Aiming to show its Square Cash product is still alive, a spokeperson told us "With more than 7 million monthly customers, Cash App continues to see strong growth, while delivering utility and flexibility for individuals' money.
Right now Facebook is largely focused on the fun and artsy applications of AR, but where will the company take smartphone AR beyond selfie filters toward delivering utility to billions of users?
You can call this all stealing, but Facebook's philosophy of delivering utility is basically, "if it's good for you, it's even better for our 1.4 billion users".
While only one example, American Express Open Forum, has paved the way to a new kind of online brand community that builds loyalty and readership through delivering utility such as timely information and thought leadership to those they "Hope" to serve in the future.
Shelter Box gives assistance by delivering utility boxes with a shelter and emergency relief tools.
Software companies delivered utilities to help those dial-up connections run faster, but they weren't great.
But for all the benefits these services claim, some familiar questions linger -- specifically, whether they will inspire enough confidence to attract consumers and deliver enough utility to keep them.
Public services are funded by public money, paid to public workers, managed by public representatives, all co-operating to deliver social utility – every penny put in is recycled within the public economy.
If the app can deliver enough utility and views, he thinks people might start purposefully sharing on Polygram too.
With real-world needs in mind, we looked for commuters that addressed them: First, ultra-affordable rides that deliver maximum utility for the buck.
