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Earlier this summer, MasterCard released a mobile payment app for iPhone, which has now found its way to BlackBerry. MoneySend lets you send cash to friends, pay for stuff, or ask for money from others once it’s paired up with your MasterCard and your banking institution. MasterCard had partnerered with Zoompass for contactless payment stickers,…
When news was let out that certain Google Android tablets wouldn’t have access to the Android Market, those looking forward to nabbing one were confused and a bit disappointed. However, it was made pretty clear by Google’s mobile product development director, Hugo Barra, that the apps on Android may not play well with tablets and…
Vodafone announced a restructuring plan on Thursday that will group its minority holdings into a single, but separately managed unit. This new unit will include the carrier’s minority stakes in Verizon Wireless, SFR, Polkomtel and Bharti; when combined, these holdings are worth an estimated $65 billion. With its stock prices stagnating, Vodafone is under increasing pressure…
D3Publisher’s Puzzle Quest was one of those games that seemed to have popped out of nowhere and yet it created such an impact with anyone that’s played it to this day. TransGaming took charge of bringing that experience to the iPhone platform, but, ultimately, the game didn’t capture the same ambiance as other versions of…
The last we had heard in mobile app research was a forecast that there would be 25 billion downloads by 2015, and along the same vein, Nielsen has released the results of a survey of some 4,000 mobile users about their application downloading habits. As you’d expect, iPhone users were the most active, with an…
Aching to get the new T-Mobile G2 when it launches on October 6? Want to make sure this Android device doesn’t slip through your fingers due to stock shortages? If you answered yes to either of those questions, you can and should preorder the device from Best Buy today. The mega electronics retailer will be…
Adobe confirmed on its blog that it will resume development of its Flash Packager for iPhone. This component is part of its Flash Professional CS5 development tool and allows developers to port their applications to the iPhone. Though a salient feature of Creative Suite 5, it was rendered useless in April when Apple banned third-party development tools in its…
File this under rumors, but the fact remains – India’s mobile market is destined for some serious consolidation. Two days ago we said that Uninor and Videocon have hard time competing in the country, and today we bring you the story involving UAE-based Etisalat and their apparent plans to grab a stake in Idea Cellular.…
Hungama Mobile, India’s mobile and digital entertainment company, is teaming up with Wireless Expertise to bring Bollywood and Indian entertainment content to Europe. Hungama Mobile owns exclusive worldwide rights for digital distribution for music, videos and films representing over 300 leading music labels and film production studios, which is about 75% of the Indian Entertainment…
Symbian-powered Sony Ericsson Vivaz and Vivaz Pro just got an improved user interface thanks to Sony Ericsson’s partnership with SPB Software. As you may know, SPB has been working on its SPB Mobile Shell UI for quite some time now, ever since they noticed the user experience on Windows Mobile sucks. In the meantime, they’ve…