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This news item is part of the weekly top 5 news bulletin (from Week 1, Nov 2023) specially packaged for leaders of Nonprofits, Churches, and Faith-based Social Ventures.
Google says that Google Pay is now an accepted form of payment in public transports in more than 500 cities around the world. Google has a definite advantage over other players and competitors because of Google Maps. Millions of people use Google Maps every day to find transit information and so on. So Google is strategically building in Google Pay into Maps. This announcement says once you open Google Maps and search for a transit option, you can make the payment right there inside Google Maps itself and board the transit. It’s going to be interesting to see how Google dominates this space, not only for convenience reasons, but also because this payment option is contactless and you don’t have to carry your credit card and you just make the payment using your phone, which is all working out nicely together.
Here is the full list of the Top 5 News Items from Week 1, Nov 2023 with source links from Meta, Google, Instagram, X, AI.
🗞️ News 1: Meta Offers Ad-Free Subscription Option in EU for Facebook & Instagram
Source: Meta
🗞️ News 2: Google Pay Can Now Be Used to Pay for Public Transit in 500+ Cities
Source: Google
🗞️ News 3: Instagram Reminder Ads Gets New Features Including Stories Placement
Source: Instagram
🗞️ News 4: X (Twitter) Launches Premium+ Subscription with No Ads & Creator Tools
Source: X
🗞️ News 5: [AI] Joe Biden Issues Executive Order; Frontier Model Forum Gets $10mn
Source: US WhiteHouse | Google
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