Looking back at a time when the market was moving toward mobile, Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates said his biggest mistake was not putting Microsoft in the position of Android as the largest “non-Apple” mobile operating system in the world. The executive noted that software —...
Location matters in real estate. It matters, too, when protecting credit cards against compromise. As Ondot CEO Vaduvur Bharghavan tells Karen Webster, location matters, too, when targeting consumers with relevant merchant offers — even at the onboarding level. Here’s why location-enabled card services benefit everyone,...
Huawei is looking to trademark its “Hongmeng” operating system (OS) in at least nine countries and Europe after the company was placed on a blacklist in the U.S. Last month the Trump Administration added the Chinese telecom company to a blacklist, which means it won’t conduct...
Samsung Electronics is looking to take advantage of the United States’ recent ban on Huawei Technologies. While Samsung has been struggling in the global network equipment market, its luck might be changing after the Trump Administration recently added the Chinese telecom company Huawei to a...
Spin and Swiftmile are launching a pilot program in Washington, D.C. and Ann Arbor, MI, to test out an eScooter program. The 60-day pilot program will see dozens of electric docking stations installed, allowing riders to charge their devices, and giving them a designated place...
The U.S. Commerce Department has eased some of the trade restrictions recently imposed on Huawei — at least for the next 90 days. Huawei Technologies will be allowed to purchase American-made goods so that it can maintain existing networks, as well as provide software updates...
From finding a nearby restaurant to finding a date, smartphone location controls are used by consumers for many cases. These mobile controls, however, also offer consumers a powerful tool for dealing with arguably higher stakes: the risk of credit card fraud. Location controls can be...
New data shows that smartphone shipments in North America have fallen to a five-year low, plummeting 18 percent year on year in the first quarter of 2019. According to a report from Canalys, shipments plunged from 44.4 million to 36.4 million, with some of the...
Instagram announced the launch of @shop, a new account described as a “celebration of small businesses and the creators behind them.” “The content on this account is inspired by our community of shoppers — you. @shop is a real-time reflection of our community’s interests across top-shopping...
