WhatsApp’s 1 billion+ users will now save a dollar every year in return for popup notifications, as the Facebook-owned company moves to shift its subscription model to an ad-based business model. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
When retailers try to untie the Gordian knot that has been slow-to-stationary beacon adoption, discussions usually center around infrastructure, policy and other behind-the-scenes development issues. This has kept some retailers chasing a wild goose of beacon potential that may never materialize — unless some new startups...
While Amazon’s voice-controlled Echo may have caught consumers off-guard when it was first released last year, the retailer has been hard at work adding features to the device to make it more appealing to the least tech-savvy Prime members out there. Get the Full Story...
Silicon Valley may not always be considered an epicenter for innovation. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing...
The October transition to EMV should be all the evidence any observer needs to understand that major brands take financial fraud very seriously. Now, one of the industry’s most powerful software firms is making sure that it has the chops to detect fraudulent activity before it...
While the deciding day for the presidential election is still several months away, the debate season is in full swing for both major parties. As usual, topics of discussion range from the militaristic to the economical, but more than one candidate has found the time...
2015 wasn’t a banner year for department store chains. While longstanding franchises like Macy’s tried just about everything to avoid store closures and layoffs, other brands are finding out that the impending doom in brick-and-mortar retail might not be as dire and imminent as once...
The PC market officially just had the worst year ever. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this...
It’s now been at least two decades since the word “millennial” entered the general lexicon of brand managers and advertising experts, and that timeframe has also resulted in shifting definitions for the term. Though millennials began as teenagers with expendable income, they’re now becoming a...
