Wednesday, 15 September 2021

Apple’s Big September News - iPhone 13, Apple Watch Series 7 and iPad Mini

iPhone 13 Mini and iPhone 13 get better battery life and new camera tricks. iPhone 13 Pros get brighter, faster displays. Apple Watch grows a larger screen with Series 7. And Apple revamps the iPad Mini. WSJ’s Joanna Stern highlights the fall lineup.

 

Tuesday, 14 September 2021

Hundreds of iPhones Are in ‘Ted Lasso.’ They’re More Strategic Than You Think

Reporters from the Wall Street Journal watched 40+ hours of the streaming service to analyze Apple's product placement strategy Watch an Apple TV+ show and you’re likely to notice a lot of iPhones, iPads and other Apple products. We analyzed 74 episodes of the streaming service’s top shows, including “Ted Lasso,” and “The Morning Show,” to better understand the strategy behind all that product placement. 

 

Monday, 13 September 2021

China Seeks to Break Up Alipay, Separate Loan Business

China seeks to break up Ant Group’s Alipay and create a separate app for its loan business. That’s according to the Financial Times. Bloomberg’s Stephen Engle reports on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia.”

Why Your Uber and Lyft Rides Are So Expensive

Rides may never cost what they did before the pandemic Your average Uber or Lyft ride cost 50% more this summer than before the pandemic. But prices were inching up even before lockdowns began. Here’s what drove rideshare prices through the roof, and how the companies are working to bring them back down.

 

Friday, 10 September 2021

“TOP READS OF THE WEEK” (for week ending 10 September)

This week’s top reads in banking, fintech, payments, cybersecurity, AI, IoT, risk management and much more

In this weeks selection;

Top Reads

From our Blog

Wednesday, 8 September 2021

What El Salvador's Bitcoin Experiment Looks Like

El Salvador became the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as its national currency, allowing people to use a digital wallet to pay for everyday goods. Here’s what the impoverished nation’s risky experiment looks like.

 

Monday, 6 September 2021

What are the Potential Pitfalls for Merchants Offering BNPL?

In this episode of Truth in Data, PaymentsJournal discusses potential pitfalls for merchants offering BNPL.

 
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