A partnership between Apple and Visa could happen as early as this autumn…
Tag: e-payments
U.S. consumers’ digital wallet awareness approaching 80 percent despite low consumer adoption
A surprisingly high number of U.S. consumers recognize digital wallets…
Apple patent application reveals new security control features for future iWallet
On July 31, 2014, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application…
Apple and the omnichannel: 9 industries already using Apple’s iBeacon
Apple’s quiet introduction of iBeacon is shaping up to be a foundational release…
Hudson’s Bay and Lord & Taylor roll out Apple’s iBeacon tech across North America
Apple’s iBeacon technology delivers targeted content and offers to consumers…
Tim Bajarin: Understanding Apple’s wearable strategy
Although the rumors are of Apple doing an iWatch, I think that design idea is actually too limited…
Hundreds of London businesses are about to flip the switch on payments via iBeacons
In Brixton, South West London, hundreds of businesses…
inMarket: iBeacon increases in-store app usage, retention, and brand engagement
The first public stats about iBeacon impact on the shopping experience
Google wants in on Apple Inc.’s iBeacon party
Over the past year, Apple’s iBeacon has gained a lot of media attention…
NFC, wireless charging, improved LTE rumored for Apple’s ‘iPhone 6’
New high-resolution photos surfaced over the weekend showing…
Apple’s plan to save Main Street retail
Apple’s plans to save retail were hidden among hundreds of announcements at WWDC…
Apple expected fully unveil iBeacon plans at WWDC today
Apple Inc.’s latest product to carry the ‘i’ prefix…
Apple discussing comprehensive iPhone payments service with high-profile retailers
The Apple mobile payments service would be integrated into iOS devices…
GE integrates iBeacon into new LED light fixtures, Walmart installing in stores worldwide
Up until now most retailers have been deploying Apple’s iBeacon technology…
Apple’s 800+ million iTunes Store users’ spending down 24%; Time for iTunes for Android?
Solutions: Streaming music, mobile payments, iWatch… and iTunes for Android?
Apple patent reveals new iPhone antenna that adds NFC
An Apple patent surfacing today reveals a new antenna structure that will combine NFC…
NFC? Apple will not do payments; Apple will do authentication
Funny to see the Apple NFC rumours re-surface again this week…
Apple’s next-gen iPhone likely to include NFC payment functionality, source says
Apple is likely to incorporate a Near Field Communication (NFC) payment function…
Walgreens and Walmart testing iBeacon, Motorola Solutions launches iBeacon marketing platform
Walgreens-owned drugstore chain Duane Reade announced today…
Turnaround in Apple sentiment should push share price back to all-time highs
The tide seems to be finally turning for AAPL…
Virgin Atlantic trials Apple iBeacon tech for iPhone users at London Heathrow Airport
Virgin Atlantic has chosen London Heathrow Airport to be the first airport in the world…
What the future of mobile payments could look like on the iPhone
Apple is working on its own mobile payments solution, per multiple reports…
New York City bars to use Apple’s iBeacon for pub crawl promo
Companies continue to find new and interesting ways of implementing Apple’s iBeacon tech…
New sunglasses with iBeacon notify you when lost, act as beacons in retail
The first set of eye glasses with embedded iBeacon technology…
Nike CEO on partnership with Apple: ‘We’re very excited about what’s to come’
On the heels of Nike’s announcement that it plans to discontinue production of FuelBand…
Apple will soon be the way you pay online and beyond
The most impressive number from Apple’s earnings call this week…
Nike would be smart to outsource their fitness hardware to Apple and the iWatch
There’s a rumor going around that Nike is axing their Nike Fuelband hardware division…
Apple and Nike gearing up for a big announcement this fall
In recent weeks I spoke several times with two sources in Cupertino pertaining to future products…
Apple interviewing senior payments industry execs for ‘very serious’ mobile payments push
Apple is seeking to fill head of product and head of business development positions…
Mobile-payments startup Square discussed possible sale with Apple, Google, eBay
With losses widening and cash shrinking, representatives of mobile-payments startup Square…
Privacy-sensitive Germans not biting into Apple’s iBeacon, yet
Since revelations that the U.S. spied on German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cellphone…
Not For Commerce: As Apple declines support, more retailers drop NFC
Apple’s refusal to support NFC on the iPhone…
Apple’s iBeacon: With great power comes great potential to delight or annoy
With the release of iOS 7.1 Apple made a tweak to a technology called iBeacon…
Why aren’t people freaking out about Apple’s iBeacon?
The new iOS 7.1, which Apple launched this week, contained massively-improved iBeacon…
Apple’s iOS 7.1 delivers major, game-changing iBeacon improvement
A major, game-changing improvement to iBeacon…
How advertisers can use your personal info to get you to pay higher prices
Imagine that you are halfway through the second week of a grueling diet…
Apple’s iBeacon and the future of retail store shopping
Mobile, mobile, mobile. It’s like the Marcia Brady of the retail industry…
Apple patent application reveals secure iWallet system with iBeacon
The US Patent & Trademark Office has published a patent application from Apple
Apple’s revolutionary iBeacon: Sometimes the biggest changes in technology have the smallest beginnings
In the summer of 2013, Apple announced iBeacon…
Company rolls out Apple’s iBeacon to grocery stores
Pretty soon, your iPhone might remind you to pick up laundry detergent…
Anybody else want an Apple ‘iServe home’ server with iBeacon accessories?
Apple has started iBeacon activations…
The Internet of iThings: Apple’s iBeacon already in 200 million iPhones and iPads
iBeacon is the most important new feature in iOS 7…