money transfers and point of sales start up eccostem

Featured above are the key start up players across  POS ( Point of sale and money transfer services )

Online payment services: Startups including Stripe and WePay that help businesses move their payments-processing online and make it more available, secure, and inexpensive.

Billing automation and streamlining: Zuora and Paymentus, among others which help automate financial processes and billing.

Point-of-sale payments: iZettle, Revel Systems and others offer point-of-sale products and services, including card readers, stands, and digital storefronts.

 Among the pubic companies Square has put more of an emphasis on small business lending and financial services

 Personal payment services: Start ups  like  like MobiKwik and Affirm focus on providing consumers with more convenient payment platforms. niches.

Bitcoin payments: Companies like Coinbase and BitPay that use digital currency to make payments faster and more secure

The iPhone turns seven : A tribute to the Gadget that changed the mobile forever

CNET UK Presents: History of the iPhone, dedicated to the memory of Steve Jobs from Drew Stearne on Vimeo.

• The first generation iPhone was released on June 29, 2007
• Development of what was to become the iPhone began in 2004, 
• A group of 1000 apple  staff were " working on the highly confidential Project" which was code named Project  Purple 
• Jobs unveiled the iPhone to the public on January 9, 2007, at the Macworld 2007 convention at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
• The two initial models, a 4 GB model priced at US$ 499 and an 8 GB model at US$ 599, went on sale in the United States on June 29, 2007, at 6:00 pm local time
• 3 July DVD Jon first cracks activation. People can use the apps on the phone without a subscription
• 9 July :iPhone Dev Team releases a jailbreak method. The first use of this is ringtones.
• 20 July :Nightwatch adapts a toolchain to the iPhone. The first apps are compiled

How Americans Consumer Electronic Media: Internet trails Live TV and Radio

An average American consumes  11 hours of   Electronic media every day . This includes, TV, Radio,Gaming Console, Smartphones Multimedia devices , and Internet 

 Television and Radio seems to be an integral part of Americans" Media consumption. Smartphone usage has overtaken Internet via desktop amd PC. which is not suprising, givem the facts that US Smartphone penetration has now reached over 50% and counting.