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January is that time of the year when we take a look back at the previous 12 months, while looking forward to what may come in a new year.  Mobile Payments Today helped get our readers started on that task this month with a profile about PayPal, which we named as the top influencer in the payments industry in 2017. That article was the most-read on the site in January by a wide margin. PayPal has turned itself into a model of sorts for the rest of the industry to follow, and it has done so aligning itself with banks, card networks, mobile-payment providers and just about anyone else works want to work with it.  It's this reason, above all else, why we believe PayPal sets the tone for the industry in 2018.  5. " 3 trends for 2018: Safer data, faster payments, better experiences ":  These areas present great opportunities, but also significant challenges. Fundamental shifts in consumer behavior, the emergence of new technologies and an evolving reg...

More than 1,000 farmers came out to the first day of a three-day Edmonton agriculture conference to learn about how new technologies can make their livelihoods more efficient. The FarmTech event at Northlands featured innovations such as Climate FieldView, a new digital agriculture software recently launched in Western Canada. It aims to help farmers make better decisions out in the field. "Farmers have to make 40 to 50 decisions every year on each individual field," said Denise Hockaday, the Canada business lead for the Climate Corporation, which is hosting the event. "You multiply that over many, many fields that they have — it's a ton of decisions and it's not always easy to be informed when you make those decisions," she added. "We are given the ability to visualize what's going on with the crop over the course of the season." That data can include diseases in their crops which might otherwise only be detected at the end ...

In this post, Wallet-Codes shared some of the best steam games featured & recommended by Steampowered. 1. LEGO® Marvel Super Heroes 2 It’s about TIME! Join your favorite Super Heroes and Super Villains from different eras and realities as they go head-to-head with the time-traveling Kang the Conqueror in the all-new, original adventure, LEGO® Marvel Super Heroes 2! Play as the Guardians of the Galaxy, Spider-Man, Thor, Hulk, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange, Green Goblin and dozens of other Marvel Super Heroes and Villains in this cosmic battle across the time-tossed city of Chronopolis! Travel across lands — from Ancient Egypt to The Old West, Sakaar and New York City in 2099 — and transport objects or characters through the centuries! And, with new battle modes, friends and family can play against each other in a series of themed challenges and battle arenas! 2. Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (Classic, 2005) With brand new...

PayPal shares dropped 10 percent in after-hours trading. EBay will start working with global payment company Adyen to process its sales. Customers will have the option of using Adyen on its site or going off-site to pay via PayPal.  PayPal shares plummeted 10 percent in extended trading on Wednesday, after longtime partner  eBay  said it's going with a new payments provider. EBay will start processing payments using PayPal rival Adyen. When customers check out, they will have the option to stay on eBay and use Adyen's services or leave the website and use PayPal. Adyen will also provide reduced costs for sellers and a simpler pricing structure. EBay and PayPal have also negotiated new terms through July 2023. This new deal does not extend the previous operating agreement, which would have expired in 2020. Though they were part of the same company for 13 years, eBay and PayPal were split into  independent standalone businesses in 2015 . EBay, which ...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday changes the company made to its service last quarter reduced time spent on the site by 50 million hours per day. Zuckerberg made the remarks as the company reported fourth-quarter sales that topped expectations. Facebook fourth-quarter earnings came in less than expected due to a huge increase in its tax bill caused by recent changes to U.S. tax law. Facebook  CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday that the changes the company made to its service last year reduced time spent on the site by 50 million hours per day, or 5 percent. "Already last quarter, we made changes to show fewer viral videos to make sure people's time is well spent. In total, we made changes that reduced time spent on Facebook by roughly 50 million hours every day. By focusing on meaningful connections, our community and business will be stronger over the long term," Zuckerberg  wrote. On a conference call with analysts, Zuckerberg said that figure re...