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What Serving The Internet’s ‘Underserved’ Means For Payments
What Serving The Internet’s ‘Underserved’ Means For Payments
January 17, 2020  |  Merchant Innovation

These days, it seems like you can hardly go a minute without hearing about the rise of 5G, the spread of facial recognition or how...

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Balloon Company Loon To Provide Web Access In Amazon Rainforest
Balloon Company Loon To Provide Web Access In Amazon Rainforest
November 21, 2019  |  Innovation

Loon, an Alphabet-owned high-altitude balloon internet access provider, has teamed up with Internet para Todos (IpT), a mobile infrastructure firm that’s part owned by Telefonica...

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Bezos Expects Robotic Hands To Be Ready Within 10 Years
Bezos Expects Robotic Hands To Be Ready Within 10 Years
June 07, 2019  |  Amazon Innovations

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed that he believes robotic hands, which should be able to grasp items as reliably as humans, will be ready for...

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Africa’s Internet-Connected Population Provides Opportunity For Mobile Money
Africa’s Internet-Connected Population Provides Opportunity For Mobile Money
November 05, 2018  |  International

In many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, almost 90 percent of all payments and transactions are based on cash. But there is a large opportunity to...

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China Now Has More Than 800M Internet Users
China Now Has More Than 800M Internet Users
August 21, 2018  |  International

The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) has revealed that the country now has more than 800 million internet users. According to Bloomberg, CNNIC’s 42nd...

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South Korea’s Race To 100% Internet Access
South Korea’s Race To 100% Internet Access
February 01, 2017  |  International

Out of the 19 million homes in South Korea, a government survey found that 99.2 percent have access to the internet. Up by 3.2 percent from last...

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