Online lodging service Airbnb is allowing travelers from around the world to book stays in private homes in Cuba after the San Francisco-based company received a special authorization from the Obama administration, Airbnb ...
Internet
Mar 20, 2016
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Capital One has teamed with Amazon to let owners of Amazon's Echo smart speaker system pay their bills and get other account information through voice commands.
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 11, 2016
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You go shopping. You check-out at the cashier and are ready to pay. The cashier pulls out a camera and takes a picture of you, your bill and your credit card. You ask the cashier why. He tells you that the photo enables the ...
Other
Mar 9, 2016
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An Orlando-based hotel chain is reporting that some of its guests' credit card information may have been breached.
Security
Mar 9, 2016
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Banking customers are on the move, and the big national banks are scrambling to keep up. They are working to update their technology and offerings in hopes of nabbing increasingly mobile customers.
Business
Feb 29, 2016
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It was a chaotic, late-night scramble to buy baby food with a screaming toddler in the backseat that gave Robert Ilijason the idea to open Sweden's first unstaffed convenience store.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 29, 2016
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Google is shifting into reverse and leaving behind a service that compares auto insurance prices.
Business
Feb 24, 2016
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Shares in the mobile payment services company Square rose sharply Friday after Visa disclosed the details of its ownership stake in the company.
Business
Feb 12, 2016
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The pay-by-phone crowd is growing at the checkout counter. More consumers are using their smartphones to pay for goods and services, and more companies are offering "mobile-payments" or "mobile-wallet" services.
Business
Jan 29, 2016
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With the holiday shopping season set to begin this week, millions of Americans will soon descend upon their local shopping malls in search of the hottest new clothes, toys and electronics.
Economics & Business
Jan 26, 2016
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