On Tuesday, Facebook announced the launch of its consumer payment system, known as “Facebook Pay.” Facebook Pay will function as a payment system that functions across Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The company says it will make it easier to shop, donate to causes, and send money to other Facebook users. The company offered the […]
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The list of the highest grossing iOS apps on the App Store for 2018 has arrived and there are some surprises to be had. While household name apps like Candy Crush continue to rake in money hand over fist, a new research report from Sensor Tower revealed which iOS apps in 2018 managed to generate […]
Verizon was able to save even more money following Yahoo’s email hacks. The telecommunications company announced a deal to buy the core business of Yahoo for $4.48 billion —managing to secure a $350 million discount it was pursuing because of two major security breaches, the last of which affected over 1 billion accounts. The deal […]
The Chinese user base is apparently even more app-crazy than its U.S. counterpart. According to a new report out this morning from app intelligence firm App Annie, the country earned over $1.7 billion in Q3 2016, which puts it ahead of the U.S. by over 15 percent. The U.S. had been the number one iOS […]
Facebook chat moved into the financial sphere today. The company’s messenger bots can now accept payments natively without sending users to an external website, Facebook’s head of Messenger David Marcus announced today onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2016. The web site uses stored credit card into to instantly make purchases that are part of the […]