February 14, 2019
Savvy Online Retailers Add Connected Consumer-Friendly Payment Options
With all sorts of digital services at their fingertips, consumers are looking for convenience when they purchase products or services. Consumers, for instance, are swapping their cable channels for digital...
February 14, 2019
Great Expectations (And Demand) For Gig Workers And Digital Services...
The idea of “on demand” is firmly entrenched in the consumer mindset – increasingly so, as services are ever more digital, and rendered on a global scale. The opportunity is...
February 14, 2019
Netflix, Hulu Opt Out Of Apple Video Service
As Apple finalizes its new streaming video service, sources say that Netflix and Hulu are not expected to participate in it. Apple’s service, which will feature free original content for device owners...
February 13, 2019
Apple Mulls Monetization Of News App Via Subscriptions
Apple wants to create a subscription service for news — and some major publishers aren’t happy about it. Sources revealed to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that the tech giant has come...
February 13, 2019
What Digital Platforms Need To Know Before Going Global
Consumers want what they want, whenever they want it — digital or otherwise. Whether it’s ordering via a ride-hailing app, or streaming their favorite TV shows, they want it to...
February 12, 2019
Hipster Antitrust
By José Miguel de la Calle Now that questions abound regarding the exponential growth of the giants of the Digital Economy (Google, Facebook, Netflix, Instagram, and others), some voices...
February 11, 2019
Hipster Antitrust
By José Miguel de la Calle Ahora que crecen los interrogantes sobre el crecimiento exponencial de los gigantes de la economía digital (Google, Facebook, Netflix, Instagram, otros), resurgen algunas voces...
February 11, 2019
Apple MacOS Password Vulnerability Found By German Teen
A German teen has found a vulnerability bug in macOS that exposes all passwords stored on the system, but he has decided not to give Apple any information about it,...
January 25, 2019
How Top Merchants Are Tackling Subscription Conversions
To make life easier for customers, companies in many different industries, from consumer packaged goods to luxury automobiles, are adopting the subscription business model. While their product and service offerings...
The “Subscription Commerce Tracker™,” powered by Recurly, explores how companies use subscription-based commerce to build long-term customer relationships and steady revenue sources. The report includes notable developments in the market and the companies that are rapidly innovating the space.