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Is It Time For Apple To Allow Others Access To The iPhone NFC Chip?

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You can see it in how investors are putting money to work in both consumer-facing and B2B startups, and how startups and incumbents are forging new partnerships to move innovation faster to market. 23-25, 2020. And since iPhone users skew more to the affluent, it also denied those innovators the opportunity to monetize their spend.

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Amazon Sidewalk Eyes IoT Beyond The Connected Home

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Amazon announced plans for Sidewalk last year, and the company said in this week’s update that it is now set to launch the initiative at some point in 2020. But he noted that Sidewalk would “struggle to match 5G’s national coverage.” Call it “home connectivity beyond the home.”.

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Football Season To Kick Off New Payments Plays

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As new PYMNTS research documents, over the past year, 18 Major League Baseball (MLB), National Basketball Association (NBA), National Football League (NFL) and Major League Soccer (MLS) arenas have deployed biometric solutions by CLEAR. For the 2019 NFL season – PYMNTS is based in Boston, so Go Pats! –

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Curbside Creativity, Drive-Thru Delights Dominate Order-to-Eat

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For those who operate restaurants or simply enjoy them, 2020 has been a nightmare. That’s why the always resourceful restaurant sector went all-in on mobile order-ahead (MOA) and kept the nation fed while industry players looked for their next move. cities, including Boston, Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C.”.

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The Big Bucks Behind Sleep (Or Lack Thereof)

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But somehow, we are a nation of chronically under-rested people. But luckily, where there is a problem, there is typically an innovative entrepreneur selling a solution – and in the case of sleep, there are a lot of solutions out there. billion globally by 2020. Boston Med has offered Sleepio since 2016.

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Reimagining The Bar Experience Without The Booze 

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It is not quite fair to say that America has become a nation of teetotalers or is even well on their way to becoming one. Both Anheuser Busch and Boston Beer Company (better known as Sam Adams) have released their own versions of spiked seltzer. White Claw was the fad drink of the summer and did $1.2

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Can SMBs Avoid Being Left Behind In The Great Digital Shift?

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As of fall 2020, a third of consumers report that they are very or extremely likely to select a merchant based on the availability of suitable digital, touchless offerings. And the depth and breadth of that consumer changeover has made itself seen in PYMNTS’ six months of consumer surveys , and in our latest round of data.

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