The AWS Platform, The Liability Shift Has Arrived, Samsung Pay Launches in the U.S.

Thursday, October 1, 2015Saturday, March 24, 2018

With all the talk of platforms I’d be remiss in discussing what may be the most vibrant platform of all: AWS. Then, the liability shift arrives today, and a surprising number of merchants aren’t ready. Maybe Samsung Pay had the right strategy after all…or maybe not.

Daily Update: The Samsung Galaxy S6, Samsung Pay, HTC: Industrial Design for Hire

Monday, March 2, 2015Sunday, March 25, 2018

Good morning, I apologize that this Daily Update is late; I’m actually posting from San Francisco, having just arrived on an overnight flight from Taipei. I’ll be up and down the West Coast for the next week, and plan on attending the Apple Watch event next Monday, so Daily Updates may be a bit irregular.Subscribe […]

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