Last week saw Apple bill around $500 million through its App Store. Last year, the App Store generated $10 billion for developers. The billing process is probably the simplest and slickest in the industry. Based on […]
We in the United Kingdom already use so little cash that we could easily have gone the way of the Nordics, where consumers have such good payment systems that mobile payments took a back seat. […]
For the last few years we have been asking whether 201x is the ‘year of mobile payments.’ Until last year, we basically said no. Last year, once we finally believed that Apple was on the point […]
As the year draws to a close it’s worth reflecting on some of the more interesting disruptions in payments we’ve seen this year. Highlights for me include … The launch that will perhaps have the […]
It was wide open. But at the last moment a complete outsider raced up the inside rail and took it. The coveted (or not) BillingViews Award for embarrassing customer service is announced. A strong contender […]
If communications service providers are to get to grips with the ideas around context based offers, it is important to understand what is already possible. And how advertising works now. In order to make a […]
Unlikely as this may sound, remote regions of China are seeing the fastest, in some cases amazing, growth in mobile payments. Over half of Tibet’s online purchases are made using mobiles. This according to Alipay, […]
In the increasingly tense struggle to get the advertising model right, Apple and Facebook – amongst others – are at each other’s throats. Reminiscent of the Kroes vs Vodafone battle (quote of the year –“Vodafone […]
Advertising is one ‘arena’ which is changing beyond all recognition. Online advertising is set to grow by 15 percent in 2014, as advertisers spend $140 billion on campaigns this year. Ways of measuring the effectiveness […]
Finance advisors Hampleton report that $9.4 billion has been spent in buying Internet of Things (IoT) companies over the past three years. An eye watering $5 billion of that was invested in the first nine […]
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