Category Archives: Google

Google I/O 2012: What you need to know

5th Finger’s Mobile Engineering Team Lead, Chris Brent attended the Google I/O 2012, an annual developer-focused conference held by Google in San Francisco. He brought back some exciting updates and insights that impact all stakeholders in the mobile space. From … Continue reading

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Retail Inspiration, Brought to You Via Pinterest

Heard of Pinterest? If you haven’t, you should start getting to know them now. I predict a new wave of social outreach is upon us– one that inspires product discovery. Pinterest is my latest addiction and is growing at Facebook-like … Continue reading

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What Google Wallet Means For Retailers Today

Google Wallet officially launched yesterday, September 20th. This new way of paying using your mobile phone allows an NFC chip inside your phone to be recognized by a scanning device used by merchants to complete a sale. Over here at “the … Continue reading

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When will you be using NFC? That may depend on Visa, Mastercard…or Google.

Every so often a technology comes along that has the potential to really change the market, for me one of those technologies is NFC (Near Field Communications). NFC has been standardized since 2003 but recently gained popularity due to hardware … Continue reading

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