April 01, 2010
Mobile App Wars Impact on the Payments Business
The application wars in the mobile phone business are heating up. They will result in significant threats and opportunities for the payments biz. Just recently the Apple iPhone topped more...
April 01, 2010
Mobile Platforms Evangelist
IP Commerce‘s Platform Evangelist, Tyler Hannan, answers five burning questions on the mobile platform wars and its impact on the payments industry. Hannan is an experienced technologist with a passion...
March 29, 2010
Innovating Through Recession: How Bold Ideas Thrive in a Down...
Moments of economic turbulence provide the unique opportunity to start new businesses, launch disruptive new products and strengthen customer loyalty — often at a discount. During these challenging times, here...
March 29, 2010
Seven Ways to Innovate Through A Recession
Moments of economic turbulence provide the unique opportunity to start new businesses, launch disruptive new products and strengthen customer loyalty — often at a discount. During these challenging times, here...
March 25, 2010
The “New and Improved” PayPal
Recent announcements show how PayPal is taking on the mantle of Innovation Leader in the payment industry Last week was again rich in announcements for PayPal with the launch...
March 21, 2010
The iPhone as a Driver of Payments Innovation
The iPhone provides a potent illustration of the invisible engines/catalyst business model. By the end of 2009 there were more than 100,000 applications available for the iPhone. These applications have...
March 11, 2010
What’s in the Cloud for Payments?
When we speak of “payments in the cloud” we are using the term in a broader sense than it is usually used in the information technology world. Cloud computing simply...
March 10, 2010
The New Age of Invisible Engines: How Software Platforms Will...
The invisible engine model followed by Apple’s iPhone has helped power the information technology industry for about three decades. Apple itself was one of the pioneers in encouraging developers to...
March 08, 2010
How the iPhone Invisible Engine Provided a Catalyst for the...
The iPhone provides a potent illustration of the invisible engines/catalyst business model. By the end of 2009 there were more than 100,000 applications available for the iPhone. These applications have...