Image Credit: ShutterOK / Shutterstock.com Consumers in the United States (U.S.) have been flipping-out the plastic to pay for purchases since 1959. Even then, credit card usage among consumers was rare when compared to cash payments, particularly for routine smaller purchase amounts. Prior to the introduction of credit cards, merchants often carried their own accounts...Read More

Google’s ambitious Fiber experiment has been rolling along rather quietly since its announcement made some big waves in the tech media in the middle of 2012. Initially, the project got a mixed reception; equal parts excitement and skepticism. The company’s largest pilot test has been ongoing in certain suburban neighborhoods of Kansas City, and so...Read More