Karen Webster

“Siri — Will HomePod Be A Huge Hit?”
“Siri — Will HomePod Be A Huge Hit?”
June 12, 2017  |  Apple

It’s hard to find a person who doesn’t like music. A 2014 Nielsen study reported that 93 percent of U.S. consumers listen to music, and...

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Snap And Innovation That Goes Old School
Snap And Innovation That Goes Old School
June 05, 2017  |  News

We’ve all heard the phrase “don’t reinvent the wheel” — a metaphor for not wasting time perfecting a perfectly good idea that’s stood the test of...

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Wannacry? Why It’s Time To Come Down On Bitcoin
Wannacry? Why It’s Time To Come Down On Bitcoin
May 15, 2017  |  Payments Innovation

The massive “Wannacry” wave of crypto-ransomware cyberattacks now reported to have hit more than 200,000 computers in 150 countries shouldn’t be just another “look at...

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Amazon’s Retail Swiss Army Knife
Amazon’s Retail Swiss Army Knife
May 08, 2017  |  Retail

At the ripe old age of 120, the Swiss Army knife holds a unique place in retail. The same family who founded it in 1897...

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Facebook’s MySpace Problem
Facebook’s MySpace Problem
May 01, 2017  |  Payments Innovation

Could fake news and horrific videos in the Facebook news feed create Facebook’s MySpace moment? It’s the question that Karen Webster ponders this week, saying...

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Ant Financial’s Great Mobile Payments Race
Ant Financial’s Great Mobile Payments Race
April 24, 2017  |  Payments Innovation

The most memorable thing that came out of the 1959 movie, A Hole in the Head, was its 1960 Oscar-winning song, “High Hopes,” sung by...

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Why Facebook’s Payments Strategy Isn’t About Payments
Why Facebook’s Payments Strategy Isn’t About Payments
April 17, 2017  |  Facebook

If you want to know how and where a company will strategically spend its time, money and efforts, then look no further than how it...

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An Inconvenient Apple Pay Truth
An Inconvenient Apple Pay Truth
April 10, 2017  |  Payment Methods

The WSJ article last week, finally, told the story of Apple Pay’s failure to meet the hype generated at its launch. Karen Webster writes that...

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Why Mobile Order Ahead Isn’t About Payments
Why Mobile Order Ahead Isn’t About Payments
April 03, 2017  |  QSR & Mobile

Allow me to tell you a little story about mobile order ahead in the QSR space. Two aspiring entrepreneurs, between gigs, began kicking around a...

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