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FeedPosted Mar 29th 2011 3:20PM by Jason Raznick (RSS feed)
Filed under: American Express (AXP)

American Express (
AXP) announced "Serve" yesterday, an all-new digital payment platform set to rival eBay's (
EBAY) PayPal system. Consumers can use Serve to make digital purchases, pay off bills, transfer funds and send money via Apple's (
AAPL) iPhone and Google's (
GOOG) Android phones.
Serve is also available via the web and Facebook, and users are provided a debit card as a traditional way for a consumer to access their accounts. The card can be used at any ATM machine or vendor that accepts American Express.
Continue reading American Express: Don't Leave Your Phone Without It
Posted Mar 26th 2011 12:50PM by Connie Madon (RSS feed)
Filed under: Products and Services, Google (GOOG), Apple Inc (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), iPhone, Entrepreneurs, Smartphones
A new business model is springing up right under our noses. The big players like Apple (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN) and Google (GOOG) have put together a one-stop shop in their app stores.
First off, an app store is just that, a place where you can pick and choose the apps you want to download. The app store is also a place where entrepreneurs can develop an app and with permission place it on the iPhone, iPad or Android device.
Continue reading App Stores: A New Business Model
Posted Mar 21st 2011 8:40AM by Jason Raznick (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, International Markets, Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Deals, Google (GOOG), Market Matters, AT and T (T), Tiffany and Co (TIF), Rio Tinto plc ADS (RIO)

U.S. stock futures are higher this morning, after AT&T (
T) announced its plans to buy T-Mobile USA for around $39 billion.
Futures for the
Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 105 points to 11,904.00, while those for the S&P 500 stock index climbed 13.60 points to 1,287.80. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 index surged 24.25 points to 2,245.75.
Continue reading Stock Futures Higher on AT&T-T Mobile Deal
Posted Mar 15th 2011 5:30PM by Jason Raznick (RSS feed)
Filed under: Competitive Strategy, Google (GOOG)
Pay-by-phone technology may be making big moves with Google Inc. (GOOG).
According to rumors, Google plans to begin testing its new mobile phone-based payment service in New York and San Francisco in the next four months. The system, developed by VeriFone Systems (PAY), will allow mobile phones equipped with near-field-communication (NFC) technology to simply tap the phone against the register to complete the transaction.
Continue reading Google: Mobile Payment Service
Posted Mar 8th 2011 12:30PM by Tom Taulli (RSS feed)
Filed under: Google (GOOG), Apple Inc (AAPL), Research in Motion (RIMM)
Google's (GOOG) mobile operating system, Android, is an example of how acquisitions have made a big difference. This technology came from a deal struck in 2005. Then, after lots of internal development, Google launched Android in 2007. Since then, the growth has been sizzling.
In fact, according to the most recent report from comScore, Android's market share hit 31.2%. Yes, it is now the number one mobile operating system.
Continue reading Android Becomes the King of Mobile
Posted Mar 2nd 2011 11:20AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Google (GOOG), Yahoo! (YHOO), Ciena Corp (CIEN), Chipotle Mexican Grill'A' (CMG), Family Dollar Stores (FDO), Texas Instruments (TXN), Analyst Initiations, Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Juniper Networks (JNPR), salesforce.com inc (CRM)
Analyst Upgrades
- SINA (SINA) to overweight from neutral at Piper Jaffray.
- Texas Instruments (TXN), ON Semiconductor (ONNN), Xilinx (XLNX) and Valassis (VCI) to overweight from neutral at JPMorgan.
- Salesforce.com (CRM) to buy from hold at Canaccord.
- Peet's Coffee (PEET) to buy from neutral at Janney Capital.
- Invesco Mortgage (IVR) to overweight from equal weight at Barclays.
- BTU International (BTUI) to buy from hold at Wunderlich.
- Coca-Cola Femsa (KOF) to overweight from neutral at HSBC.
- Chipotle (CMG) to market perform from underperform at Morgan Keegan.
Continue reading Analyst Calls: AKAM, CIEN, CMG, CRM, FDO, GOOG, JNPR, MCC, TXN, YHOO ...
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