May 11, 2012
Wallets Within Wallets At CTIA: Will Competitors Play Nice?
As I said on Friday, CTIA invited 50,000 of its closest friends to gather in NOLA for its big International Wireless show. I moderated a panel on mobile commerce, plus...
April 23, 2012
Startup Roundup: Who’s Getting Funded?
Here’s our Startup Roundup: a (close-to-) comprehensive list of each of the startup companies in payments and/or e-commerce to receive at least $1 million in funding from equity investors in...
April 18, 2012
Uber, Transport’s Payments Innovator, Takes On Main Street
Uber, the private car service for urban executives, is expanding beyond its current business model to explore business opportunities at a lower price point. Uber calls itself “your on-demand private...
April 10, 2012
Fed’s Mobile Use Numbers―That Was Then, This is Now
I participated on two panels in the 4th annual Mobile Contactless Forum held in San Fran last week (April 3-4). The agenda, speakers and turnout was really great. I thought...
April 08, 2012
Fed’s Mobile Use Numbers―That Was Then, This is Now
I participated on two panels in the 4th annual Mobile Contactless Forum held in San Fran last week (April 3-4). The agenda, speakers and turnout was really great. I thought...
April 01, 2012
PayPal Powers Cumberland Farms’ GPS-Enabled Gas App
PayPal’s PR people must be tired. The debut of PayPal Here, its new blue triangle dongle, was just two weeks ago; then the team turned around and introduced David Marcus...
March 26, 2012
Is 2012 the Inflection Point for Mobile Payments?
Prognosticators don’t do well in payments. Change happens more slowly than these pundits predict. And even when they learn this they still underestimate how slowly things change. Take cash. People...
March 25, 2012
Is 2012 the Inflection Point for Mobile Payments?
Prognosticators don’t do well in payments. Change happens more slowly than these pundits predict. And even when they learn this they still underestimate how slowly things change. Take cash. People...
February 09, 2012
Glam Media Launches Its Next Big Vertical―Foodie.com, the Largest Social...
Glam Media, Inc., the number one vertical social media company with the largest online global reach in lifestyle, today launched its newest branded vertical—Foodie.com, built from the integration of authentic...