August 16, 2012
Google Play Gift Cards Appear In Retail Environment
Google is preparing to release a prepaid gift card product into the brick-and-mortar retail environment, new photos confirm. The writers at AndroidCentral have posted photographs of Google Play gift cards...
August 15, 2012
As Mobile Gains Steam, Don’t Forget Foursquare
The first iPad made its debut on April 3, 2010 — which makes Foursquare roughly a year older than Apple’s tablet computing device. Both pieces of technology have been continuously rejuvenated...
August 15, 2012
Will Starbucks Bring Square Users? Here’s How We’ll Know
Remember when Square’s mobile payment app used to be called Card Case? Back at a time when there were no NASA-designed rovers on Mars, before anyone had ever heard of...
August 14, 2012
eCommerce’s Rich Get Richer, While Daily Deals Fade
Missed today’s big presentation from comScore? Don’t worry — we’ve got five things you need to know from today’s presentation, “State of US Online Retail Economy Q2 2012.” • Ecommerce...
August 08, 2012
USAA Adds Siri-Like Technology To Its Mobile Banking App
USAA will incorporate Nina, Nuance Communcations’ answer to Apple’s Siri, into its mobile banking application, Finextra says. Nuance will release an open software developer kit (SDK) to let developers easily...
August 06, 2012
eCommerce Sales Rise In Spain Despite Crisis
Despite the financial crisis in Spain’s housing sector and the weakening of its banking sector, e-commerce seems to be on the rise according to predictions by eMarketer, and online digital...
August 05, 2012
Google’s Wallapalooza 2.0
Just in time for the 22nd anniversary of the Jane’s Addiction farewell tour, otherwise known as Lollapalooza, Google made news with some pretty big changes to its digital wallet. Here’s...
August 02, 2012
The Case Of The Enveloping Platform
All of the discussion about Facebook’s lousy earnings last week brought to mind a little story about platforms that I wanted to share with you. Once upon a time in...
August 01, 2012
Google to settle Safari suit for $22.5 million
The Federal Trade Commission approved Google’s $22.5 million settlement of a case probing whether the search engine bypassed Apple Safari users’ privacy settings. The FTC investigation centered on allegations that...
