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Amazon Sets Sights On Southeast Asia

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The move comes as part of a larger targeting of Southeast Asian markets, according to TechCrunch , starting with beginning selected regional services in Singapore in the first quarter of 2017. Southeast Asia certainly has the population Amazon seeks in its international investments: The region is home to over 600 million consumers.

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Banco BASE Taps Volante For Payments; Azimo Receives Dutch Central Bank License

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Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Mexico ‘s Banco BASE selecting Volante Technologies Inc. Banco BASE has tapped Volante Technologies Inc. In other payments news from Ireland, Dublin’s Bear Market Coffee is now all cashless, The Independent reported.

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American Apparel And Postmates Pair Up

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“The combination of American Apparel’s real-time, local inventory paired with Postmates’ superior delivery technology and national footprint is changing the way customers can access their favorite brands,” Luedorf said in a statement.

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Toronto’s Rising Digital Star

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Roughly 251,000 people are employed in this sector across the region, representing 36 percent of the country’s financial services sector employment. Within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) are industry-leading fortune 500 companies, renowned universities and colleges, and local businesses ranging from startups to multi-national firms.

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Pizza Goes High-Tech

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New York City Mayor Bill DiBlasio allowed himself to be seen in public eating a piece of pizza with a fork and knife — and caused an outrage among his constituents. While the concepts of high-tech and pizza may not be natural fits together, Domino’s actually has a long history of innovating with ordering technology.

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

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From healthcare to education to entertainment to manufacturing, technology innovators are stepping forward to help answer that question. In some cases, the technological changes inspired by Covid-19 will come in the form of an acceleration of existing trends — for example, industrial automation and contactless payments. Teletherapy.

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11 New Restaurant Concepts Reimagining Fast Food & Casual Dining

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The old guard of American dining are switching up their games to compete: McDonald’s is adding self-serve kiosks to many of its franchises, upping the ante with mobile order technology. In 2017, the National Restaurant Association reported annual sales of $799B — close to 48% of the total amount that Americans spent on food.