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Walmart is tripling the number of U.S. stores in its pilot program that lets shoppers scan items with their iPhones and pay at self-checkout counters. The “Scan & Go” program will soon live in more than 200 stores, up from about 70. And while that’s a significant progress, it only affects a small fraction of…
Another batch of apps have been submitted to Appscovery, our mobile app portal. Here are the ones we think are the best (or at least have the best articles describing them): eventseeker: The complete event service app RESOPE! BOOM! Cat Sweeper FREE Firefly Hunt NARR8 Met Android and Just Can’t Get Enough!! Who painted? —…
BlackBerry will expand its Enterprise Service to work on iOS- and Android-based devices in a move which may help the company secure sales to clients that have migrated away from its handsets. Canadian company said that users will be able to access Secure Work Space from non-BlackBerry devices, including both data-at-rest and data-in-transit to provide…
It looks like LinkedIn is looking to acquire Pulse News reader in a deal that’s worth north of $50 million, possibly up to $100 million. According to sources familiar with the negotiations, the business-focused social network may not be the only company looking to buy Pulse with Microsoft and Yahoo also engaged in talks. Pulse…
We’ve heard rumors before that Apple is working on its own music streaming service. Today we have a new tidbit of information to add to the story, suggesting that the launch was postponed due to Apple’s tough negotiations with the music industry. According to The New York Post, the Cupertino-based tech giant is looking for…
As more and more people use smartphones for business purposes, security issues emerge. There are multiple ways to protect apps and data, most popular being PIN- and password-based protections. For some people/companies that simply is not enough; they need something more robust. For that group PassBan unveiled its wearable verification device in the form of…
A company called Koozoo is launching a network of smartphone video cameras along with a new mobile app. Guided with the idea to “make the real world as searchable and accessible as the virtual world,” the app/service allows anyone to share his/her own views of the public spaces they see outside their window, inside their…
Last week we were focused on Mobile World Congress and we missed our weekly Appscovery column. This week, we ain’t gonna repeat the mistake. So here are the apps you may like submitted in the last week or so: SPUN is the Ultimate SXSW Experience for iPhone. Manage your car-repair garage – The Groovy way!…
Samsung used its annual developer day at Mobile World Congress to announce the new Samsung Wallet app. We don’t have all the details yet but as far as we’ve understood, it’s an app made to rival Apple’s Passbook, allowing user to securely store important information such as tickets, boarding passes, cards and coupons. The API…
App stores like Google Play and Windows Phone Store that have implemented Direct Carrier Billing solutions have experienced a sharp increase in transaction volumes, average transactions values and conversion rates, according to a new white paper from Juniper Research and Amdocs. The research has also found that while operator storefronts and portals now account for…