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After Subscription Stumbles, How Patreon Won Back Customer Trust

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They tap into consumers’ need for convenience, flexibility and affordability in buying or renting products or services, securely and in real time. Magazine and newspaper subscriptions are popular services that have been around for decades, making them a favorite for bad actors as well.

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Apple Ups its Bets on Streamed Content and Subscription Retail

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Magazine Subscriptions. During the Monday event, Apple also said it would offer a more muscular online news subscription service — one that not only includes newspapers but some 300 magazines and costs $9.99 The service reportedly also will offer recommendations for other news stories based on the magazines being read by subscribers.

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Braintree: Behind The Contextual Commerce Buy

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Buying a dress worn by a celebrity in a picture featured on a magazine or social media site qualifies. So does securing a dinner reservation on Airbnb , at a restaurant the consumer might never have found near the house they just rented on the site. consumers to paint a landscape picture of the retail trend.

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Walmart Patents Point To Opportunity In Drones, AR/VR, and Automation

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Checkout Process & Security. The patent mentions the aircraft could fly at heights between 500 – 1000 feet, and it says the aircraft could either be operated by a human pilot or fly autonomously. Checkout process & security. Title: System and method for making gift recommendations using social media data.

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Is GDPR EU’s Frankenstein Monster?

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The actions of the EU over the last several years — the European Commission through decisions and fines and via regulatory fiat in the form of GDPR last week, PSD2 next fall and ePrivacy waiting in the wings — are attempts to create the perfect set of operating rules for businesses, with ample punishments for those who don’t comply.

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11 Lessons From Startup Chapter 11s

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The company announced it was effectively ceasing operations immediately and filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, putting more than 1,100 people out of work overnight. In January 2019, Munchery abruptly ceased all operations, as it informed customers via email. By September 2011, Solyndra’s business model had fallen apart.

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Autopsy Report: 9 Startup Failure Stories And What We Can Learn From Them

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After soaring to a multi-billion-dollar valuation behind an iconic founder, a team of prominent backers, and a promise to revolutionize blood testing, Theranos officially ceased operations in 2018. That July, it banned Holmes from owning or operating a lab for two years. The rise and fall of Theranos. Takeaways & lessons.

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