The new MasterCard "Payments API," which suggests MasterCard sees creation of a developer ecosystem as crucial for its future payments efforts, will allow developers to create web and mobile applications that include the processing of credit card transactions around the world on the MasterCard network.
Developers can use the service to find their users deals and discounts. The Offers API also provides the ability to construct a more detailed search for an offer. For example, you can filter offers by category or display offers near a certain location or point on the map.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
MasterCard Creates Payments API
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
Mobile Users Increase Mobile Shopping, Mobile Payments
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
Mobile Couponing Grew in 2010
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This figure more than doubled for 2010, to 19 percent of subscribers. Similarly, applications facilitating the real-time scanning of images or bar codes to receive more information or to compare prices increased in usage from five percent of consumers with an interest in mobile coupons in 2009 to 14 percent in 2010.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
Bill to Mobile Isn't That Popular with Consumers
This is not good news for mobile operators, which are universally struggling with how they will insert themselves into the well-established payments value chain, researchers at the Yankee Group say.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
Japanese and Korean Telcos Announce NFC Roaming
In the announcement, DoCoMo said that these are NFC services that the two telcos will 'launch in their respective markets of Japan and South Korea from around the end of 2012.
Data from the U.S. market is scanty, as few consumers yet have had a chance to use NFC or other mobile payment applications and services.
Researchers at the Yankee Group note that 2010 was the first year tests were run. Click on image for a larger view.
Researchers at the Yankee Group note that 2010 was the first year tests were run. Click on image for a larger view.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
Sprint Kyocera Echo Launched
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
AT&T Introduces Unlimited Calling to any U.S. Mobile
AT&T has introduced unlimited mobile calling to any mobile number in America. "Unlimited Mobile to Any Mobile" is available to AT&T customers with an unlimited messaging plan and a qualifying voice plan, basically those voice plans that include unlimited messaging.
Existing customers with an unlimited messaging plan can activate "Mobile to Any Mobile" by visiting www.att.com/anymobile. The URL will be available beginning Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011.
It is likely no accident that the new offer becomes active on the day Verizon Wireless starts officially selling the Apple iPhone.
Existing customers with an unlimited messaging plan can activate "Mobile to Any Mobile" by visiting www.att.com/anymobile. The URL will be available beginning Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011.
It is likely no accident that the new offer becomes active on the day Verizon Wireless starts officially selling the Apple iPhone.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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