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 »
Yahoo has stepped up its mobile shopping spree as it pursue its goal of becoming an aggregator of customized mobile content. But it must keep a few other factors in mind… Read more »
Facebook and, to a lesser extent, Google continued to dominate social and online media in the second quarter. Activity in the social-enterprise space picked up as well. Key highlights from the… Read more »
New CEO appears to have the savvy and the experience to help Yahoo regain its status as a major player in mobile. Here are a few things I think the company… Read more »
A new category of digital media has emerged in the living room: social TV. This relatively new concept can be defined as any application, website or software that allows viewers to… Read more »
Google received an ultimatum from the European Commission’s antitrust head the same week it re-invented its vertical shopping search site as a pay-to-play program for merchants. While it’s a mistake to… Read more »
Changes in the power market are rippling through the Internet industry, altering both the location of data centers and their sources of power. Read more »
Facebook is planning to release a branded smartphone within the next year or so, according to a recent story from The New York Times. But the rumor about Facebook acquiring Opera… Read more »
Yahoo has wisely abandoned any notions about being a technology platform provider. It is not using Axis as a package of APIs connected to Yahoo services upon which third-party developers build… Read more »
Particularly if browsers and operating systems – especially mobile OSes – are becoming more tightly integrated. Well, Yahoo’s Axis is a browser app on an iPad and an iPhone, but it’s… Read more »