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A group of leading merchants in the U.S. has formed Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), a new company that will offer consumers a “versatile mobile-commerce experience,” combining the convenience of paying at the register with customizable offers. MCX’s mobile application is in development as we speak with initial focus on offering merchants a mobile-commerce solution capable…
The 2012 London Olympics are over and Shazam proudly announced they’ve killed it, attracting several million interactions with its Shazam-enabled NBC Olympics broadcast. Fans used the Shazam app to access numerous features such as video highlights, athlete bios and stories, results and the medal count to keep up with all of the action using the…
Microsoft and Sharp have entered into an IP licensing agreement that will allow the Japanese company to use Microsoft’s exFAT file technology in Android smartphones. If you’re not sure what exFAT is all about, here’s a snippet from the press release explaining what’s it all about: exFAT is a modern file system that facilitates large…
Square just got a big boost with Starbucks adopting the company’s credit card processing technology. Under the terms of the deal, the coffee chain will allow its customers to use Pay with Square, Square’s payer application, at participating U.S. Starbucks stores later this fall, and find nearby Starbucks locations within Square Directory. In order to…
MetroPCS announced the world’s first commercial launch of Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services along with the world’s first VoLTE-capable handset – LG Connect 4G. The new Android-based smartphone is available at the company’s Dallas/Fort Worth stores with other areas to get it in the coming weeks. Calls to and from the handset will use VoLTE,…
NTT Docomo, NEC, Fujitsu and its chip-making division Fujitsu Semiconductor are teaming-up to form a joint venture to focus on the development and sales of semiconductor products with built-in modem functions. In other words, they want to compete with the likes of Qualcomm and Nvidia (after it acquired Icera). The technologies individually held by the…
AT&T added a new Quick Messaging phone (i.e. feature phone) to its portfolio. Called Pantech Renue, it comes with a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen, side-sliding keyboard, 3-megapixel camera on the back, and dedicated keys for accessing popular social networking services. It’s also an eco-friendly device, constructed from 67% recyclable components, while the packaging is made from…
Yeah, we’ve told you it’s coming and voila – Fido issued a press release saying that it will launch its LTE network later in the summer. Major markets will be the first to get the coverage, with the list including cities and surrounding areas of Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal and St. Johns. The goal…
NVIDIA’s uber-fast Tegra 3 quad-core processor is stepping into some new terrain in the future, as it will soon power Miracast wireless displays. Integrating the Tegra 3 into said wireless display technology will provide a faster experience with lower touch latency and more. Miracast is the WiFi-Alliance’s lovechild, which is aiming to making its specifications…
CNN-owned personal news reading app Zite announced a new set of publishers joining their publisher program, including: Chicago Tribune, Cult of Mac, Entrepreneur, Hearst Magazines Digital Media, International Business Times, Los Angeles Times, and IDG’s Macworld, PC World and TechHive. These new publishers join the ranks of the publishers named in Zite’s inaugural Publisher Program…