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 »
Square’s move to kill off its Wallet app this week has led to speculation that the market for the mobile wallet is doomed. It’s true that the short-term outlook for any… Read more »
The lack of NFC in the iPhone 5 will be a speed bump for the technology, which is just beginning to trickle into the U.S. market. And that will cause big… Read more »
The modern smartphone is a wonder of efficiency, usefulness, and portability. It enables us not only to communicate with one another but also to access an overwhelming amount of online information. Of course,… Read more »
Some of the biggest companies in tech are moving aggressively to build mobile payment systems, but Apple is moving slowly as the market slowly begins to get legs. It’s a wise… Read more »
Facebook just had the biggest initial public offering in tech history. During the week leading up to it, we tapped into the GigaOM readership to see what they thought of the… 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 »
But we also saw some new developments in recent months. Android tablets began to steal market share from Apple’s iOS, thanks largely to the success of Amazon’s Kindle Fire. And the… Read more »
The upcoming showdown between Google Wallet and soon-to-be competitor Isis is just one of many interesting story lines that will take hold this year as companies ratchet up their mobile wallet… Read more »
The past year in mobile has been even more eventful than most of us would have predicted. Our appetite for mobile data grew dramatically; Google’s Android continued its march to worldwide… Read more »