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Mobile Applications

What's a mobile app? A mobile app is a software program you can download and access directly using your phone or tablet or generally any touch screen device. Typically a mobile app is purchased or downloaded through an app store or can be side loaded on various platforms.

Offline Bowling Goes Online Amid the COVID-19 Health Crisis
Offline Bowling Goes Online Amid the COVID-19 Health Crisis
August 06, 2020  |  Authentication

Not many consumers are making their way to bowling alleys these days, so some operators see the chance to strike it big by taking bowling...

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Cash App Drives Square Strong Q2 Results
Cash App Drives Square Strong Q2 Results
August 05, 2020  |  Earnings

Square saw its shares skyrocket Tuesday (Aug. 4) night after the San Francisco-based financial services company posted better-than-expected quarterly results for its mobile payment app....

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Report: Skillz Takes Bowling Online — And Strikes Out Bad Actors
Report: Skillz Takes Bowling Online — And Strikes Out Bad Actors
August 05, 2020  |  Authentication

Consumers today are looking for new avenues of at-home entertainment as many continue to lay low during the ongoing pandemic. While video streaming services remain popular,...

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TikTok’s Time Is Running Out
TikTok’s Time Is Running Out
August 04, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

As the pandemic raged and millions lived under lockdown, one seemingly harmless diversion was TikTok, the amusing short-form mobile video app from Chinese tech firm...

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European Pizzeria Introduces Virtual Ordering From The Table
European Pizzeria Introduces Virtual Ordering From The Table
August 04, 2020  |  Mobile Applications

And now, something to make tipping in European restaurants even more confusing for Americans: a virtual waiter in Spain. A restaurant called Funky Pizza in...

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Klarna Boosts Social Shopping With Shareable Wish Lists
Klarna Boosts Social Shopping With Shareable Wish Lists
August 04, 2020  |  Mobile Commerce

Shopping platform Klarna is offering new ways to make the experience with its app more social during the era of social distancing, the company said...

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Fave: Inside Southeast Asia’s Merchant Super App
Fave: Inside Southeast Asia’s Merchant Super App
August 03, 2020  |  Mobile Payments

Mobile payments penetration has historically faced a gap in Southeast Asia, Joel Neoh, founder of leading regional online-to-offline company Fave, told Karen Webster. Consumers in...

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Microsoft Aims To Buy TikTok’s US Arm By Sept. 15 After CEO Gets Trump’s Blessing
Microsoft Aims To Buy TikTok’s US Arm By Sept. 15 After CEO Gets Trump’s Blessing
August 02, 2020  |  Acquiring

Microsoft Corp. has resumed attempts to buy the U.S. arm of  TikTok — the popular but controversial Chinese video-sharing app owned by ByteDance — by...

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Trump Vows To Ban TikTok From America Even As Microsoft Weighs Buying Firm’s U.S. Arm
Trump Vows To Ban TikTok From America Even As Microsoft Weighs Buying Firm’s U.S. Arm
July 31, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

President Donald Trump said late Friday (July 31) that he plans to ban Chinese-based social-video giant TikTok in the United States even as reports emerged...

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