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Technologies and trends shaping a 'buy anywhere' future

TM Forum

Over the past 18 months, since the onset of COVID-19, telecom retail has seen a rapid technological evolution that has changed customer expectations and buying habits permanently. Recent North America-wide research reveals sector insights and predictions to help guide telecom retail professionals' strategy. Future retail channels.

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Buy now, pay later changed retail. Health care and rent are next.

Vox

Buy now, pay later providers Klarna, Afterpay, and Quadpay spent years slowly infiltrating the retail market. The downside, which was left out of the video, is that tenants are charged a $20 monthly fee to use Flex. It doesn’t end with retail, though. Getty Images. Now, the model is coming for necessities.

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How And Why Paytronix Used Pentaho and Cloudera

CTOvision

The video at this link and embedded below features Paytronix President Andrew Robbins in a discussion of big data. Paytronix helps restaurants built brand loyalty through industry-leading reward programs, email clubs, promotional engines, gift and comp solutions and related services. By Bob Gourley. Pentaho Solution. Value Added.

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Don’t gamble with your identity verification practices

CIO Business Intelligence

But casino gaming companies MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment were caught short in this area in recent weeks by hackers using identity-based and social engineering attacks that spoofed identity to gain access to secure systems. It sounds simple, but it could be a hedge against similar social engineering and phishing hacks.

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Amazon says 19,000 employees tested positive for COVID-19 as it reveals pandemic data for first time

GeekWire

Amazon first announced in April that it was assembling a team of its own workers with a variety of skills, including research scientists, program managers, software engineers and procurement specialists, to start building out testing capacity. An in-house pilot testing program for employees was confirmed in May. Amazon Photo).

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Amazon wants to make sure drivers who don’t work for the company are well-groomed and nice online

The Verge

The company has explicit policies concerning personal grooming and social media etiquette that apply to the drivers from other delivery companies. The rules also apparently forbid drivers from making social media posts that could be considered obscene. Vice has since discovered driver consent forms as well.

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Facebook put a battery in its new Portal

The Verge

Facebook on Tuesday announced two new Portal video calling devices, the first major refresh of the hardware lineup since 2019. The new devices, the Portal Go and updated Portal Plus, retail for $199 and $349, respectively. Apple is also rumored to be working on a dedicated video calling device.).

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