Tag Archives: smartphones

SHOPPING IN THE MOMENT

June 19, 2012 – 12:38 pm

by Nissa Hanna Uh-oh. I was running late for dinner with a friend. When I arrived at the restaurant with apologies, she looked up from her phone, smiled and said, “That’s OK; I was just shopping.” She’s not the only one turning delays into shopping head starts. Her savvy use of that downtime is reflective […]

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R U serious? Study finds text messaging improves children’s spelling

February 23, 2011 – 10:43 am

by Robert van Alstyne WHAT’S HAPPENING If parents take the results of new research from Coventry University to heart, they may soon be adding “type some texts 2night” to their little ones’ list of household chores (ReadWriteWeb.com, 25 January 2011). Working from a pool of 114 9- and 10-year olds who had previously never used […]

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FaceCash brings mobile payments to Subway sandwich shops

December 7, 2010 – 4:54 pm

by Hans Eisenbeis WHAT’S HAPPENING FaceCash, the innovative mobile payment platform launched by one of Facebook’s founders, is about to get a trial run in the real world. Select Subway restaurants in Southern California will be accepting FaceCash payments at the register beginning in November 2010 (PaymentsNews.com, 11 November 2010). FaceCash is a free app […]

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