2014-07-20

Road To On/Off Line Income


ABC News

Amazon releases new Fire smartphone
Yahoo!7 News

Analysts believe the goal of an Amazon-branded smartphone is to get ... The device might include an Amazon shopping app or other features tied to ...


Firstpost

Fire phone immerses users in Amazon's world
El Paso Inc.

Amazon's leap into the smartphone business comes as sales of the devices are ... Their use for shopping, however, is just beginning to explode. In the ... One interesting question will be whether the phone will allow apps that might take ... Posted in Personalfinance on Sunday, June 22, 2014 6:00 pm.


Marketing magazine Australia

Aussies getting the mobile commerce bug
iTWire

take-up of smartphones—12.07 million people owned a smartphone at May 2014, ... a banking and finance app and 2.9 million downloading a shopping app. ... M-commerce accounted for 27% of all online shopping in 2013.

Financial Express

For Alibaba, a challenge is to turn mobile into money
Yahoo Finance UK

"Our strategic investments and acquisitions may affect our future financial results, ... By tying JD.com's online shopping into WeChat, Tencent has begun ... Its search app is widely pre-installed on Chinese smartphones, allowing the ...

Team Locals

10 Free Apps Every 20-Something in Boston Should Have
Boston.com

... but luckily, your smartphone can help you figure out everything from personal financeto ... For that impromptu shopping trip on Newbury Street:.

Road2BUP: Commerce - 3 Deployments of Biometrics in Finance
findBIOMETRICS

One deployment of biometric mobile payment that is making shopping via smartphone possible is the PayPalapp that leverages the Samsung Galaxy ...

Wall Street Journal (blog)

Even Finance-Conscious Consumers Spend Swiftly After Payday
Wall Street Journal (blog)

Even Finance-Conscious Consumers Spend Swiftly After Payday ... the spike in spending is due to timing of payments rather than shopping splurges, he said. ... They analyzed aggregated figures from Check, a smartphone app that ...

The Guardian

Love the dress: sharing websites are the latest must-have for fashion retailers
The Guardian

John Bason, finance director of Primark's parent company, Associated ... whichshoppers can scan using a smartphone app to link to the shopping site.

Forbes

25 Hot Israeli Tech Startups
Forbes

The app allows users to share a live video stream with their followers at any time. .... Theapp also alerts users to data breaches at places where they've shopped and to otherfinancial security .... One is a smartphone screen that doesn't use toxic minerals such as ... Out shopping, Around Me will appear.

Hilton Head Island Packet

Downpour pounds Beaufort County
Hilton Head Island Packet

Water rose halfway up the legs of shopping carts in the Beaufort Town Center ... The power outage continued into the Finance and Governmental ... used the flashlight appon his smartphone to illuminate Beaufort County attorney ...

Telegraph.co.uk

7digital slumps on BlackBerry worries
Telegraph.co.uk

A week after the small-capper started trading on Aim, the troubled Canadiansmartphone company said it would shut down the music and video ...

Yahoo News

Advocates for blind, deaf want more from Apple
Yahoo News

As digital life increasingly moves to the world of smartphones and tablets, some ... Many disabled advocates believe federal law requires that apps be ...

Beauty gets a high-tech makeover
Upstart

... system for stylists, has become one of the leaders among the growing cluster of beauty and fashionsmartphone apps coming out of San Francisco.

Quartz Daily Brief—Europe edition—BlackBerry bottoms out, BP pulls out, Sony warning, buttered ...
Quartz

Eurozone finance ministers gather to discuss Lithuania's bid to adopt the euro, following the ... Amazon unveiled its smartphone. Though it's really a shopping machine disguised as a phone, with an app that recognizes things so you ...

Independent Online

Connecting with cash is king
Independent Online

A number of financial services companies have online tools or smart phoneapplications that can do the job for you. You can use these so-called ...

Coupons worth clipping; shopping tips
The Independent

The finance rates at these stores are extremely high. ... The apps on your smartphone can alert you to special deals and discounts. I keep all my ...

Apple vs. Android: Pick Based on How Much You Value Privacy
DailyFinance

Between computers, phones, music, TV shows and movies, Apple has sold more ... connection, but the customer has to opt in through an iBeacon app first. ... shopping in, opposed to tracking their info and data for ad-related revenue. ... Brian Lund's blog offers more on personal finance, the stock market, ...

