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What’s On Your Phone? Probably Not Your Wallet
Mastercard is just the latest financial behemoth to jump into the mobile wallet game, but it’s not clear if anyone is winning in this space.
At a grandiose event atop the World Trade Center, Mastercard unveiled new technology that will enable partnered banks and retailers to send and accept money through a mobile phone. The announcement “will have marked an important moment in our history, and we hope, our industry,” said Mastercard’s Craig Vosburg.
A Grammy Winner, A Circus Master, And An Apple Veteran On Career Reinvention
Stewart Copeland cofounded The Police. Kelli Richards grew up where her Apple office later stood. These are their career-change tips.
I grew up in Cupertino, California, before Apple ever existed. Later, I spent 12 years leading the company’s music and entertainment business. My office at the time sat right where I’d picked apricots as a kid.
Cleveland’s RNC “Event Zone” May Be A Petri Dish For Violence
Opposing protest groups will mix freely in downtown Cleveland next week, and everybody can carry guns.
An estimated 50,000 people are flocking to Cleveland for the Republican National Convention next week. And just as Donald Trump disrupted the party’s politics and traditions, his convention is expected to be far more chaotic than the GOP’s usually tightly scripted affairs.
Paid Internships Lead To More Job Offers Than Unpaid Internships
A recent survey found that internships that are paid often result in getting more future job offers and higher salaries down the line.
Those highly coveted paid internship positions may have a value beyond the small salaries they purport to pay college students. A survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) found that paid internships are more likely to lead to a job offer and a higher salary than internships that didn’t pay.
What The Tesla Crashes Can Teach Us About The Future Of Self-Driving Cars
The two crashes highlight the need for more research in the area of autonomous vehicles.
The journey to a future dominated by autonomous vehicles hit a few speed bumps recently, with news of not one but two crashes, one them fatal, involving Teslas operating in autonomous driving mode. The collisions raise questions about how far self-driving cars really are from being safe enough for widespread adoption, and if the issues—human or computer—should be a roadblock toward that goal.
7 Ways To Harness Your Emotions To Have More Powerful Conversations
“Don’t get emotional” may not be the best conversational advice. Used right, emotions can be a powerful communication tool.
Casual conversation can be a powerful thing. It’s how we share information and connect with each other—often more deeply than we can by digital means. It’s the social glue that binds us together and determines how well, and at what level, we’re able to relate to each other.
Why The Runaway Success of “Pokémon Go” Says Little About Nintendo’s Future
After one blockbuster, here are the gaming company’s biggest challenges in mobile.
In the minds of some industry analysts, Pokémon Go is the start of a major transformation at Nintendo.
What I Learned When I Got Laid Off In A City I’d Just Moved To
This Texas transplant’s position was cut just as she was settling into her New York job, but it actually opened up her options.
When I moved to New York city to take a job as a creative director in 2014, I was ecstatic. After purging at least 70% of my belongings, I happily traded shoe-melting Dallas summers for eyelash-freezing New York winters.
How To Build Credibility For Your Startup That Nobody’s Heard Of Yet
When it comes to building your reputation from scratch, think big when you set goals but start small when you execute them.
The startup scene is a crowded place no matter what market you’re trying to crack. And if you can’t build industry credibility fast, you’ll probably fail to crack it.
