Bars sometimes have empty stools and are faced with a challenge: How can they get more people through the doors to order a few rounds? Apps such as Hooch seek to bring more people into bars by offering potential customers a perk — that highly...
Samsung Pay, the digital development unit of Samsung Electronics, said on Thursday (May 3) that it has added new shopping and rewards features to its mobile payment service. One of those features uses Bixby, Samsung’s intelligence platform, to enable Samsung Pay users to shop via...
New data shows that smartphone shipments fell 2.9 percent in the first quarter of 2018. The International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker found that smartphone vendors shipped a total of 334.3 million units during the first quarter of 2018 (1Q18), a decrease...
Consumers are increasingly turning to their mobile devices for their eCommerce purchases as a percentage of overall sales are set to skyrocket. In fact, sales through mobile eCommerce channels are poised to make up half of all online sales by the year 2020 — worth nearly...
China’s smartphone market saw its largest decline in terms of shipments during the first quarter as competition heated up, pushing Apple into fifth place. Canalys, the market research firm, reported last week that smartphone shipments in China were down to 91 million units, a decline of 21 percent...
Digit, the developer of an automatic mobile savings app, has launched a new feature enabling its users to pay down credit card debt directly from their accounts. “Here’s a secret credit card companies don’t want you to know: a little goes a long way,” the...
YouTube is launching additional tools to help its creators make money from their videos after growing complaints about new policies that made the site more advertiser-friendly. According to TechCrunch, creators were also unhappy with the stricter YouTube Partner Program, which allows video publishers to make money...
As grocers ramp up their digital offerings, Meijer is gearing up to launch a self-scanning mobile app in the Chicago area that allows shoppers to scan their purchases throughout the store and check out at a dedicated counter. But shoppers will still have the option of...
It used to be pretty straightforward for consumers to find deals. They turned to the Sunday newspapers to clip coupons and find out what products were on sale for the week. But the advent of the internet brought more deals – and offers that are...