Kansas City Star

Kat's Money Corner: Buy back-to-school supplies now
Kansas City Star

For tech-savvy savers, consider using your smartphone to help you get the best deals.Apps like Amazon Price Check and The Find make comparison-shopping easy. ... else from this post, please remember one thing – start shopping now. ... For more financialchatter, click http://twitter.com/savinmavens.

The Guardian

From Obamacare to Marks & Spencer: when websites go wrong
The Guardian

Finance director Alan Stewart bravely insisted that "It is a bit like going to the ... It's no longer just about online shopping, as it was in 2012. ... Even among the over-55s, more than one in four now own a smartphone and 61% of ... While M&S does have an app for iPhone and Android, it has received poor ...

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: Wiring the Responsive City
InsiderOnline

For example, Citizens Connect, a smartphone app, allows citizens to report problems .... To accomplish this task, the Department of Finance created the Data ..... by people on nonessential trips, such as shopping or personal errands.

Surveillance Capitalism
Monthly Review

They are the coauthors of The Endless Crisis: How Monopoly-Finance ...... Internet accounts, online shopping, travel receipts and health insurance all ... who downloaded the “Brightest Flashlight Free” app on to theirsmartphone did ... The iPhone app “Path Social,” which was ostensibly designed to help ...

Bill would restore online privacy: Guest commentary
Los Angeles Daily News

Whether you're listening to music on your smart phone, mastering a new ... It faces a vote on Monday in the Assembly Banking and Finance Committee. ... their customers' shopping habits, street and email addresses, phone numbers ...

Living in Digital Times Announces Debut of Lifelong Tech
Consumer Electronics Net

The over-fifty market is at the forefront of smartphone and tablet purchases and show ... to monitoring homes while travelling, to creating memories, finance plans, and shopping. ... of the Bands, Mobile Apps Showdown, Last Gadget Standing, FashionWare, Robotics on the Runway, and the KAPi Awards.

Baidu 2Q14 Preview: Competition Heating Up In Mobile Search (BIDU)
Seeking Alpha

... finance) is more of a distraction rather than a sustainable revenue stream. ... app will no doubt weigh in on Baidu given Qihoo's 500m+ smartphone ... less acquisitive strategy while Alibaba and Tencent went on theirshopping ...

Events and announcements from Glenview area organizations
Glenview Announcements

One-On-One Financial Planning — 9 or 10 a.m. July 15. ... provides expert guidance on smart goals, resume and cover letter writing, effective job searching, and interview techniques. ... Learn the external features, buttons & apps. .... This free weekly event is open for shopping rain or shine from 8 a.m. to ...

New Yorker

Uber Alles
National Review Online (blog)

“We will do everything and anything to help our fellow brothers kick [the app ...Smartphones and computers have revolutionized shopping for airline ...

TheChronicleHerald.ca

Amazon tests limits of e-commerce
TheChronicleHerald.ca

Twenty years ago, when Jeff Bezos left his job in finance and moved to Seattle to start a new firm, he rented a ... The smartphone is typical of Amazon.

Living in Digital Times Announces Debut of 'Lifelong Tech'
DigitalJournal.com

The over-fifty market is at the forefront of smartphone and tablet purchases and show increasing interest in everything from smart home automation to ...

Jonathan Camhi
Banktech

Android users of the BBVA Wallet app will now be able to make NFC ... U.S. Bank will be the first North American financial institution to collaborate with ... Google Wallet users can now choose to pay with PayPal when shopping in the ...

Zapp app to enable millions more shoppers to pay by smartphone - Business | The Guardian

Coles financial services plans develop with mobile payments system and GE joint venture - Marketing magazine

Smartphone payments app gets UK banks' backing - Financial Times

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American Banker (subscription)

Credit Union's Mobile App Approves Loans Within Six Taps
American Banker (subscription)

... on a smartphone, and how to make mobile banking apps profitable. ... consumerfinance dream: when he's out shopping for a house and spots his ...

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 20/7
VietNamNet Bridge

Vinaphone's users will be protected more cautiously by security apps ... MobiFone users can access ESET Security software for mobile phone via text ... With such a method, there are two data inputs: financialinformation and .... year but its online shopping earnings rose a staggering 600% in the period.

TRUSTe App Puts Consumers In Control Of Online Ads
PR Newswire (press release)

"We love personalization, but it can feel creepy when after shopping online ... Download the TRUSTe Apptoday and create your own privacy safe, ... not to receive ads about were dating, auto, career, finance and education. ... TRUSTe is also available for Android smartphone and tablets at Google Play.

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