Starbucks Smiling all the way to the Bank: Why Mobile Payments Make Cents

If you have visited a Starbucks coffee shop in the last year (and especially the last few months), you'll notice that a lot of people are paying with their iPhones and Android devices.  In fact, my local Starbucks cashier volunteered ...

Google Buys AdMob: Expands More Deeply into Mobile Advertising

Google made a major purchase on November 9, acquiring mobile advertising company AdMob for $750 million, furthering the company’s continued push into mobile advertising. The AdMob purchase will enable Google to serve lucrative display ads, to cell phones and other ...