Imagine being able to shop online, and not having to directly pay for a purchase. You’ll still have to eventually pay, just not at the point-of-purchase. Instead, would you be interested in having the payment appear on your cell phone bill? Verizon is hoping you’d be interested, as they’rerolling out the option this spring.

Amazon and other online retailers like EBay might not be able to dodge the tax collection business for much longer as States try increasingly to find new areas of revenue. Over the last couple of weeks, both Colorado and California have started passing legislation in one form or another that will mean that Amazon will [...]