On 21st April 2015, Google launched its algorithm that will now rank mobile-friendly sites higher in terms of search rankings. So don’t be surprised if your site’s rankings change if you still haven’t mobile optimized your site to make it mobile-friendly. You can find out more info here.
Mobile Ad Spending Is Skyrocketing
Mobile penetration continues to accelerate globally compared to tablets or desktops. While not everybody needs a tablet, laptop or desktop, majority will need a mobile phone to communicate. And with smartphones being so readily available and affordable, getting connected to the internet is easy.
New InstanteStore Mobile App With Mobile Optimized Responsive Layout
Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you’re all enjoying the holiday season celebrating with family and friends. We’ve launched our brand new InstanteStore mobile app which lets you manage your store conveniently on your mobile.
Alibaba Breaks Record In China’s Singles’ Day 2014
What a super duper year it has been for Alibaba. Their IPO launch blew away investors’ expectations with the highest IPO raised at $25 billion. And today is China’s Singles’ Day. It looks like everyone in China bought something online! For those of you who are in the dark, China’s Singles’ Day can be considered America’s Thanksgiving weekend sale rush. The only difference is that it’s all happening on one day – 11.11.14.
MCX CurrentC To Challenge Apple Pay
Talk about bitter rivalry. Apple Pay made headlines from a successful launch and within only 72 hours got a massive 1 million credit card signups. However, all does not seem well with some of the major retailers who had previously come together to form MCX (Merchant Customer Exchange) lead by Walmart.
Apple Pay Rocks Digital Wallet Market
Payment pioneer PayPal got their world rocked with the launch of Apple Pay recently. Bundled with the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, Apple intends to make headway into the payments industry by offering a smooth and easy way to pay for stuff at a touch of a button. Apple is currently working with Stripe and is aggressively signing up with banks and card issuers like Visa and MasterCard in the States before expanding to other countries.
Twitter Goes Audio
Twitter seems to be coming up with more innovative ways to encourage their users to stay longer within the Twitter environment. Last month they started allowing users from selected areas to make product purchases from some of their partners who are offering rare and limited edition products. You can read about it here.
Smart Card Technology Heats Up Payments Industry
There’s one thing that we really love about technology is the fact that it’s supposed to make things better, faster and easier for everyone to get things done. The payments industry is heating up with two new smart card technology players that are offering consumers the convenience of storing all their cards in one single device. Say goodbye to bulky wallets where one used to keep all their credit cards, debit cards, loyalty cards, gift cards and even access cards. That’s a lot of cards!
New InstanteStore Website Launched
Well our brand new website sure looks like a breath of fresh air. We’ve taken the effort to do some massive spring cleaning so that visitors and customers won’t be overwhelmed with all the information that we previously had on the old website! We hope you like the new InstanteStore website design. It just went live a couple of days ago.
