I’m at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, which means I’ll hopefully have some nifty things to share soon. In the meantime, this seems like a good opportunity to get into some predictions for the upcoming year.
Mobile wallets are a good place to start. Sure, the promise of ditching physical wallets and using only our smartphones to pay for stuff has been around for years, but in 2013 the stars will finally align and it will become reality. I recently sat down with a lawyer friend who specializes in this stuff and he explained that the infrastructure is just about in place and, more importantly, some players in the field are taking bold initiatives, which is going to force the issue.... more
