By Brandon Russell |
Jon R. is back with an all new show where he rants and raves on various topics in and out of the tech world. On this week’s episode, Jon rants about how mobile payments have failed to become mainstream and how fragmentation is ruining the…
By Todd Haselton |
Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T have been hard at work on a joint venture called Isis that will allow customers on those wireless networks to use mobile devices for payments. The initiative is similar to Google Wallet, but is backed by more carriers. Google Wallet’s only…
By Brandon Russell |
Despite rising Google Wallet adoption, a new survey suggests consumers aren’t all that anxious to ditch their leather bifolds to go digital. Out of a pool of 1,200 people, nearly 70 percent said they prefer to stick to the more traditional cash and credit/debit card…
By Mark Hearn |
Mobile payment systems were designed for convenience, but the overall landscape has been a fragmented mess. Major carriers such as AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile joined forces to create ISIS, while Sprint sided with Google Wallet. The division among major U.S. carriers seems to have, for…
By Mark Hearn |
Verizon is working on its own mobile payment system known as ISIS, which has prompted the carrier to pass on Google Wallet support for its NFC-capable devices. However, this hasn’t stopped the crafty duo of Mike Beauchamp and Dustin Evans from creating a workaround that…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple is in no hurry to jump into the developing NFC market, a Wall Street Report said on Friday. Despite rivals Google and Microsoft either offering or planning to offer a digital-wallet solution, Apple is biding its time before it introduces a service more comprehensive…
By Brandon Russell |
Despite the availability of Google Wallet and the upcoming Isis system, which is a mobile payment partnership between AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile, Sprint allegedly believes it can offer something better. The carrier has reportedly hired NFC provider Sequent Software and is currently seeking bank and…
By Todd Haselton |
Is AT&T secretly covering up NFC support in several of its smartphones? I think so. The carrier launched both the Samsung Galaxy S II and the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket, which have “near field communications” written clearly on the back of the battery. When…
By Todd Haselton |
HP on Tuesday announced that it was releasing additional developer tools for its Open webOS project. The company released a new mobile web browser called Isis, which is built on QtWebkit — a technology that was first open sourced by Nokia — and supports both…
By Adriana Lee |
MasterCard has been on a serious hunt for mobile payment strategies for a while now. Following its Isis plans going poof, the credit services company was among the first to hitch onto Google Wallet, and now there’s word it’s on the brink of launching another…
By Adriana Lee |
Mobile payments are hot these days. Here’s the latest for Verizon Wireless subscribers: They’re getting a new billing option for online purchases, thanks to the carrier’s just-announced partnership with Payfone. When a user navigates to a shopping website inside the native browser, a new link…
