We are entering a new era of payment technologies that could have you reaching for your mobile phone instead of your wallet at the checkout counter. The Mobile electronic Wallet (MeW) application will enable your mobile phone, PDA, Smartphone (combination PDA and mobile phone) to store and use financial tools (i.e. electronic credit cards, cash, checks, and receipts) at the point of sale, or Local Transactions (LTs). To initiate an electronic payment you simply press a button on your mobile device. Within seconds your transaction is completed and an electronic receipt is stored within your device.
Looking Into The Future
While overall there has been a lot of negative attention and news concerning the Internet and related business, it continues to be a great tool for marketing a business, gathering work-related information, and browsing for products and services, as well as research and study for millions of Internet devotees. Regardless of the many struggles companies and individuals have experienced surrounding Internet-related commerce, the web has truly become a part of our everyday lives and appears to be moving ahead optimistically. Although there have been reductions, layoffs and pessimistic views of online business, there are still staggering statistics that support the growth of the Internet and its continued augmentation. It will surely persevere in providing us with both technological advances as well as convenience.
Is M-Commerce in our Immediate Future?
WAP (wireless application protocol) and other forms of m-commerce applications are being touted as the new revolutions in communications and e-commerce. The companies supporting it, however, are the same ones who brought us the Internet revolution; remember that? We were promised that e-commerce would dramatically change the way are we work, shop, and play. Has it? No. Will it? Possibly, but only when it is more convenient, efficient, and useful to shop the Internet than to use traditional means. This requires usability, reliability, and most of all, fast connections, to be better than what we are used to. If the Internet were as easy to surf as cable, for instance, e-commerce would be immensely more popular. However, developing the infrastructure to accomplish this is too costly and time consuming, as many upstart telecoms will attest to.
How to Help Your Competitor Hire YOUR Future Employee
You’ve spent several hundred dollars placing ads in all the right places to get the attention of highly qualified candidates. Resumes are pouring in via fax and those candidates are calling, eager to get an appointment to interview with your company.
The Future of Electronic Publishing
UNESCO’s somewhat arbitrary definition of “book” is:
“”Non-periodical printed publication of at least 49 pages excluding covers”.
Digital Freedom: Staying Connected without Being Chained
Staying “available” and “in contact” with your clients is an important part of good Customer Service. But sometimes this can be hard to do as we juggle our personal lives along with our business obligations. Being a Webmistress is nearly a 24-hour-a-day job for me, just about the same as being a parent, except that on the Web, you aren’t expected to fix lunches. My clients sometimes need close attention and nurturing during the development of their projects, some need constant attention, and they all need (and deserve) my immediate and total attention if and when something goes wrong.