Mobile payment volume around the world on Thanksgiving increased by 173% compared to last year, according to new data from eBay’s PayPal division. GSI, like PayPal a unit of eBay that helps large retailers sell online, saw a 170% increase in mobile sales compared to 2011. eBay‘s core marketplace saw a 133% increase in mobile volume...
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Now that the holiday shopping season is upon us, this is the time when people head out to retail stores to find the right gift or purchase for their friends, family, and themselves. Let’s not kid ourselves here, there are quite a few of us who will go shopping to buy that special something...
Education disruptor, Khan Academy, has released an iOS mobile application for the iPhone and iPod Touch, giving users complete access to its collection of over 3,500 videos. Now, students will be able to continue their education on the go, whether they’re traveling on vacation, commuting, or sitting around with nothing else to do. The...
If you are in a speculatively combative mood, strap in. Today, it has become generally known that Microsoft has been awarded a patent for a pair of glasses that will display information from a live event on their lenses, providing the wearer with an augmented reality display to improve their outernet – the real...
If you want to give a gift that keeps on giving, consider gadgets that help to get rid of that expensive pay TV subscription. Check out our Cord Cutters gift guide below: Show notes for this episode: Roku is available starting at $50. Check out Roku’s website for more info, or take a look at...
There’s been a lot of discussion over the past few days about the recent changes to Facebook’s privacy and governance policies — including the revelation that (gasp!) Facebook is not actually a democracy — but one element of the new rules has gotten less attention than it probably should: namely, the fact that the...
On Black Friday, discounted boxed smartphones seem to be the equivalent of dry foods in a post-apocalyptic movie. This video, first spotted by the Telegraph, shows customers of a Walmart in Moultrie, Georgia, duking it out over discounted pay-as-you-go smartphones. Walmart has announced that the big box retailer has completed a total of 10...
Saudi men can now be alerted via text message if women try to escape from the country. The new digital leash on women is being resoundingly criticized over social media channels. “Hello Taliban, herewith some tips from the Saudi e-government!”, wrote one angry commenter, according to Al Arabiya. The new technology has reportedly been...