Description: Why Barrese, Paypal’s CTO, decided to drop the original plan to customize Sparta and made the decision to replace it with newer software, starting from the ground up. Source: Fast Company Date: March 20, 2014 A new internal platform called Sparta was built, but progress “bumped along for a few years. By the time it… Read more »
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Apple rolls out subscription service
Description: Paying for your morning coffee and newspaper by swiping your mobile phone instead of fumbling for cash or debit card could be just around the corner. Source: Globeandmail.com Date: Feb 15 , 2011 Apple Inc. is launching a long-awaited subscription service for magazines, newspapers, videos and music bought through its iTunes App Store. The plan calls… Read more »
Telcos battle tech, bank titans for mobile payments
Description: Paying for your morning coffee and newspaper by swiping your mobile phone instead of fumbling for cash or debit card could be just around the corner. Source: Globeandmail.com Date: Feb 14 , 2011 The telecom companies have suffered for years from the “dumb-pipe” phenomenon whereby operators spend billions building the networks on which data… Read more »
So far for magazines, tablets are a bitter pill
Description: Since Apple introduced the iPad last year, publishers have poured millions of dollars into apps in the hopes that the device could revolutionize the industry by changing the way magazines are read and sold to consumers. Source: Globe and Mail.com Date: Jan 17 , 2011 “If you look at the Apple store,” said David Carey,… Read more »
In the Works: A Google Mobile Payment Service?
Description: Google (GOOG) is considering building a payment and advertising service that would let users buy milk and bread by tapping or waving their mobile phones against a register at checkout Source: Businessweek.com Date: Jan 4 , 2011 The service may make its debut this year, say the two, who requested anonymity because the plans… Read more »
Mobile-phone cash register Square open for business
Description: Square, an application that turns a smartphone into a mobile cash register, is open for business. Source: CNN.com TechDate: Oct 25, 2010 Created by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, Square uses a free download and plastic card reader to let users accept credit card payments. The app charges users 2.75 percent of the transaction cost plus… Read more »
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Introduction to Information Systems, 3rd Canadian Binder Ready Version Update Edition
R. Kelly Rainer, Casey G. Cegielski, Ingrid Splettstoesser-Hogeterp, Cristobal Sanchez-Rodriguez
ISBN: 978-1-119-13385-8
August 2015, © 2016
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