Apple Pay Tracker – Commentary

Balmer: Apple Pay “Obvious”
Balmer: Apple Pay “Obvious”
October 22, 2014  |  Apple Pay

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer played down the innovativeness of Apple Tuesday (Oct. 21), saying that Apple Pay was “obvious.” “It was inevitable and everybody...

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Will Apple Pay Prove To Be Payments’ Model T?
Will Apple Pay Prove To Be Payments’ Model T?
October 21, 2014  |  Apple Pay

Henry Ford didn’t invent the car, the internal combustion engine or the wheel— those honors go to Karl Benz, Nikolaus Otto and Eugene Langen (or...

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McDonald’s CIO Isn’t Worried About Apple Pay On Launch Day
McDonald’s CIO Isn’t Worried About Apple Pay On Launch Day
October 17, 2014  |  Apple Pay

Apple Pay officially launches this coming Monday and VP and CIO of McDonald’s, Deborah Hall-Lefevre, is flipping the switch on about 14,000 McDonald’s drive-thrus and...

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Andreessen On Apple Pay: Where’s The Innovation?
Andreessen On Apple Pay: Where’s The Innovation?
October 17, 2014  |  Apple Pay

So here’s the good news: Famed venture capitalist Marc Andreessen thinks Apple, as a tech company, will do “extraordinarily well” over the long term and...

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