Supporters of the extremist group ISIS operated at least 46,000 Twitter accounts at the end of last year, a new study says, underscoring the challenge facing social networks as they become powerful tools for propaganda and recruitment.
NFC forecast dims at Gartner
Gartner today drastically lowered its forecast for the monetary payments that near field communication technology will provide in coming years, …
NFC-enabled phone sales top 35mn in 2011
35 million Near Field Communications (NFC)-enabled phones were shipped in 2011, in what has been described as a “breakthrough year” …
Amex, Verizon Wireless to offer mobile payment
Verizon Wireless and American Express will integrate the Serve online payment system over mobile phones and tablets in coming months, …
Visa, MasterCard and AmEx join Google Wallet competitor
Isis, the mobile-payments joint venture that includes three U.S. national mobile operators, said that Visa, MasterCard and American Express have …