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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but your mobile phone could soon become your wallet. This has been bandied about for nearly a decade but PayPal is taking some steps to actually make this happen within months, instead of years. I spoke with Laura Chambers, senior director at PayPal Mobile, at the X…
Amazon wants to make it easier for you to spend your cash from your iPad and the company has released a new shopping app called Windowshop. Amazon already had an app for the Apple iPad but it wasn’t really optimized for the big beautiful screen. It was essentially just the iPhone app with a few…
Apple is reportedly teaming with Unisys to make its iPhone and iPad lineup more attractive to corporate clients. Should Research In Motion be quaking in its boots? According to BusinessWeek, Unisys will do the maintenance and other back-end services for governments, education entities and other big businesses which want to use the iPhone or iPad…
Bling Nation is trying to make mobile payment much more social with its FanConnect product. If you don’t know, Bling Nation turns your mobile phone into a credit card using Near-Field Communication technology via a sticker you put on your handset. It works with a handful of vendors across the nation (mostly in the Bay…
If you’re on a Mac and have been hesitant about buying a Windows Phone 7 because you’re worried it won’t play nice with your computer, you can rest assured that the Connector software will let you synch your multimedia content to your new Microsoft smartphone. As you may know, Microsoft’s latest smartphone platform uses the…
There’s an interesting article over at the New York Times which says the Android app ecosystem is rounding into shape. With news that the Android Market has just surpassed the 100,000 app mark, I’m inclined to agree that Google’s mobile operating system will soon generate some big business for app makers. The article is actually…
Get ready for some more ads, as Google AdMob is bringing interactive video ads to Android apps. Sure, it sounds kind of cruddy but remember that these ads could lead to more free, high-quality apps for all of us. Google AdMob had already been providing interactive video ads to the Apple iPhone for almost a…
If you’re like us, you really dig the Dell Venue Pro but some people may not think that Windows Phone 7 is up to snuff just yet. Well, it looks like Dell is working on a similar device with Android. Sign me up. According to an article in PC World, “In the future the company…
Do you ever get calls that are heavy with static? Or do you get calls from “withheld numbers?” According to one “paranormal expert,” it may be because your phone is haunted and ghosts are trying to contact you. That’s according to a report out of The Sun and this shows off some “research” from paranormal…
The Apple iPhone and iPod touch are great multimedia players on the go if you live in the iTunes ecosystem but many of us have a ton of videos which have to be converted to play of Apple’s mobile devices. The new VLC Media Player for the iPhone and iPod touch now enables you to…