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The Amazon Walmart Whole Paycheck Tracker: Prime Day And Its Aftermath 

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Courting the Cool Kids: Luring Exclusive Brands With a Dedicated Accelerator . The Amazon Brand Accelerator Program is invite-only; for this first run, Amazon is looking to bring on about 10 brands in 2019, targeting soon-to-launch and already launched brands – preferably, those with sustainability or a mission-for-good bent.

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Game-Changing Tech Or Dystopian Nightmare? How 16 Industries Could Be Transformed By Facial Recognition

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The biometric software behind facial recognition applications can identify facial structures, contours, and expressions, making it a no-brainer for security and identification purposes. Facial recognition, along with AR, is also making brands data rich — especially beauty brands. Social Media/Entertainment.

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Facebook’s Sizzly, Fizzly Week

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The new shops will feature 100 popular small businesses and digital brands on Facebook and Instagram into retail stores, and will be housed in The Market @ Macy’s. The Market @ Macy’s helps both emerging and established brands reach new audiences by showcasing them in a physical space inside Macy’s.

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11 Lessons From Startup Chapter 11s

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The marketplace blended crowdsourcing and social media to create hype around new inventions; help inventors find partners, funding, and manufacturing resources; and sell their gadgets to major nationwide retailers such as Home Depot and Target. — Ben Kaufman, founder, Quirky. This would be Munchery’s downfall.

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Facial Recognition Is Already Here: These Are The 30+ US Companies Testing The Technology

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Biometric technology such as facial recognition can quickly and accurately identify individual people and their emotional state, making it a powerful tool for ensuring security and preventing fraud. Beauty brands are letting customers try on makeup virtually. Banks use facial recognition for authentication.

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24 Industries & Technologies That Will Shape The Post-Virus World

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Security: Higher internet usage and data generation lead to increased investment. After privacy advocates raised concerns about user data security, the companies announced changes, including using Bluetooth signals instead of geolocation data. Conversational AI/chatbots. Cloud call centers. Contactless payments. Branchless banking.

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