Square Vs. Stripe | eCommerce's Secret Super Seller | IoT At The Pump

How can the average consumer keep track of all the subscription services of which she’s a member but no longer wants to be? Not easily, and that’s a problem that is costing people money. Startups like Truebill — a one-click cancellation service — are aiming to take the pain out of unsubscribing. Read More...

Gas prices are often the pariah of low retail sales, but little is written about what oil companies are doing to become more efficient under the pressure of depressed sales. Is Big Oil and the environment doomed, then? Or could the Internet of Things turn rural wells into lean, efficient oil-producing machines? Read More...

Square’s announcement yesterday that it would begin to process transactions for online merchants raised one big question: why? Doing it put it Square in competition with PayPal, Braintree, BlueSnap and Stripe – as well as the many other players whose platforms offer a turnkey solution to enabling digital payments. Their answer can be summed up in one word: omnichannel. Read More...