Samsung is once again the world’s top smartphone seller after a challenge by Apple with its iPhone 6 launch last fall, according to research from Strategy Analytics. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
For Samsung, the good news is that Samsung Pay is on track and its just-out-this-month Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone is selling out. But that didn’t help its Q1 earnings, which plunged 39 percent as the company sold more less-expensive smartphones and the bottom dropped out...
Mobile payments startup Fortumo has hired Google payments veteran Tim Carter as its chief revenue officer, the company announced on Friday (April 24). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
Cheddar Up has rolled out a new version of its app for collecting money from groups — and for once that doesn’t mean yet another way for friends to settle up tabs at bars and restaurants. Instead, the app is designed to simplify collecting money...
Microsoft’s future may include mobile payments, but that’s not what CEO Satya Nadella is worried about for the moment — his concern is surviving to get to that future. For that, the software giant’s Q1 results represented good news, beating analysts’ estimates and edging Microsoft...
Customer-tracking vendor Nomi Technologies failed to give in-store customers an adequate chance to opt out of being tracked through their smartphones, according to a settlement announced on Thursday (April 23) with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
Google’s empire has expanded into the wireless business. 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 form, you...
Priceline’s Booking.com is launching an Apple Watch app that will let Watch-equipped travelers book hotel accommodations directly from the wearable on their wrists, Mobile Commerce Daily reported on Tuesday (April 21). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
San Francisco startup CoinTent, which wants to get Internet readers to pay for news stories and other written content on the Web, has come out of beta and raised $1.1 million, according to a press release issued on Monday (April 20). Get the Full Story Complete...
