One of the two men who appear to be executed in a video released by Islamic State (IS) militants appears to have ties to a village in southern Kazakhstan and Russia’s restive North Caucasus region. Source: http://www.rferl.org

Kazakh and Turkish singers to share the stage in concert series Source: http://www.dailysabah.com

Two of the top challenges that financial institutions must face today include needs-based and multi-channel payments. Digital business is blurring the Source: http://www.pymnts.com

In development since September, Twitter’s “Buy Now” feature is part of this third phase of social media’s integration into the economy of mobile commerce, and Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Mobile users encountered malware nearly twice as often in 2014 than during 2013 — up from 4 percent to 7 percent, CSO Online reported. The jump was largely Source: http://www.pymnts.com

As mobile marketing and distribution matures, we can get a pretty decent glimpse of what the end goal is for companies with strong mobile marketing presences: Source: http://www.pymnts.com

How important is mobile payments for the U.S.’s biggest issuers? Pretty important – despite the media’s interest in discussing whether they should be broken Source: http://www.pymnts.com

TouchID isn’t new – in fact it was first launched in September of 2013 as “an innovative way to simply and securely unlock your phone with just the touch of a Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Google today updated its Drive app for Mac and PC to introduce a few handy new features. First off, you can now view the upload status of your files as they sync… Source: thenextweb.com

When it comes to digital marketing strategies for 2015, the web is full of “What to expect” “Predictions” and “What Next?” It is interesting to read so many different perspectives. Source: http://www.socialmediatoday.com