Shopify tweaks its card reader rates to challenge Square
Shopify is overhauling the rate structure on its new in-store payments platform, eliminating per-swipe fees on credit card transactions. Read more »
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Shopify is overhauling the rate structure on its new in-store payments platform, eliminating per-swipe fees on credit card transactions. Read more »
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Qualcomm has a huge lead in LTE silicon, but Intel made up a lot of ground today. It’s multimode LTE modem is now commercially available, giving 4G device makers the voice… Read more »
Despite having three out of every four contract customers already owning a smartphone, AT&T’s continued to grow its smartphone base in the third quarter. What’s more existing smartphone customers are upgrading… Read more »
Sales of smartphones and LTE-connected devices continued to drive the pace: 67 percent of its retail contract subscriber base now owns a smartphone, and 34 percent owns an LTE device. Read more »
The wireless technology Amazon is testing is called TLPS, which is basically Wi-Fi on its own boutique band. If Amazon can get it to work, then it could connect to Kindles… Read more »
Sprint will offer Samsung’s new hybrid slate/phone with an unlimited data plan. That raises an interesting question: Is the old carrier dichotomy between smartphones and tablets breaking down? Read more »