We sifted through TSYS' recent 2018 U.S. Consumer Payments Study and extracted the highlights. You may view the slides below in PDF form by clicking HERE. To read the full report click HERE.
Category: Phones
Apple’s New Video Service – How Many Subscription Services Can We Eat?
Will we subscribe to Apple’s forthcoming subscription video on demand (“SVOD”) service simply because it’s Apple? Apple plans to release various service bundles later this year that will contain video and news content. For purposes of this discussion let's focus on video content where the name of the SVOD game is "content quality". At launch, … Continue reading Apple’s New Video Service – How Many Subscription Services Can We Eat?
Our Evite for 1984
We've rolled out the red carpet for an Orwellian-like scenario. Here's how. 1.) Meta-collection of phone calls by the NSA under the Patriot Act. Essentially zero push back by we the people. This is child's play as compared to the information we willingly volunteer via personal smart devices. 2.) Broad adoption of smart devices with … Continue reading Our Evite for 1984
CES Week: Device OEMs Should Not Underestimate Consumers’ Concerns Around Data Privacy and CyberSecurity.
Lots of cool new consumer devices will be on display at CES this week. Personally I enjoy video-related technology because if a picture is worth 1,000 words, how many words is a video worth? We’re working to incorporate more video content into our messaging this year. One message that I will be watching for coming … Continue reading CES Week: Device OEMs Should Not Underestimate Consumers’ Concerns Around Data Privacy and CyberSecurity.
Apple Should Double Down on Apple Health NowPremium
The iPhone Is A High-Priced Commodity The iPhone is little more than a high-priced commodity at this juncture. There is little differentiation between it and lower cost alternatives (OnePlus for example) both from a design and feature functionality standpoint. However, with 2 billion-plus devices in circulation, Apple's future does not rest exclusively with new device … Continue reading Apple Should Double Down on Apple Health NowPremium
Disruption – It’s the Punch You Don’t See that HurtsPremium
Disruption Rarely Announces Its Arrival Ask Curtis Stevens - the gentleman who was knocked on his posterior by Gennady Golovkin in our header image - if he saw the punches coming. Ask former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer if back in the early 2000's he knew SaaS/cloud-based service delivery models would dominate the software landscape. Ask … Continue reading Disruption – It’s the Punch You Don’t See that HurtsPremium
Apple – From Innovator To Fast FollowerPremium
Apple no longer innovates. Look no further than its cash cow iPhone. Prior to the iPhone’s initial launch in January 2007, Motorola, Blackberry and Nokia ruled the mobile phone universe. Today, rather than driving innovation, rather than striving to leapfrog the competition, Apple is content to play a feature/functionality cat and mouse game with Samsung, … Continue reading Apple – From Innovator To Fast FollowerPremium
15 Minutes of Fame: The Intersection of User-Generated Video, Social Media and Mobile Devices
Everyone Wants Their 15 Minutes of Fame It’s a primary reason why Instagram “Stories” are so popular. That and the feature’s ease-of-use. Instagram has created an engaging, almost frictionless user experience that enables anyone to vlog their life in a series of micro videos with a 24-hour shelf life – i.e “Stories”. Stories is the … Continue reading 15 Minutes of Fame: The Intersection of User-Generated Video, Social Media and Mobile Devices
Alphabet’s Chronicle Gets the Shine While AWS Is The Sleeping CyberSecurity Giant Nobody Talks About
Chronicle vs. AWS One of Alphabet's Moonshot projects was released into the world last week. The company is named Chronicle - read more about it here. In short, Chronicle is a CyberSecurity company whose value proposition is to sell its machine learning-driven offering to large enterprises. We believe this could be a difficult sale for … Continue reading Alphabet’s Chronicle Gets the Shine While AWS Is The Sleeping CyberSecurity Giant Nobody Talks About
Apple Is Well-Positioned to Lead A Consumer-Driven Healthcare Revolution
Welcome to Apple Health Apple recently announced that this spring it will release an update to its iOS for iPhones and iPads that will include a new “Health Records” feature that will provide access to personal medical records covering allergies, conditions, immunizations, lab results, medications, procedures and vitals. Given the ubiquity of the iPhone we … Continue reading Apple Is Well-Positioned to Lead A Consumer-Driven Healthcare Revolution