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By Shasta D. May<br />
INTERESTING<br />
THINGS TO KNOW<br />
ATM Cards – Soon will be a Thing of the Past<br />
ATM service providers and banks are<br />
rushing to install machines that offer bank<br />
customers cardless access to their cash through<br />
their smartphones. Wells Fargo plans to offer<br />
cardless access<br />
on its entire fleet<br />
of 13,000 ATMs.<br />
JPMorgan Chase<br />
has rolled out<br />
a few hundred<br />
ATMs that require<br />
only a smartphone<br />
to carry out transactions.<br />
Payment<br />
Alliance International, the largest provider of<br />
ATM services in the U.S., plans to provide<br />
cardless access on 25,000 machines by the end<br />
of 20<strong>17</strong>. Cardless ATMs will better protect<br />
against fraud. Cases of card skimming, where<br />
thieves plant a device inside the ATMs card slot<br />
to steal banking information have increased in<br />
recent years. The wireless connection between<br />
a smartphone and an ATM promises to be more<br />
secure, although some early cases of fraud have<br />
already popped up.<br />
Technology – Connecting the Masses<br />
Tech firms are going after a huge new<br />
market, an estimated billion customers are<br />
due to come online for the first time by 2022.<br />
These first timers are mainly in India, China,<br />
Indonesia, parts of Africa and other developing<br />
regions. What’s making this possible are low<br />
cost smartphones, fleets of small satellites that<br />
beam inexpensive, fast internet to anyone in<br />
the world who installs a rooftop antenna. Also<br />
in the works, low cost, solar powered small<br />
antenna for 2G cellular and Wi-Fi to cover the<br />
remote, poorest areas like Rwanda. In addition,<br />
techs are working on internet beaming drones<br />
and super Wi-Fi antennas. Even after this next<br />
billion get connected, there are still billions<br />
more before all the 7.4 billion people on the<br />
planet are connected.<br />
Road Safety – Worst States for Drunk Driving<br />
North Dakota ranked first in a study ranking<br />
states based on a combination of DUI arrests<br />
per capita, percent of fatal crashes that involved<br />
alcohol and the weakness of a states DUI laws<br />
and penalties. Montana was second, followed<br />
by Wisconsin and South Carolina.<br />
Health – A Little Sunshine is Good for You<br />
Sunlight boosts immunity by energizing<br />
infection fighting T cells. The blue light found<br />
in the rays of the sun makes T cells move faster,<br />
so they get to the site of an infection and begin<br />
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their protective activity more quickly. So, short<br />
sun exposure can be beneficial.<br />
Smartphones – Use the Built-in Protection<br />
Smartphones offer many preventive measures<br />
against hackers, and the protection that’s built<br />
into the mobile devices doesn’t cost you any extra.<br />
Among the built-in protection is the ability<br />
to use a PIN or fingerprint to lock your phone.<br />
In addition, a two-step authentication for e-mail<br />
services, shopping sites, social media apps and<br />
more. The method uses a password plus a onetime<br />
code often texted to the user. And regular<br />
updates to mobile operating systems and apps<br />
that fix security issues.<br />
USEFUL APPS<br />
FOR PARTICIPATING<br />
IN GOVERNMENT<br />
Countable<br />
This is a very popular political app. It publishes<br />
a weekly guide to upcoming bills in Congress,<br />
decoding political jargon with thorough explanations.<br />
Also, a “Take Action” button lets you<br />
contact lawmakers to tell them how you want<br />
them to vote.<br />
This article has been presented<br />
by MBA Tax & Bookkeeping<br />
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Corporate/LLC filings, income<br />
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This article is provided for informational<br />
purposes only and is not<br />
intended as legal or tax advice. Each<br />
individual business situation is different<br />
and the information contained<br />
herein is meant for general information<br />
purposes only. Specific tax and<br />
legal recommendations can only be<br />
made after an individual has consulted<br />
his or her qualified tax or legal<br />
professional.<br />
Voter<br />
Functions like a dating site for finding the<br />
political candidate that’s the best match for you.<br />
Users answer yes/no questions about their views<br />
on various issues, and Voter suggests a match.<br />
A chart indicates where your beliefs place you<br />
ideologically, and the app provides links to news<br />
sources so you can seek more information on<br />
the issues.<br />
Congress<br />
This is a “no frills” app with heavy technical<br />
language that can put off the user, on the up side<br />
the app makes it easy to contact your representatives<br />
in D.C. and to follow developments in both<br />
houses. <strong>LPT</strong><br />
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