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According to Sony Ericsson, Xperia Play users are more likely to pay for games than other Android smartphone owners. As a matter of fact, the Swedish-Japanese handset maker said that more than 75% of people with the first PlayStation-certified device are “paying to play.” The company’s head of market development Dominic Neil-Dwyer said that their…
Citi and Best Buy have teamed-up to launch a mobile rewards app for two of the hottest mobile platforms of today – iOS and Android. The result is the “Citi ThankYou Rewards” application, which ties together Best Buy’s inventory systems with Citi’s “ThankYou” Rewards program, allowing customers to earn points by shopping with their Citi…
China Telecom is in talks with British networks to launch an MVNO service early next year in the UK. China’s third largest mobile operator wants to target both local Chinese residents as well as an increasing number of tourists from China. The goal is to hit 50,000 users in the first year of operation and…
As part of its plans to improve customer service, few airlines have been playing with iPads. British Airlines in the next in line, trialing Apple’s table with 100 cabin crew members who should use it to “streamline and enhance customer service.” Relying on a special application, crew members will be able to access information about…
blippar is a brand new smartphone app for iOS and Android smartphones made in partnership with Cadbury UK and Ireland. Available as a free download, the application will “turn” select Cadbury products like a Dairy Milk and Twirl into an augmented reality experiences. Once a user starts blippar and “sees” a Cadbury product through a…
You’ve probably heard about Corning, the glass specialists behind the Gorilla Glass product. Heck, you may’ve seen their fancy promo video, demonstrating the future with a ton of glass around. However, you may not know that they operate a Museum of Glass which got its Android app. As you can guess, the application will guide…
What do you know, Yahoo also wants a piece of the ever-growing Android market despite the fact that the mobile platform is owned by its archrival – Google. However, the Internet giant isn’t going for the users in the Western hemisphere — rather, they decided to launch an Android-powered Yahoo! Phone in Japan, where they…
Remember iZettle, the smart card reader we talked about couple of months ago? Well it is now available in Sweden in limited numbers. The first 2,000 folks who downloaded the free iZettle app and registered will get the device while the rest of the country will have to wait a little longer. Then, once proven…
Last time we talked about mobile video calling, we quoted numbers from In-Stat. Today we have the figures from Juniper Research, which report titled “Mobile Voice & Video Calling: Strategic Opportunities & Business Models 2011-2016” has been released recently, predicting the improved prospects of mobile video calling. Among the reasons for this rise in use,…
The augmented reality company Layar launched the Layar Creation Challenge, allowing developers around the world to compete for $55,000 in total cash prizes, to be rewarded to ten developers with the best concepts for useful layers using the recently launched Layar Vision platform extension. Layars will be judged around the following four categories: magazines, books,…