I Love You, I Hate You

Young people don’t love their devices as much as we think they do. In fact, they want our help disconnecting from them When I was interviewing college students about technology, one young woman told me how—after getting mugged for her smartphone on a Chicago bus—she chased her muggers off the bus and down the street, then offered them USD150 in exchange for returning her phone. They gave it … Read more

Pay it Forward

Taking mobile payment in Vietnam to the next level With smartphones on the rise and the digital payment platform still a black hole, will 1Pay become the PayPal of Asia? 1Pay from Vietnam seems to think so. The startup, formed earlier this year, is focused on making payments for digital goods using your smartphone a reality here. The basic idea is that … Read more