new report estimates that worldwide shipments of wearable devices will reach 225 million in 2019. In its report, “Forecast: Wearable Electronic Devices,...
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Healthcare5G To Give Healthcare Payments A Boost
As the world — and the world of payment and commerce — ready themselves for the deployment of 5G mobile technology, the...
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HealthcareInsurance Firms Cozy Up To Wearables And Fitness Tracking Tech
Digital technology and the data that consumers are willing to provide are giving insurance agents a closer look at the day-to-day habits...
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EarningsFitbit Banks On Smartwatches For Q3, Future Growth
Smartwatches and repeat customers helped Fitbit beat analyst revenue expectations in the third quarter of 2018 — and those two factors could become...
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Subscription CommerceDeep Dive: Subscriptions To Make Digital Fitness Less Of A Workout
Connected devices are giving fitness buffs access to health data on a regular basis, fueling a market that’s projected to be worth...
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Sizzle/FizzleThe Big Sizzle: Winning Week For Wearables
It was a good week for wearables and their future, as the devices continued to show indications of strong promise on the...
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Subscription CommerceNEW REPORT: Can Subscription Services Meal Kit-ify Mental Health Services?
Subscriptions have changed the way consumers access a wide array of services and products, from music to fashion to fragrances. Now, the...
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WearablesSamsung And HSBC Get ‘Phygital’ With Wearables
HSBC and Samsung have announced what they are calling a “first-of-its-kind” program to bring wearable technology into HSBC bank branches. The two...
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Global PaymentsTappy Teams With Etisalat For Wearables; Nets Rolls Out PayCollect For Merchants
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Singapore’s Nets PayCollect rollout. In addition, Xero is...
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RetailAnalysts: Apple Watch Sales Could Impact Jewelry Market
Demand for the Apple Watch could cut into sales for the slowing traditional watch space this holiday season: Citizens Bank noted that...
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AppleApple Holds 41 Percent Share Of Smartwatch Market
As global smartwatch shipments grew by 37 percent year-over-year in the second quarter, Apple has maintained dominance in the category with a...
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InnovationHow Five High School Kids Are Changing Payments For The Visually Impaired
Right now, it looks like a blood pressure cuff with wires and tiny boxes attached to it. Or, perhaps, an oversized watchband,...
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RetailSamsung Launches Galaxy Watch Priced Starting At $329.99
Samsung Electronics announced on Thursday (Aug. 9) the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Watch, a smartwatch aiming to take on Apple and...
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Fitbit Q2 Results Exceed Expectations, Versa Production To Increase
Wearables maker Fitbit reported a better-than-expected second quarter, and saw an impressive demand for its new Versa smartwatch device. The San Francisco-based company...
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CryptocurrencyFitPay Rolls Out Bitcoin ‘Flip’ Device Amid Ubiquity Of Contactless
FitPay, the startup technology platform that adds contactless payment capabilities to wearable and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, is looking to serve...
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RetailWill Children Point The Way Forward For Wearables?
Children are the future — that’s just a biological fact, and the theme of an old Whitney Houston song. And when it...
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Wirecard, Mastercard Expand Existing Partnership For Contactless Payments
Wirecard and Mastercard announced plans to expand their existing partnership to promote digital, contactless payments via wearables. As of today (July 17),...
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Startup Check-InFitPay: The Market Is Ripe For Pays
Consumers are getting comfortable with the idea of interactive contactless payments. As with any new technology, concerns around usage and security have...
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WearablesWearables As The New Payment-Enabled Room Keys
Pod-style lodging is breaking the hospitality mold by combining the best of hotels and hostels — and serving guests who want a middle ground between...
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WearablesWill Kids Be Key To Cracking The Wearables Code?
The Fitbit Ace, the wearable company’s latest $100 offer geared specifically to children, is officially out on the market. Designed for children...
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RetailMarc Jacobs Launches First Wear OS Smartwatch
Marc Jacobs is launching its first Wear OS smartwatch, joining the brand’s line of hybrid smartwatches. According to Tech Radar, the Marc...
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WearablesFitbit Versa Smartwatch Shipments Top 1M
Fitbit announced that it has shipped more than one million Fitbit Versa devices since they went on sale on April 16. In...
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NewsFive At Five: McDonald’s, Uber Eats Team Up For Breakfast
Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the payments and commerce news you might have missed. Today’s stories focus on...
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Apple Ships 3.8M Apple Watches In Q1
Apple led the charge in the wearable band market during the first quarter of this year, with Canalys finding that the company...
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NewsFitPay CEO: Tokenization And Wearables Mean Identities Are Our Data
Beyond the fitness tracker, wearables are catching on. Get ready for the device as data conduit, as tracker of different sorts, from...
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SMBsSharing Success On Small Business Week
“Small but mighty” is the mantra this week, as small businesses (SMBs) celebrate the entrepreneurship and perseverance (otherwise known as “blood, sweat...
