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How Apple Pushes Entire Industries Forward

Harvard Business Review

But Apple’s most impressive achievement on display at yesterday’s announcement was not a technological feat — although the technology on display was certainly impressive. But putting it into practice required an entire ecosystem to move in unison — merchants, consumers, credit card companies, and banks.

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How Blockchain Applications Will Move Beyond Finance

Harvard Business Review

To understand the transformation that’s being brought about by blockchain technology, it’s useful to start with its largest implementation to date: bitcoin. How technology is transforming transactions. How Blockchain Works Here are five basic principles underlying the technology. Insight Center. Distributed Database.