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Mobile payments looking at turbulent times

SAN DIEGO–While the mobile-payment players acknowledge that partnerships are necessary for long-term viability, many are gearing up for some chaotic times. The idea of a digital wallet and the opportunities that come from moving payments onto the smartphone were major themes at the CTIA Enterprise & Application show. American Express executive Dan Schulman used his keynote address to call for …

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Will frustrated customers ditch BlackBerry?

Research In Motion’s recent network troubles could be a boon for Apple and Google as frustrated BlackBerry customers consider alternative smartphones. The worldwide BlackBerry outage that has plagued Research In Motion this week has left millions of subscribers in dozens of countries without access to e-mail and other messaging services for days. And the outage, which is likely one of …

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