by Data Age | Oct 29, 2014 | Competitive Advantage, Education, Marketing, Retail, Technology
The first sale computer programmer Pierre Omidyar made on his site AuctionWeb was for $14.83 in 1995. Why is that significant? Because Omidyar had sold a broken laser pointer to someone who actually collected broken laser pointers. Knowing that he was on to something,...
by Data Age | Oct 27, 2014 | BE ON THE LOOKOUT, Business, News, Technology
Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s mobile payment technology ran into a roadblock a week after its introduction as CVS Health Corp. (CVS) and Rite Aid Corp. (RAD), part of a consortium developing a competing system, disabled Apple Pay in their drugstores....