Finance TnT Executive Editor Loren Moss was able to catch up with Kukita Shinya (above left), the globetrotting executive engineer for the technology giant NEC. They were able to talk in the Caribbean port city of Cartagena during the annual ...

"PayPal customers will be able to pay for App Store, Apple Music, iTunes and iBooks purchases across iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices using their PayPal account," said the company.

Customers and providers that adopt the “as a service” model will find themselves relatively insulated from political winds — and perhaps better positioned for the wider evolution already underway.