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Half of U.S. shoppers rely on phones for in-store research
Originally posted on Gigaom: The Pew Internet and American Life Project shed light on one of the biggest challenges for retailers: more than half of U.S. adult cell phone owners used their mobile phone during the recent holiday season to get in-store help for their purchases. The figure highlights the rise of what my colleague…
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Originally posted on Gigaom: The Pew Internet and American Life Project shed light on one of the biggest challenges for retailers: more than half of U.S. adult cell phone owners used their mobile phone during the recent holiday season to get in-store help for their purchases. The figure highlights the rise of what my colleague…
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Originally posted on Gigaom: Planning to make a joke on Twitter about bombing something? You might want to reconsider: according to a report from Britain, two British tourists were detained and then denied entry into the U.S. recently after they joked about destroying America and digging up Marilyn Monroe. The fact that the Department of…
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Twitter users beware: Homeland Security isn’t laughing
Originally posted on Gigaom: Planning to make a joke on Twitter about bombing something? You might want to reconsider: according to a report from Britain, two British tourists were detained and then denied entry into the U.S. recently after they joked about destroying America and digging up Marilyn Monroe. The fact that the Department of…
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Originally posted on Gigaom: UPDATED: Square, the mobile payment acceptance tool, has gotten a big endorsement from the President of the United States. The Obama re-election campaign said today it is equipping staff, field organizers and volunteers with Square hardware to allow them to process campaign donations from their mobile phone. The news, announced in Politico, marks…
