| The New York Subwayâs Better Digital Ticket To Ride
In less than two years, New Yorkâs public transportation system wonât require passengers to buy a ticket to hitch a ride. Instead, all theyâll need is a contactless digital wallet or card to tap and then go. We got the inside scoop on how it all works from Mastercard's VP of urban mobility, Will Judge, whose partnership with Cubic is at the core of the Big Appleâs public transportation transformation. Read More... |
| Building Foundations For IoT Castles In The Cloud
Everything is connected â and if itâs not now, it will be. TSYS director of innovation Russell Moore believes that for the Internet of Things (IoT) to grow, a common foundation and infrastructure will be needed, new methods of security must be in place and the user experience needs the edges sanded down. Thereâs plenty of time for all that, as the IoT is still in its infancy. When todayâs infants become tomorrowâs buyers, sellers and remitters, what will the IoT look like? Moore casts his predictions.
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| Facebook Crushes Earnings â But Warns That Increased Costs Are Ahead
Officials on Capitol Hill may not be all that thrilled with Facebook today â but the social network's investors certainly are, as Facebookâs command of mobile drove ad revenues up nearly 50 percent in Q3 as its monthly active user base has reached 2.072 billion. But executives warn that margins will take a hit in 2018 â because, as it turns out, protecting the site from fake news will be a costly intervention. Read More... |
| | Digital Gifting | | Getting Retailers To The Point Of No Returns
Ask almost any retailer about the worst part of the holidays, and theyâll tell you itâs the returns hassle that follows the holiday buying frenzy. Loop Commerce CEO, Roy Erez, tells Karen Webster that solving for that pain means using technology to reinvent the art of gifting. He explains how Target is using Loopâs digital gifting platform to let its customers choose a gift online and send it virtually â then leaving the final say in color, size and style to the receiver before it ships. All in the name of getting the retailer straight to the point of no returns. Read More... |
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