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Japan Readying Legislation to Boost Competition Among App Stores
Digital Payments // June 18, 2023

Japan is looking to boost competition among app stores and payments. A government panel released a report Friday (June 16) saying that app store operators should not be able to force software developers to use a particular payment system, and that suppliers of operating systems...

Appeals Court Allows Links to Payments Outside Apple App Store
Apple // April 24, 2023

Developers may soon be able to offer links enabling payments outside Apple’s App Store. A United States appeals court upheld an earlier ruling in a case that said Apple can no longer prohibit such links, which developers want to use to avoid paying sales commissions...

Mobile Card Apps And The Two COVID Personas
Mobile Applications // July 17, 2020

Mobile card apps went from nifty to necessary when the darkest imaginings of last March had people picturing COVID-19 on every surface, suspended in every breath. That hasn’t turned out to be the case (at least not entirely), but the digital shift the virus inspired...

Mobile Purchases See Double-Digit Growth On Cyber Monday
Mobile // November 29, 2016

Online retailers have just as much as traditional retailers to cheer about given Cyber Monday appears to be turning out to be a big hit with consumers, and they may have mobile to thank. According to early data from PayPal, Cyber Monday sales saw double-digit growth...

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Japan Readying Legislation to Boost Competition Among App Stores

June 18, 2023
Japan is looking to boost competition among app stores and payments. A government panel released a report Friday (June 16) saying that app store operators should not be able to force software developers to use a particular payment system, and that suppliers of operating systems (OS) for smartphones should not make their own app stores […]

Appeals Court Allows Links to Payments Outside Apple App Store

April 24, 2023
Developers may soon be able to offer links enabling payments outside Apple’s App Store. A United States appeals court upheld an earlier ruling in a case that said Apple can...

Mobile Purchases See Double-Digit Growth On Cyber Monday

November 29, 2016
Online retailers have just as much as traditional retailers to cheer about given Cyber Monday appears to be turning out to be a big hit with consumers, and they may...

First Data Partners To Streamline Developer eCommerce App Integration

September 23, 2015
First Data and Pivotal announced today (Sept. 23) that they have partnered to enable First Data eCommerce services for Spring developers — a move that is intended to streamline the eCommerce...