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Bitcoin Daily: Samsung SDS Tests Blockchain Health Claims; Bermuda To Accept Digital Currencies; CIMB Singapore Does Blockchain Trade Financing

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Samsung SDS will reportedly launch a blockchain-based medical claims processing system this month. dollar-backed digital currencies for the payment of government taxes, fees and services. It is essential that Bermuda remains a center of innovation, and continues to improve our competitive advantage in financial services.”.

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Tech Giants’ Hill Testimony Reveals CEO Views On Competition — And Innovation

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and a can-do spirit), a country that rewards ambition and innovation — and where individual success stories of, say Google and Amazon customers are folded into the testimony in efforts to show how tech can help smaller firms pivot and embrace the great digital shift.

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India Is Now World’s Second Largest Smartphone Market

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The top five vendors ( Samsung , Xiaomi , Vivo , Oppo and Lenovo ) now account for 75 percent of total shipments in India. Samsung shipped 9.4 It struggles in the mid-range (devices priced between INR15,000 and INR20,000 [US$230 and US$310]), where Samsung, Oppo and Vivo are particularly strong. Growth will continue.

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Filings Reveal Payments At Center Of Fortnite/Apple/Google Legal Battles

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But Fortnite is still available through, say, the Samsung Galaxy Store. Apple, contended Epic, “has become what it once railed against: the behemoth seeking to control markets, block competition and stifle innovation. Apple is bigger, more powerful, more entrenched and more pernicious than the monopolists of yesteryear.”.

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FinDEVr APIntelligence

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BAI Retail Delivery conference attendees select MX as the Innovation Showcase Award winner. Thomson Reuters and Samsung to collaborate on mobile security, intelligent IT for the enterprise. Avalara announces Sales Tax Accuracy Guarantee. Worldpay Goes Public ; Shares Rally on Trading Debut.

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

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The Sad State of Corporate Innovation. See how corporates are failing when it comes to innovation. Download the free 31-page State of Innovation report. While Google excelled in building software, it lagged behind in hardware and product innovation. Microsoft and Nokia. Date: April 25, 2014. Price: $7.9B.

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From Investing To Budgeting, How Millennials Are Disrupting Personal Finance

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This openness to banking alternatives presents opportunities for fintech startups looking to innovate in financial services from the outside. But incumbent banks are also at the forefront of the most promising innovations in personal finance today, such as virtual credit cards. From big banks to big tech.