GigaomPaypal President David Marcus to join Facebook and lead messaging
After making a name in mobile payments, Marcus will oversee Facebook’s messaging products. Read more »
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After making a name in mobile payments, Marcus will oversee Facebook’s messaging products. Read more »
Amazon’s Login and Pay service now supports subscription payment processing meaning customers could use their Amazon credentials to pay their monthly mobile bills. The service could wind up being tied to… Read more »
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 »
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In his Weekly Update, Colin Gibbs, the Gigaom Research curator for mobile, looks at how NFC technology is faring for mobile payments. His assessment of the apparently-languishing application is simple: “Don’t… Read more »
NFC has failed to see any real uptake in most Western markets, and Bluetooth-based technologies like Apple’s iBeacon are suddenly getting a lot of attention. But there are a few reasons… Read more »
During the first quarter of 2014, changes in technology meant new products on the market, new roles in the enterprise, and structural changes for the IT department. Read more »
Now that Samsung’s Galaxy S5 is available, it’s time to make use of the integrated fingerprint scanner. PayPal is doing just that, releasing its app made specifically for biometric authentication. Read more »
Enterprise IT managers are watching the open-source cloud infrastructure project OpenStack with interest, hoping it might offer an easy way to begin exploiting the cloud alongside their existing IT estates. Read more »