Mobile touch commerce comes in to its own this year; long live PCs: Deloitte

TORONTO – Completing purchases with a smartphone or tablet will be even easier this year due to the increasing popularity of mobile touch commerce, according to Deloitte’s 2016 Canadian Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) Predictions, released Wednesday.In 2016, the number of individuals who use a third party touch-based payment service to buy something on their mobile device (smartphone or tablet) is predicted to increase 150% to top a million users in Canada. Touch commerce compacts the time taken between browsing to transaction on a mobile phone or tablet from minutes to seconds, simplifying the check-out process. The result is likely...