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First-Class Perks Include VR Tech On Alaska Air

PYMNTS

Alaska Airlines announced that is partnering with French company SkyLights to pioneer a new virtual reality (VR) headset for its first-class passengers. The program makes Alaska Air the first airline in North America to trial the technology as an inflight entertainment device. I’m really excited to see this technology onboard.

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What Grubhub, Uber Can Teach CUs About Loyalty And Rewards

PYMNTS

Technology companies are supplying them with the products and services their members desire, working with both individual CUs and credit union service organizations (CUSOs) to develop case management platforms, modernize systems and provide advanced loan software. A California Credit Union Keeps its Marketing Efforts Trusted and SAFE.

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Uber And Lyft Returning To Texas?

PYMNTS

Uber and Lyft, the two ride-hailing firms that left several Texas markets over controversy tied to fingerprint background checks, may be coming back. The statewide system is one that has been in place in 40 other states and overrides local regulations. . Lyft will also be able to come back to Houston, where Uber reigns.

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Shell Pumps More For Less With IoT

PYMNTS

But for all the stories focused on the rising and falling nature of oil markets , almost no attention is paid to the companies that are trying to stabilize those prices, and Shell may have made a breakthrough with the Internet of Things and its oilfields in rural Nigeria.

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Walmart Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: Fingerprints, Firearms And FedEx 

PYMNTS

The system works by scanning a consumer’s handprint at distance (it is not a contact scan that requires the customer to lay their hand on a device) and using a combination of computer vision and depth geometry to identify them and connect to their card on file. The company will also end sales of handgun ammunition.

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How Masabi Makes Public Transit Ticketing Mobile

PYMNTS

In a recent interview with PYMNTS, Donovan explained how the company works to replace good ol’ transit tickets in 30 global markets. Three months in the pilot test, Masabi worked with Cubic Transportation Systems to build a solution that allowed the tickets to be read by an unmanned device. s national railroad system.

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$1B+ Market Map: The World’s 260 Unicorn Companies In One Infographic

CB Insights

Using the CB Insights database, we mapped global unicorn companies valued at $1B+ according to the primary markets in which they operate. Mapped by market. Our market map divides unicorns up into thirteen categories comprised. Check out the full list of companies along with their select investors under the market map below.

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