Square, Facebook, Twitter, and many other social networks are going to be a foundational element for the mobile transactions market, as they make their way into e-sales over mobile devices. It is expected that by 2015, the mobile transactions marketplace will be worth $1 trillion worldwide. Though many forecasters disagree at how quickly mobile payments will take off and how much they will be worth from one year to the next, what is known is that according to comScore data, the holiday season saw a 15 percent increase, reaching over…
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Nokia lays the foundation for a new NFC-centric empire with help from Poken
NFC technology is on the verge of becoming a widespread mobile phenomena, thanks in large part to telecommunications giant Nokia. This summer, the company is unleashing a sleuth of NFC-enable smart phones and mobile devices into the commercial market. The company has been experimenting with the technology, and others like it, for years and seem to have developed a viable approach to the sometimes tumultuous world of short-range wireless communication. With its approach to NFC, Nokia is poised to compete with other companies entering into the mobile market with NFC-enabled…
Read MoreWill Google+ hold up against the competition?
Google has finally pushed its way into the social networking world, with Google+ taking off in a way that Wave, Buzz, and other attempts never did, but tech experts are asking whether it will be able to maintain its popularity beyond its novelty, or whether the competition will drown it out. In the first two weeks of Google+, it managed to break the 10 million user mark. So far, user feedback seems to indicate that people are happy with the service once it passed the initial feelings that they don’t…
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