The tiniest shift, history shows us, can signal the greatest change. Recent news that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser had lost a single percentage point of market share might not sound all that significant today, but it could well mean the browser wars are back on. One percent is all it takes, and may signify challenges ahead for Microsoft.
In what looks like the first major blurring between telecommunications companies, credit card networks and banks, a conglomerate of cellphone networks in the United Kingdom and Europe is launching a system that may challenge credit cards as a way of paying for things, online and off.