PayPal is buying Paydiant, a startup that provides the mobile payments and loyalty technology used by many big-name retailers use in their apps, for an undisclosed amount. PayPal also announced on… Read more »
If you need proof that cloud deployment stories can touch off religious disputes, my recent report about @Walmartlabs deploying 100K cores of OpenStack to run the retail giant’s e-commerce operations is Exhibit A. This is,… Read more »
Node.js, the popular server-side JavaScript framework, is getting its own open-source foundation and will no longer be governed by Joyent, the cloud-infrastructure provider plans to announce on Tuesday. It should take… Read more »
It looks like Google is about to bring its Nexus Player streaming box to some online and brick-and-mortar retailers within the next few days: The Nexus Player as well as the… Read more »
FreedomPop started selling its own Wi-Fi-only phone last year, so it was only a matter of time before the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) started selling Wi-Fi service. On Wednesday it… Read more »
In November, when Dutchman Martin Wisjeimer became the first man to inject Bitcoin keys inside his hands, he captured the spirit of payments in 2015. Will others be crazy enough to try this? Maybe… Read more »
During a rather surreal press conference, MCX CEO Dekkers Davidson said his retailer consortium was trying to promote competition and encourage third-party innovation by excluding both from its stores. Read more »
MCX can’t have members break ranks and support Apple Pay or Google Wallet. Its own forthcoming app CurrentC will challenge both the mobile and finance industries, so it needs solidarity among… Read more »