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Why Smart Cities Of The Future Won’t Be Built In A Day

PYMNTS

While smart cities have been in the public consciousness for a long time, we’ve been writing about them here at PYMNTS since at least 2015. But something else that was limited was the imagination of the designers who had never seen the technological innovations that were to come. Nope, that honor goes to Frank Lloyd Wright.

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Super-Sizing Commerce For The Super Bowl

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The most watched came the year before, in 2015 — when the Patriots took down the Seahawks in from of 114 million people. This year the Super Bowl is in the not quite so tech-hubby Houston — but that doesn’t mean Visa is done innovating payments while the game plays on. Last year 111.9 Go, Pats!

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Super-Sizing Commerce For The Super Bowl

PYMNTS

The most watched came the year before, in 2015 — when the Patriots took down the Seahawks in from of 114 million people. This year the Super Bowl is in the not quite so tech-hubby Houston — but that doesn’t mean Visa is done innovating payments while the game plays on. Last year 111.9 Go, Pats!

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33 Ways Drones Will Impact Society: From Fighting War to Forecasting Weather, UAVs Change Everything

CB Insights

Innovations in camera technology have had significant impacts on the growing use of drones. Fortunately, conservationists are adopting innovative methods to protect and study our global ecosystems. DJI Innovations has been a leader within the conservation space, allowing teams to conduct research without disturbing natural habitats.

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FinovateSpring 2016 Live Blog – Day 1

William Mills

Houston Frost (SVP, Prepaid Products). We expect to see innovations in mobile, security, analytics, customer experience, and more. ^SR. William Mills III, Chief Executive Officer of William Mills Agency is live blogging today at FinovateFall 2015. Good job. ^WM. 12:32 pm Payment Data Systems – [link]. finovate Tweets.

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From AT&T To Xerox: 65 Corporate Innovation Labs

CB Insights

Corporate innovation is critical for established companies looking to stay relevant in the face of disruption from up-and-coming startups. With industries being unbundled left and right ( supermarkets , banking , cars — just to name a few) more companies are opening up in-house innovation labs every day. Innovation Lab Name: HP Labs.

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Why Contextual Commerce Is The Next Big Thing

PYMNTS

I argued that making buying seamless inside of environments that consumers used regularly for other reasons would drive innovation for those environments —and for the third parties that enabled those new commerce experiences. In March 2015, Messenger announced a significant upgrade to its platform.

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