Myxer has launched MobileStage, what they say is the “most comprehensive mobile marketing suite available to the music industry,” featuring a music application distribution service for iPhone, BlackBerry and Android platforms. As part of the package, artists get: Enhanced mobile websites Mobile fanlist management and messaging Advanced data analytics Promotional initiatives based on location and…
GetJar furious that Nokia claims they’re the second largest App Store, Nokia confesses their mea culpa
GetJar, an App Store filled with mainly J2ME and Flash Lite applications, is furious that Tero Ojanperä, Executive Vice President of Services at Nokia claimed that Nokia’s App Store, with nearly a million downloads a day, is second only to Apple’s App Store. GetJar does 1.7 million downloads a day, and they don’t host wallpapers…
Urban Rivals expands into iPhone
Urban Rivals — an online trading card game where users discover, collect and play with over 500 trading cards — is going iPhone, allowing existing and potential new community members to join the community, which at the moment counts more than 7 million users. I’m not a big card game fan, hence I’m passing along…
Kenya’s yu unveils mobile money transfer service – yuCash by Obopay
Another big win for Obopay as they push to conquer the African market. Their “partners in crime” are local telecommunications service provider Essar Telecom Kenya Limited’s yu branded mobile network and Equity Bank, who have a large countrywide network. The service is branded “yuCash by Obopay” and it’s “positioned to change the landscape of mobile…
VeriFone Payware Mobile is another service looking to get its portion of iPhone payments
Two weeks ago, Stefan wrote about a new start-up called Square, which enables iPhone users to accept credit card payments. Now we have another such company, VeriFone, which launched the service called Payware Mobile. However, unlike Square, VeriFone’s peripheral also serves as some kind of a case, making sure your iPhone is protected in a…
Android Application: Evernote: Stop forgetting things, you’re not your 93 year old grandma
Evernote, the online service with over 1 million users as of June 2009 that aims to remember everything by being your digital scrapbook, has now launched an application for the Android platform after being in beta for a little over 2 months. With Evernote you can take a picture, upload a PDF file, audio file,…
Motorola working on its Android app store – SHOP4APPS
So it’s not just the dedicated UI (MOTOBLUR) Motorola has prepared for Android. The American handset maker also wants to have its own application store called SHOP4APPS. We’re talking about a web-based store here, accessible from both your phone and computer, which on the phone part works in conjunction with a dedicated client called MotoAppstore.…
Fine art auction house Saffronart goes iPhone
Fine-art online auction house Saffronart is no stranger to the mobile world. We’ve already seen them offering its customers ability to bid for art and jewelry via SMS in India. Moreover, the company has recently launched mobile bidding application for devices such as BlackBerrys and Nokias, and now… (drums please)… they’re “going iPhone.” Here’s what…
Idea: Someone should acquire Layar; Microsoft, Nokia and Samsung come to mind
You’ve probably heard about Layar and their augmented reality service/platform. We covered them for quite a few times on IntoMobile. The company has a compelling and super-interesting offering, and will probably be one of the leading augmented reality service providers in the future, aside from Google. In that sense, I find them to be an…
Obopay now has its own iPhone app
Mobile payment company Obopay now has an iPhone client. The dedicated application features include: Send money to anyone with a US phone number Send money to your kids or anyone 13 years of age or older and track how they spend the money all from your iPhone View full transaction history Receive money free of…