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Facebook And Google Payments Efforts Top Week’s News

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This edition includes news about Facebook’s new payments push, Amazon’s new robotics plan and why Google is working more closely with financial institutions. Google Dives Into DDAs. The branding will reflect the financial institutions and not Google. Amazon To Build $40M Robotics Innovation Hub Near Boston.

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Why Google Ditched Perishables

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It was less than a year ago — February, to be precise — that Google appeared as the latest player in an increasingly crowded food delivery market that was intent to make a move on grocery. Google was “taking on Amazon” (according to Recode ) by making the big move on fresh produce. The big news at the time was perishables.

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‘Google Checking,’ T-Mobile Data Breach Top This Week’s News

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We have a deep dive on accounts payable (AP) automation, analysis on “Google Checking” and news on the T-Mobile data breach. Does ‘Google Checking’ Foreshadow Big Tech, FinTech Payments Changes? 25) that it will sell its StubHub ticketing operations to online ticket reseller Viagogo Entertainment Inc. for $4 billion.

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Alphabet’s Robot Comes Alive

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Google’s parent company has created a new and improved robot and showed off what it can do in a video. The WSJ story points out that the newest version of Atlas resembles one developed by Boston Dynamics — which was purchased by Google in 2013 and had, before moving into the commercial space, developed robots for the U.S.

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Hospitals’ Sharing Of Patient Data Extends To Other Big Tech Players

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This issue has come into the spotlight before, even as recently as last year when Google came under fire after reports that they were using millions of people’s data to build a new search network. laws, data from patients can’t be shared unless it is needed for treatment, payment or hospital operations.

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Who’s Going In The Connected Car Driver’s Seat?

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Before there was Alexa , Bixby , Siri and Google Assistant , there was Emma Nutt. Emma Nutt, born in 1860 in a small town in Maine, was hired by Alexander Graham Bell in 1878 to be the world’s first female telephone switchboard operator. Google’s recent announcement makes it clear that it isn’t about to let Alexa hog the road.

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QSRs Supersize Their Digital Ante

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Just look to Google. It recently introduced the ability to order food for pickup or delivery via services like DoorDash, Postmates and ChowNow through Google Maps. And there are plans to expand the service to additional markets in the coming months, including Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia. In fact, 91.4

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