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Tourists In Japan Can Soon Go Cardless And Cashless
[Business]
2017/10/11 11:03
Fingerprint technology could be the backbone of tourism in Japan. In Japan, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will be rolling out fingerprint scanning technology that can make payments, check-ins, and other services a lot more seamless for tourists. The next time a tourist drops by the neighborhood Family Mart or purchase a ticket for a Shinkansen ride, a finger scan might be all tha...
(PDF) PwC : Workforce of The Future - The Competing Forces Shaping 2030
[Business]
2017/10/10 10:49
Shaping our own destiny.. Accelerate your thinking about the world you want to shape.We are living through a fundamental transformation in the way we work.Automation and ‘thinking machines’ are changing the skills workers need, while demographic changes promise a talent shortage, longer lifespans, and other significant shifts that will affect the workplace.These changes raise huge organizatio...
(Infographic) Comparing Alexa, Google Assistant, Cortana and Siri Smart Speakers
[Product]
2017/10/10 10:49
The smart home assistant race has been building to a fever pitch over the course of the last couple of years.Things really came to head this past two weeks, when Amazon, Google and Sonos all held big events highlighting their latest smart speaker plays, making the already busy field a heck of a lot more crowded.The burgeoning category can be a tough one to navigate. A lot of picking the right s...
Marie Claire Pop-Up Store Powered By Mastercard Offers A New Way To Shop
[Business]
2017/10/10 10:49
Fashion magazine Marie Claire and global payments company Mastercard have partnered to launch a concept pop-up shop. The Next Big Thing brings to life new innovations in fashion, beauty, entertainment, technology, and wellness. It offers consumers the opportunity to experience a new way to shop, powered by Mastercard technology.The pop-up has three zones named after popular sections of Marie Cl...
What’s The Easiest Place To Raise Early Startup Capital ?
[Investing]
2017/10/10 10:49
The venture capital funnel shows just how brutal the VC game is. We analyzed VC fundraising stats from various regions to see where it’s easiest (and hardest) to raise money and exit.[click to enlarge]We compared 8 different tech hubs (4 within the US and 4 international):- Silicon Valley- Boston- NY- LA- China- Germany- India- United KingdomAmong our unexpected findings, we learned it’s easi...
Cash is King for Reasons Bitcoin Struggles With : Survey
[Investing]
2017/10/10 10:48
The idea that cash is becoming obsolete is perhaps a little flawed. With so many different payment methods available, from credit and debit cards, and now digital currencies, many would think that cash, as an outdated payment method, may be falling away.A recent survey has shown that cash is only six percent down on debit cards as people’s prefered payment method. A lot of it has to do with it...
How an Empty UPS Envelope Turned Out to be Marketing Genius
[Business]
2017/10/10 10:48
Postal blunder offers lessons for all companies, large and small. Without realizing it, by sending out empty UPS envelopes, a company tapped into two psychological phenomena.What would you do if you opened a UPS envelope and there was nothing inside?Friends of mine, who have asked to remain anonymous, as they don’t want to alert their competitors to the success of their sales campaign, inadver...
Netflix's Pricing Strategy Works as Margins Improve
[Investing]
2017/10/10 10:48
Netflix’s share price reached an all-time high on Thursday after the company decided to raise prices for (some of) its subscribers in the United States. The latest price hike, the third since the company started offering a standalone streaming option in 2011, will affect the standard tier ($10.99 instead of $9.99) as well as the premium tier plan ($13.99 instead of $11.99) while the entry-leve...
US Company Offers Free Microchip Implants to All Employees
[Tech]
2017/10/10 10:47
Three Square Market (32M) is offering to implant its employees with RFID chip like those used to microchip animals.For years, a subset of the transhumanist community, called "grinders", has been experimenting with implanting electronics and microchips into their bodies. Considered fringe technology not so long ago, the idea of implantable electronics has recently moved closer to the mainstream....
