Innovation

Innovation in its modern meaning is "a new idea, creative thoughts, new imaginations in form of device or method". Innovation is often also viewed as the application of better solutions that meet new requirements, unarticulated needs, or existing market needs.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

China, Alibaba Are Big Players On The Blockchain Patent Block

China, Alibaba Are Big Players On The Blockchain Patent Block
China, Alibaba Are Big Players On The Blockchain Patent Block
September 12, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Patents can be the springboard to competitive advantage.  In the blockchain space, China (and Alibaba) dominate new patent filings.  Crypto crackdown aside, here's what China...

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Overstock Shares Fall 12 Pct Following CEO Sell-Off
Overstock Shares Fall 12 Pct Following CEO Sell-Off
September 12, 2018  |  Blockchain

After dumping 10 percent of his shares, the CEO of Overstock sent a letter to investors, assuring them that there is no reason to worry....

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Amadeus On Why Travel Payments Need An Upgrade
Amadeus On Why Travel Payments Need An Upgrade
September 11, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

Travel companies know that payments innovation is mission-critical when it comes to acquiring and retaining consumers all over the world. It’s a clear fact in the data...

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BMW Debuts Its Own Voice Assistant
BMW Debuts Its Own Voice Assistant
September 07, 2018  |  Alexa

BMW debuted its own digital personal assistant for its cars at the TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018. The news comes a few weeks after BMW officially launched...

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Stripe: Developers Are The Economy’s Most Precious Resource
Stripe: Developers Are The Economy’s Most Precious Resource
September 07, 2018  |  Personnel

If one were looking at the economy a decade ago, Stripe COO Claire Hughes Johnson told Karen Webster, the biggest challenge businesses faced in growing was clear: access to...

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Nuro’s New Idea For Autonomous Delivery
Nuro’s New Idea For Autonomous Delivery
September 06, 2018  |  Retail

Founded by two ex-Googlers, autonomous transportation firm Nuro has driven a road less traveled when figuring out how to properly create a vehicle that drives...

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Amazon’s 20K Devices, And The Tightening Race For AI Dominance
Amazon’s 20K Devices, And The Tightening Race For AI Dominance
September 05, 2018  |  Ecosystems

When 2018 rang in, Alexa was compatible with just over 4,000 devices. A little bit past the halfway mark in 2018, Alexa’s device count has...

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Summer Brought a Bevy of Connected Car Advances
Summer Brought a Bevy of Connected Car Advances
September 04, 2018  |  Innovation

The race is one to build a profitable ecosystem for connected vehicles — and activity over the summer showed the stakes involved. Get the Full...

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What’s the Future For Payment Cards?
What’s the Future For Payment Cards?
September 04, 2018  |  Digital Payments

What does the future hold for the plastic payment card? Will it go the way of the check — still in use, but seemingly out-of-date, as...

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