Several pieces of news today.
First is news that seems to me to be overdue. Waze is going to begin providing its crowd-sourced traffic data to municipalities and government entities. Seems like a no-brainer to me.
http://www.cnet.com/news/waze-to-share-traffic-data-with-governments/
Next is big news from Wal-Mart. They are enabling online ordering and same-day pickup of grocery items.
http://www.mobilecommercedaily.com/walmart-tests-mobile-driven-click-and-collect-grocery-service
Apple Pay continues to influence the traditional issuers. Capitol One is out with a new app that integrates closely with Apple Pay, coming later in October.
http://mobilemarketingmagazine.com/capitol-one-apple-pay-mobile-wallet
Finally is news that indicates what I think is the single biggest reason Apple added NFC chips to its iPhones. Sales of iPhones in China have hit the millions of online pre-orders. NFC payments is huge in Asian markets so if Apple wanted their phones to sell there they had to include it. 2 million pre-orders in just 6 hours is proof of the success of this approach.
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2014/10/new-iphones-are-a-big-hit-in-china-as-preorders-top-2-million-units-after-just-6-hours
Happy Reading,
J.W. Gant
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