BlackBerry’s smartphone sales continue to show fewer and fewer signs of economic life and seems the company is now following the common advice it is being given. Get out of hardware and make the move to platform services. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
Wal-Mart recently announced that it expects its ecommerce revenues to increase to $13 billion this year from $10 billion in fiscal 2014. According to Forbes, while Wal-Mart’s comparable sales growth has been negative for the past five quarters, the retailer’s ecommerce growth has been more impressive....
Samsung Electronics Australia, Bendigo and Community Telco Australia – an Adelaide Bank telecommunication subsidiary – have combined forces to introduce a new mobile payment solution for retail points-of-sale. The new service will allow consumers to easily make payments in person by using either Android or iPhone....
After launching about a year ago for Android products, the Google-wallet Instant Buy feature will now be available for apps developed for iPhone and iPad users. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
Google wants to bring the Google method to business directories, now with the launch of MyBusiness. The new MyBusiness platform is designed to allow corporate users to manage the totality of their Google identity – from search results, to placement on the company’s map, to...
Bangalore based Ezetap Mobile Solutions, which was founded in 2011, was chosen by State Bank of India, the largest public sector bank, to launch a 5-year 500k m-POS deployment. The start-up was chosen given it has a price tag of less than USD 50 and...
The global mobile POS market is still on fire, with analysts predicting double-digit growth through 2018. But what’s driving that growth also happens to be what will define who’ll win in the end. Ingenico’s Jean Marc Thienpont, EVP Mobile Payments Solutions and COO of ROAM,...
Alibaba – the Chinese e-commerce mega-retailer that is preparing for an IPO widely forecasted to be one of the biggest money makers in the history of international commerce –has just dipped its first toe into selling directly to U.S. consumers with the launch of 11...
It seems as though paper-based menus and bills in restaurants are about to join paper checks and printed newspapers on history’s discard pile. Family food chain and noted purveyor of baby-back ribs Chili’s has finished the installation of table-side tablets in their 823 locations nationwide. Get...
