The British bank Barclays has announced a new twist on its Pingit mobile payments app – users will be able to transfer money to one another using their Twitter handles. Pingit,… Read more »
Retailers are scrambling to leverage the power of beacons powered by Bluetooth low energy (BLE), but the technology may gain ground in other scenarios before users begin to embrace it in… Read more »
Walmart’s British subsidiary Asda and the supermarket giant Sainsbury’s are two of the major retailers to announce support for the Zapp mobile payments system on Wednesday. Read more »
Will the emerging app economy reboot a struggling Europe, jump-starting job growth and infusing European Union countries with startup energy? Signs are promising. Read more »
Digital marketing professionals’ site Econsultancy is selling to B2B publisher Centaur, in the latest of several planned acquisitions and in a deal that puts a price on specialist digital publishers. Read more »
Briefing investors on the value proposition offered by the Barry Diller-backed Aereo, Barclays media analyst Anthony DiClemente questions the savings — and fundemental value proposition — of replacing pay TV with… Read more »
As our demand for data increases, so too do the number of mobile devices and services. Add to that the infrastructure needed to support such connectivity, and a wide, complex picture… Read more »
My organization, The Carbon War Room, has put together a consortium to tackle, as was reported this week: “one of the nation’s biggest energy problems — waste in older buildings —… Read more »
Much of this growth will be driven by the emergence of NFC technology and contactless payments. The existing NFC-enabled POS infrastructure in developed regions such as the U.S., Europe and Japan,… Read more »
Ben Kepes draws my attention to some interesting news for customers of Barclays bank here in the UK. As part of a broader package of support for their small business customers,… Read more »