Here Comes the New iPhone (Please Let There Be Surprises)
The day has finally come: it’s September 12th and tech reporters and Apple cognoscenti will soon pile into the brand new Steve Jobs Theater on the Apple Park campus to hear all about those new iPhones. But as any iPhone app developer who has not been in a coma over the past few months will […]
Venmo Is Secretly Prepping a Physical Debit Card for Launch
One of the major goals of FinTech app developers is to disrupt the way banking is done (after all, who trusts the banks?). Lately, digital payment services are doing that by offering services that make them more bank-like, such as issuing their own plastic. Square Cash recently debuted its debit card, and Apple unveiled its […]
How to Make Mobile Payments Work: Imitate Credit Cards
A new study from Points might point to the biggest barrier holding back mainstream use of mobile payment options like Android Pay and Apple Pay: and that barrier is rewards. Credit cards often wind up costing the average consumer money, but they still flock to them in droves: and it’s not just because they let […]
Mobile Forecast: Where Will FinTech Be in Five Years?
FinTech is an exciting place for Los Angeles app developers to be right now. Startups have been disrupting everything from stock trading to credit card payments, translating to big wins for smartphone users and financial institutions alike. Perhaps the best part of the FinTech revolution has been watching how it’s opened up opportunities for lower-income […]
Facebook Positioning Itself as “WeChat of the West”
Android app developers in the Asian market have been capitalizing on chat apps for years, combining the benefits of social connectivity, the decline of SMS, and the desire for simplicity to turn their chats apps (WeChat, Line, etc.) into one-stop-shops for everything from paying for services to shopping for clothes. Now San Francisco iPhone app […]
The Apple Watch’s Worst Enemy is the iPhone
With Apple finally unveiling its long-awaited Watch, tech industry analysts are starting to anticipate an unexpected hindrance to its potential success: the company’s own flagship device, the iPhone. Computing wearables are being touted as “the next big thing,” and the Watch represents Apple’s first major move to capture a large share of what is predicted […]
Banks Hungry to Cash in on “Apple Pay” Mobile Commerce
U.S. banking giants are in a race to entice Apple Pay subscribers to select their branded cards when they set up their payment options. Various media outlets have reported that while every major bank in the country has set aside a sizeable “war chest,” Apple is imposing strict guidelines on how financial institutions may and […]
Apple Pay Marks Major Leap for Digital Payments
In addition to unveiling the Apple Watch and the new iPhone 6 models, Apple also revealed plans to sync up both devices with the Apple Pay digital payment system. The move will allow users to complete online and point-of-sale payments with their smartwatches and smartphones. Apple Pay uses near-field communications (NFC) technologies to allow connected […]
Apple Launches New iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
On September 9 at the Flint Center in Cupertino, California, Apple marked a company first by unveiling multiple new iPhone devices at a single event. The company offered a sneak peek at two iPhone 6 devices, one with a 4.7-inch screen and another with a larger 5.5-inch screen. The smaller version will be known simply as the […]