What are they going to do with the 24,000 Volvo cars they ordered in November?
And Uber's GM in Spain said last week that the program will contunue:
https://citiesofthefuture.eu/u...
Apart from their illegal trade most of these immigrants are not violent. There has been a few clashes with the police but the situation is calm now.
Actually there is very little violent crime in Barcelona. Pickpocketing is an issue, but no more than in other popular tourist cities such as Paris and Rome.
The phrase "old men in limos" was used by London’s cycling commissioner, Andrew Gilligan quoting Olympic cyclist Chris Boardman:
He said: "It was at times nightmarishly difficult to manage this, and we saw some absolutely ferocious resistance, kicking and screaming, and we saw a lot more passive resistance, heel digging and foot dragging from whom Olympic cyclist Chris Boardman called Old Men in Limos; you've heard of the MAMILs, those were the OMILs. A lot of objections, which would nearly always start with the words 'Of course I support cycling...'"
A Catalan company is installing Bitcoin ATMs in Greece to help people make international transactions and go around the currency controls. Similar solutions exist in Argentina.
In countries such as Venezuela their currency is effectively worthless...
My wife just got her Capital One "Chip+Signature" card. Last month my Santander (MA) debit card was replaced for another magstripe only debit card, Exp. 2019
Some banks are not catching up..
... Those "extra" costs are offset by businesses not needing people to handle cash and, especially, checks. Less employee theft of cash. No bounced checks that have to be handled by third-party recovery companies. Businesses, particularly small ones, come out ahead when they go cashless.
I agree. And public administration, especially transit authorities, is going that way to stop paying big bucks for cash handling services. The cost of moving money around is enormous.
What was the Greek government thinking? that the EU will just give more money without asking for more responsible measures.
Meanwhile the European Central Bank maintains a freeze on emergency liquidity assistance.
Tsipras had a popular mandate to say NO, he said yes. Game over!
Not only security companies, but also the US government. There is a clear interest to make sure the new Cybersecurity bill will not be stopped in Congress, and they'll do anything to make it happen.
Same as with the NSA massive spying they want strong laws protecting their ability to control anyone, anywhere.
Google is the one asking for it. It makes sense to reduce their cost of deploying fiber.
In Europe Internet access is heavily regulated but FTTH is everywhere and much cheaper than in the US.
The Good News is that Google wants to be reclassified, especially to get the pole access.
If Google can get fiber to many more locations because of this it will spark a new wave of ultra-fast internet services, and the big telecoms will have to up their game.
There is no reason to stop contactless transactions except greed! those retailers pay very low transactions fees (less than 0.2%). They just don't want NFC to be successful as mobile payments standard.
In Europe there are five times more NFC contactless POS systems, especially because of EMV, and increasing rapidly.
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What are they going to do with the 24,000 Volvo cars they ordered in November? And Uber's GM in Spain said last week that the program will contunue: https://citiesofthefuture.eu/u...
True, and that could mean trouble for other gig-economy business such as Deliveroo and, most importantly Airbnb: https://citiesofthefuture.eu/t...
I'm sure some lawyers are already working on that!
Shit happens!
Apart from their illegal trade most of these immigrants are not violent. There has been a few clashes with the police but the situation is calm now. Actually there is very little violent crime in Barcelona. Pickpocketing is an issue, but no more than in other popular tourist cities such as Paris and Rome.
Americans write the month first
The phrase "old men in limos" was used by London’s cycling commissioner, Andrew Gilligan quoting Olympic cyclist Chris Boardman: He said: "It was at times nightmarishly difficult to manage this, and we saw some absolutely ferocious resistance, kicking and screaming, and we saw a lot more passive resistance, heel digging and foot dragging from whom Olympic cyclist Chris Boardman called Old Men in Limos; you've heard of the MAMILs, those were the OMILs. A lot of objections, which would nearly always start with the words 'Of course I support cycling...'"
A Catalan company is installing Bitcoin ATMs in Greece to help people make international transactions and go around the currency controls. Similar solutions exist in Argentina. In countries such as Venezuela their currency is effectively worthless...
My wife just got her Capital One "Chip+Signature" card. Last month my Santander (MA) debit card was replaced for another magstripe only debit card, Exp. 2019 Some banks are not catching up..
... Those "extra" costs are offset by businesses not needing people to handle cash and, especially, checks. Less employee theft of cash. No bounced checks that have to be handled by third-party recovery companies. Businesses, particularly small ones, come out ahead when they go cashless.
I agree. And public administration, especially transit authorities, is going that way to stop paying big bucks for cash handling services. The cost of moving money around is enormous.
Here is a tip: if you don't trust banks, keep cash. Ask the Greeks and Cypriots why.
Well, you can always use Bitcoin
In Barcelona you'll find free-to-use sockets on FGC trains, some bus stops and metro stations.Usually 5v USB sockets.
What was the Greek government thinking? that the EU will just give more money without asking for more responsible measures. Meanwhile the European Central Bank maintains a freeze on emergency liquidity assistance. Tsipras had a popular mandate to say NO, he said yes. Game over!
Right! Look at the NYT article: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05...
Not only security companies, but also the US government. There is a clear interest to make sure the new Cybersecurity bill will not be stopped in Congress, and they'll do anything to make it happen. Same as with the NSA massive spying they want strong laws protecting their ability to control anyone, anywhere.
Google is the one asking for it. It makes sense to reduce their cost of deploying fiber. In Europe Internet access is heavily regulated but FTTH is everywhere and much cheaper than in the US.
The Good News is that Google wants to be reclassified, especially to get the pole access. If Google can get fiber to many more locations because of this it will spark a new wave of ultra-fast internet services, and the big telecoms will have to up their game.
You just need to research the authors of that article, people that will vote against any regulation of big industry players
There is no reason to stop contactless transactions except greed! those retailers pay very low transactions fees (less than 0.2%). They just don't want NFC to be successful as mobile payments standard. In Europe there are five times more NFC contactless POS systems, especially because of EMV, and increasing rapidly.