International Mobile Commerce

Osaka University unveils its third superconducting quantum computer

01/09/202401/08/2024 Sam Lambert

Quantum computer - Japan flag - Achievement

The achievement was accomplished as a result of a groundbreaking collaboration in Japan. Osaka University’s Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Biology in Japan is leading a collaboration that has now unveiled the third successful superconducting quantum computer in the country. The university worked with a number of core institutions in order to arrive at the achievement. The collaboration included institutions such as Amazon Web Services, NTT Corporation, RIKEN, and a consortium that includes Fujitsu Limited, e-trees.Japan Inc., QunaSys Inc., QuEL Inc, and Systems Engineering Consultants Co. LTD. Together, they…

EU drivers may soon be able to add licenses to mobile wallets

12/14/202312/15/2023 L. Green

The European Council has proposed the change as a part of a new package of legislation. The Council of the European Union has unveiled changes to a proposed package of legislation intended to make it legal for EU drivers to be able to add their licenses to mobile wallets in the form of the European Digital Identity Wallets. The first proposals were put forward by the European Union Commission as a “road safety package” component. This one of the two proposed legislative packages would include an entire overhaul of the…

BLIK mobile payments expands from Poland to Romania and Slovakia

12/04/202312/02/2023 Jesse Collins

Mobile payments - Romania, Slovakia, Poland Flags

The system will be crossing borders with the introduction of DXC Technology, aiming to expand further. Leading Fortune 500 global tech services provider DXC Technology has been tapped to offer support to the expansion of the Polish Payment Standard (aka Polski Standard Płatności, PSP) mobile payments system BLIK as it moves into Slovakia and Romania. The idea is to modernize the BLIK central system and adapt it to meet Romanian and Slovakian standards. DXC will be responsible for making certain that BLIK will be capable of processing transactions in both…

Nokia smartphone model shipments rise in India

11/09/202311/08/2023 L. Green

The company’s sales data shows that in Q3 2023, its phone shipments experienced healthy growth in that market. Nokia managed to achieve smartphone model shipment growth in one of the largest markets in the world during the third quarter of this year, based on shipment data released by counterpoint. This doesn’t mean that the units were actually sold to customers but does indicate a brand’s performance. The smartphone model shipments of a brand don’t specifically point to the number of units consumers purchased within a span of time. However, it…

Are internet outages covering up civil unrest in India?

11/02/202311/01/2023 Sam Lambert

Internet Outages - People looking at devices

A recent report has spotted a trend linking political turmoil and civil unrest with a struggle to get online. India could be among the large number of countries in the world that will cause deliberate internet outages in areas where there is civil unrest or political turmoil, according to a recent Washington Post report. It’s common for countries to shut off online access in an attempt to control populations. The militaries of Sudan and Myanmar both caused internet outages in their countries when they held armed coups two years ago.…