The mobile payment sector is evolving quickly and chaotically, with incumbents and startups competing for not only market share but also the ability to establish the business’ rules and technological standards. Read more »
Owners of iPhones and iPads in Australia are reportedly locked out of their devices until paying a ransom fee. The hack is taking advantage of Find My iPhone although the cause… Read more »
Around the world, data centers consume around 1.5 percent of total electricity demand, a figure that’s expected to increase significantly. Greenpeace predicts power consumption will grow 19 percent by 2013 to… Read more »
Groupon’s slowing growth has led some onlookers to question whether the market for daily deals may already be peaking. But mobile will change that market in a very big way, and… Read more »
It seems that distributed power generation and storage is on everyone’s mind right now after the power outages to 4.3 million people in the mid-Atlantic region as well as the weekend… Read more »
Mobile payments startup Square is now processing $5 billion in annualized transactions and reportedly raising $250 million at a possible $4 billion valuation. But new challenges for Square brought by PayPal… Read more »
Advertisers have long been enamored with the promise of location-based advertising (LBA). To date, however, national advertisers’ and agencies’ enthusiasm has been tempered by fragmented audiences, and advertisers and agencies have… Read more »
More than half of the world’s smartphone users are now carrying an Android handset, but Google still faces some serious challenges in the fast-moving world of mobile. Here’s how Google can… Read more »
Near field communication (NFC) is a very short-range radio frequency ID method that provides a way to use a cell phone or smartphone to connect a user’s physical location and online… Read more »
Europe’s web scene is now thriving, and we’ve compiled a list featuring some of the best and brightest European web startups — what we’re dubbing the GigaOM Euro 20. Depending on… Read more »