Before complaining about leg space and in-flight food options became the status quo in commercial globetrotting, travel agents used to be the all-in-one concierges that laid out the intricate details of lengthy vacations. Now that automated mobile messaging has become the cause célèbre of catering to...
In a continuance of a battle over board of director nominees, Green Dot (GDOT) is taking its fight to the masses. As has been reported, the firm has been locked in a war of words against holder Harvest Capital, which has been agitating for its...
MasterCard said on Monday (May 9) that its MasterPass digital payments platform is now being accepted by luxury retailer Saks Fifth Avenue, and also Poshmark, a social commerce marketplace geared toward fashion. The announcement underscores the further expansion of MasterCard into fashion and higher end...
While most people walk about the consolidation of digital wallets, MasterCard sees a world in which digital wallets expand and localize. On the day that MasterCard announces the expansion of its digital wallet operator program globally, MasterCard CIO Ed McLaughlin describes the future of commerce...
One year ago, when Alibaba announced its fiscal year 2015 results for its March quarter, it also named its new CEO, showing the direction the mobile-focused company would be headed. And during its quarterly earnings report yesterday (May 5), Alibaba showed just how dominating its mobile...
Before Mark Zuckerberg stood on a stage and declared chatbots as the future of eCommerce (and Facebook their natural champion), and before Microsoft was experimenting with how quickly the denizens of Twitter could turn its own chatbot into a sputtering fount of racist retweets, there...
Uber announced yesterday (May 4) that it has officially kicked off its first Public Policy Advisory Board meeting in order to help guide the company through its market expansion — all the while, facing regulatory pressures abroad and at home. Uber is currently in 70...
In a global market crowded with on-demand services offering everything from socks, to laundry, to any number of variations on food (pre-cooked, grocery, QSR takeout, fine dining, homemade), it can be paradoxically hard to distinguish oneself. And, in the quest to be novel, Deliveroo, an...
Apple has always kept a notoriously tight lid on what’s allowed on its official App Store. Even with its computer products, iOS is the only factory-approved operating system — though cracking the hood open and installing Linux isn’t out of the question. The point is:...
