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No Queues, No Forms: This S’pore Startup Lets You Quickly Check In To Hotels With A Selfie

Hotel guests everywhere face a common predicament: long waiting lines to check-in. In fact, a study from Cornell University’s Center for Hospitality found that just a five-minute wait at check-in causes guest satisfaction to drop by 50 per cent. But what if there was a way to make the process quicker, easier, …

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10 States With the Biggest Average Social Security Check in 2020

Photo by Dmytro Zinkevych / Shutterstock.com Retirees depend mightily on Social Security payments These stipends make up 50% or more of income for about half of seniors, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities says. About one-quarter of seniors depend on Social Security for at least 90% of their income. …

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Google’s Duplex is calling businesses to check the availability of ‘critical products’ like toilet paper

Google has begun using Duplex, its AI chat agent that can arrange appointments over the phone, to contact businesses about the status of certain “in-demand” items like toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and cleaning solutions. As reflected in an update to a support webpage and confirmed to VentureBeat by a spokesperson …

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A Pre-U Student Emailed Us To Check Out His Free SPM Study App, Let’s Just Say We’re Impressed

Author’s Blurb: If you’ve read enough of my articles on edutech startups, you’ll know by now that I wasn’t cut out for academia. I didn’t do too badly at it, but I was never excited about it (save for a few subjects in university). I choose not to remember my …

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This New M’sian Ewallet Is Stepping Up Its Raya Game, 5 Reasons You Should Check It Out

In 2019, ewallets make up about 7% of the e-commerce payment methods in Malaysia and J.P. Morgan predicts that it’ll go up to at least 16% by 2021.  BIS.org also notes that transmission of the COVID-19 in banknotes is lower compared to more frequently-touched objects such as credit card terminals …

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Time to Check Your Pandemic-Abandoned Car for Rats

You might want to make sure there’s not a rat living (or recently dead) in your car’s engine. Why are you still reading? Check your car for a rat, I said. That’s the tip. Rats like it in there, and while they could take up residence in a car engine …

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5 Ways to Use Your Stimulus Check Wisely

Over the coming weeks and months, most Americans will receive a stimulus check from the federal government. This check is intended to help people struggling financially as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, either to directly make ends meet or to shore up their finances for difficult times to come. …

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How to Get Your Stimulus Check As Soon As Possible

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Government has announced a $ 2 trillion stimulus package, set to include economic impact payments sent directly to Americans. But not everyone will be able to access these funds as quickly and easily as others. According to research by VSoft, 44% of …

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6 Smart Ways to Spend the Check Uncle Sam Is Sending You

Photo by Sofi photo / Shutterstock.com The federal government may be about to send you a check. A coronavirus-related stimulus bill package that’s being debated in the Senate today includes a provision that would pay most American adults $ 1,200 each — plus an extra $ 500 per child in …

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