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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Rejecting Apple Pay

    It’s been one week since the launch of Apple’s new mobile payment app, the appropriately named Apple Pay. But some retailers didn’t get the memo: CVS and Rite-Aid have both rejected Apple Pay, along with Google Wallet and other mobile payment apps. Wal-Mart, meanwhile, is planning its own mobile payment technology. What’s in store for consumers?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 27, 2014 • 1 min read

    It’s been one week since the launch of Apple’s new mobile payment app, the appropriately named Apple Pay. But some retailers didn’t get the memo: CVS and Rite-Aid have both rejected Apple Pay, along with Google Wallet and other mobile payment apps. Wal-Mart, meanwhile, is planning its own mobile payment technology. What’s in store for consumers?

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    The Politics of Ebola Quarantines and Zombies v The World Series
    1. 0:00The Politics and Legalities of Ebola Quarantines
    2. 10:36Preparing for a Volcano
    3. 17:15Zombies v. The World Series
    4. 26:16The Organized Mind
    5. 42:07Rejecting Apple PayYou’re reading this
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