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Apple To Shutter Houston Stores Again

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As instances of the coronavirus increase in Texas, Apple will shutter seven of its Houston-vicinity retail locations once again. Apple closed shops again in North Carolina, Florida, Arizona and South Carolina last week for like rationale, and has reportedly re-shuttered a total of 18 retail locations across the U.S. “We locations.”.

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Today In Payments: Samsung Pay Launches Debit Card; Apple Introduces New eCommerce Portal

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In today’s top news, Samsung Pay is launching a debit card and a money management tool, and Apple has introduced a new ecommerce portal. Apple Introduces New eCommerce Portal With Upgraded UX. Plus, Frank Bisignano has been promoted to CEO of Fiserv. Samsung Pay Launches Debit Card, Money Management.

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Prepare Your App for iOS 14

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Now that iOS 14 is available, there has never been a better time to get your app up and running with the latest operating system. Apple added a Picture in Picture mode to the iPad in iOS 13, so its not exactly new, but it is a new feature added to iPhone in iOS 14. Apple has really stepped up privacy protection for their users.

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Fashion App ASOS Adds Image Search Feature

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Through an unnamed third party helping to deliver this new feature, it’s currently only available to those with Apple operating systems, but the company has confirmed it will be rolling this out to Android users soon. As it stands, a majority of the company’s U.K. The depth of our offering is absolutely one of our strengths.

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Mobile Payments: What’s In It For Me?

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Vodafone is the third-largest mobile operator in the U.K. Apple Needs To Diversify. Retailers like Kohl’s, Walmart and CVS are rolling out their own mobile-payment services and competing with Apple Pay, but it’s not because of overwhelming user adoption of mobile payments. But Apple needs to be quick. But In the U.S.,

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Costa Coffee Trials Delivery, Loyalty Program For A Faster Fix

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UX, Payments and App Innovation. We did a lot of operational testing beforehand. We actually set up mock stores where we would test the operational experience of customers ordering on the phone and showing up to pick it up,” Sharif said, adding that the service will expand to Costa’s more than 2,400 stores across the U.K.

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In Retail, Are Rewards Their Own Reward?

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Retail is a dog-eat-dog world, operating at times on the thinnest of margins. With NFC technology from Apple (VAS protocol) and Google (Smart Tap), the merchant’s private-label card and/or rewards program are automatically presented at the time of payment. Rewards can help lure customers to a brand and keep them there. credit cards, 1.3

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