Verifone is trying to end (or at least limit) the endless upgrade cycle for mobile point-of-sale devices with a new mPOS sled that tries to support as many standards — and as few proprietary features — as possible. The newly announced PAYware Mobile e355, which...
Capital One has acquired San Francisco-based money management startup Level Money, continuing the bank’s push into digital money management. Terms of the deal were not disclosed when it was announced on Monday (Jan. 12), but Level Money had raised $5 million in an October 2013...
Apple’s much-anticipated wearable may have plenty of health-monitoring features, but mobile marketers know what the Apple Watch is really good at: putting digital ads on potential customers’ wrists, according to The Wall Street Journal. Mobile ad network TapSense has already announced its own ad platform...
2015 is here. The holidays are over, and resolutions have already been made (and a few probably broken by now, too). And, the kids are back in school after the holiday break. So, in the spirit of school being back in session, we thought it...
BMW has tapped MasterCard for a contactless credit card that will let users of the DriveNow car-sharing service pay for, unlock and operate a DriveNow car, according to Finextra. The deal was announced this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but no...
Apple is currently finishing up work on software for the Apple Watch, which may be available in the U.S. by the end of March, according to Seeking Alpha. Citing reports from 9to5 Mac, the investment site noted that Apple retail chief Angela Ahrendts told Apple...
Circle’s Bitcoin wallet now allows its users to pay in-store with bitcoins using the Circle mobile app, VentureBeat reported on Tuesday (Jan. 6). The caveat: Circle users must have an Android smartphone equipped with an NFC chip, and the retailer must accept Bitcoin and also...
The Apple Watch has yet to be released, but mobile ad network TapSense has already announced the first programmatic ad platform for Apple’s iPhone-connected wearable, according to VentureBeat. The new ad platform will incorporate full-screen images — TapSense’s first example is a full-screen coffee ad...
San Francisco’s Muni public transit system will begin testing a mobile ticketing app this summer, the city’s transit agency announced on Tuesday (Jan. 6). In the test, which will use iOS and Android mobile apps incorporating technology from mobile-ticketing startup GlobeSherpa, riders will be able...
