Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference is set to kick off in about 10 days in San Francisco. If you’d like to watch the clock count down you can click here, compliments of Apple, of course. As with all things involving Apple, the upcoming development conference has its...
When people ask – “how hard is payments?” – there are a variety of ways to answer that question. There’s the simple and direct approach – “Insanely and unimaginably.” One could go into an intricate explanation of two-sided platform economics (and possibly win a Nobel...
The biggest news in Apple Pay this week came courtesy of PYMNTS at this year’s Innovation Project – with big news on both the adoption and innovation fronts. On Day 1, IP delegates got a peek at the InfoScout/PYMNTS Apple Pay Transaction Tracker. That survey of...
The Apple Watch was undoubtedly the star of the show at Cupertino’s “Spring Forward” event on Monday (March 9) with the rest of the product line – like the gold MacBook and even Apple Pay – playing important supporting roles. As is Apple’s custom, the event successfully ignited...
March 13, 2015
Try as they might, it seems the makers of tablets cannot get their consumers to think of their tablets as devices that need to be replaced as often as smartphones. According to figures released yesterday (March 12), IDC has slashed its forecast for tablet growth in the coming year and is predicting device shipments will only […]
March 10, 2015
Online retailer Zappos, part of the Amazon family, announced on March 4 that its mobile app is now Touch ID enabled through iOS with the new update that was released...
February 17, 2015
Less than half a year into Apple Pay’s lifespan, the company has already filed a patent for Apple Pay 2.0 with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The new...
January 23, 2015
Global payments provider TSYS, along with Ingenico Group, recently announced a new agreement to offer merchants a seamless and secure solution for accepting all payment types, according to a TSYS...
