New data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released on Friday (Feb. 9) found an unprecedented number of mobile broadband subscriptions in 2017. According to Reuters reports, the OECD found that, for the first time, the number of those mobile data plans...
Doing business in far-flung locales means contending with a veritable Tower of Babel – not just in disparate languages, but in regulatory environments that are varied but never simple. And all the while, data breaches abound as fraudsters ply their trade. To that end, how...
Another year, another chance for mobile wallet players to convince consumers to give up their plastic cards and utilize the phone as a payments form factor. It hasn’t been easy. Despite there being some variety of “Pay” for every day of the week, none have...
Sources say that Samsung Electronics is planning to launch a smart speaker in the first half of 2018. According to Bloomberg Technology, the device will have a strong focus on audio quality and the management of connected home appliances, such as lights and locks. The...
For a minute, it seemed as though the proliferation of “Pays” was slowing down. Until recently, there was a tidal wave of Pays out to conquer digital with the power of mobile payments. Apple Pay, Android Pay, Samsung Pay, Chase Pay, Walmart Pay, Kohl’s Pay, Citi Pay, CVS Pay, Amazon Pay – over the...
The mobile phone market may have seen flat growth year over year in the third quarter of this year in China, but the top five smartphone manufacturers were able to see their market share grow more than 10 percent combined. That’s according to news from International...
India has overtaken the United States to become the world’s second largest smartphone market. According to news from a report by Canalys, smartphone shipments in India grew 23 percent year over year in Q3 2017 to reach just over 40 million units, making the country...
ChowNow earned $20 million in venture funding during a series B round, TechCrunch reported. Total funding for the online food delivery service now stands at about $40 million. The round was reportedly led by growth equity firm Catalyst Investors. “We were excited for [Catalyst] to...
New data shows that Apple’s smartphone OS and Samsung’s U.S. market share is now tied, with iOS up 3.7 percentage points year over year to achieve 35 percent market share, while Samsung only grew 0.8 points, reaching a 35.2 percent share. According to TechCrunch and new data from...
