For most retailers, the name of the game is convenience. It doesn’t matter what they sell or what channel they do it through; the maxim holds that, if the checkout process is free from as much friction as possible, shoppers will hit fewer speed bumps...
911 calls are on the rise in Washington, D.C., prompting officials to mull using Uber cars and drivers to handle some of the workload. Washington D.C. Fire and EMS Department Chief Gregory Dean told a local media outlet that the department, as well as officials...
Uber is growing in popularity among people looking to save a few dollars, but in New York City, yellow taxis are still alive and kicking, even if demand is declining year over year. According to the most recent data published by New York City’s Taxi...
Starbucks is officially expanding its digital experience to China. The company announced on Tuesday (July 12) that it is making its mobile payments offering for in-store purchases available for My Starbucks Rewards card members at more than 2,200 stores nationwide. “Our customers in China have...
EBay wants to make sure that its mobile pages load as fast as possible, and in order to ensure that it stays ahead of the curve, it has recently updated some of its mobile pages using Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) technology, according to Internet Retailer....
For years, retailers have lamented the fact that mobile traffic so rarely translates in equal numbers to in-store traffic. An entire industry has even sprung up around leveraging digital engagement into visits to brick-and-mortar store fronts. Retailers spend millions — and would gladly spend millions...
Aiming to expand the number of drivers who have been shut out because they don’t own a suitable car, Lyft and strategic partner General Motors announced on Monday (July 11) that they are opening their Express Drive short-term vehicle access program to California and Colorado. Under the...
Global identity verification company Trulioo announced Tuesday (July 12) that its identify verification product, GlobalGateway, now includes the Middle East and North Africa, helping to enable cross-border mobile money remittances. The product helps businesses comply with the varying identity verification requirements such as Anti-Money Laundering and...
There’s a battle brewing in commerce, Karen Webster says. One that’s driven by the fear of being boxed into the whims of the current mobile titans. Players like Facebook, Messenger, Alexa and even Google with Chrome are using their assets to create ecosystems with as...
