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How Google Might Get Its Apps Around Apple’s Closed Ecosystem

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Even with its computer products, iOS is the only factory-approved operating system — though cracking the hood open and installing Linux isn’t out of the question. However, Google might have plans for a clever workaround to those protectionist app policies that could get its entire app library on platforms it was never meant to be on.

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CellPoint Mobile Rebrands As CellPoint Digital To Power Travel Payments

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The newly branded company aims to innovate the way travel merchants promote and sell across all digital channels. “I am very excited to unveil our new brand, which captures our ambition and capability as both FinTech and travel tech specialists. We started out with a radical, mobile-first solution. .”

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NEW REPORT: How Voice Assistants Help Win Consumer Spend – And Their Trust

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Many consumers consider familiar payments brands like Google Pay and Amazon Pay to be a sign of trustworthiness, while others look at the overall quality of a site when deciding whether to buy from it. This leaves many in the dark about the specific steps they should take to optimize their operations for their particular circumstances.

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How Headless Commerce Can Level The eCommerce Playing Field

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In a standard model, that consumer would search on “job interview dresses” (maybe starting on Amazon instead of Google). That’s because headless commerce makes it easier for retailers and brands to get a holistic view of front end and back end user experience and tweak consumer-facing touchpoints and payment processes as needed.

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Data Dive, Rainy Days Edition: Fines, Misses And Video Game Money Laundering

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According to an investigation by Sixgill, $250,000 of Fortnite items were sold on eBay in the last 60 days, with operations being conducted around the globe in Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Arabic and English. Mastercard and Google Fend Off Fines. And Mastercard wasn’t the only big brand feeling the sting of European regulators wrath.

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Checkout Features, Visa Interchange Rates, Gaana’s Music Service Top This Week’s News

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Retailers that sell products and services online have been slowly, but steadily, removing payment frictions and improving user experience to boost conversion rates. And Google Search revenues gained 16.7 Google Launches Mobile Plan Browse, Recharge Feature In India. Cybercrime’s New Stomping Grounds: Smart Cities.

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Alphabet Tracker: Too Many Messengers?

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Last week, Alphabet’s smart home brand, Nest, announced the launch of its line of products — like smoke and CO detectors, surveillance cameras and thermostats — in four new European markets. Also last week, Google bought up Fabric , a Twitter-owned business that creates software toolkits for mobile app developers, for an undisclosed sum.

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