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Like it or not, mobile location-based services are on the rise. Small businesses take notice, it doesn’t have to be a big boys’ club. Whether we’re talking about Facebook, Foursquare or some other (smaller) app/service, local businesses can benefit from their use. Here’s how: Claim your store. First thing to do is to claim your…
Last time we talked about Shopkick, Target was implementing it across all of its stores. Now Macy’s is doing the same, expanding the “Shopkick footprint” to more than 800 locations across the U.S. As a result, customers can earn rewards (so called “kicks”) just for walking in to a local Macy’s store to instantly receive…
Direct carrier billing is now available with AT&T for purchases from Samsung’s Media Hub video entertainment service on select Samsung devices. Using Sammy’s service, users can easily rent or buy movies, TV episodes and entire seasons directly from their handsets with a single click. Media Hub purchases can also be shared across five Media Hub…
To better serve its customers in (parts of) Africa, Google launched Gmail SMS service, allowing users to access their email account(s) even with the most basic of phones. Fancy features like mobile Internet access and Wi-Fi connectivity are not required to keep in touch with Gmail SMS — as long as your phone can handle…
You may’ve heard about Elance, if you didn’t – you should know it’s an outsourcing platform that allows project managers to post projects and developers to bid on them. And it’s not just programmers who are in demand on Elance; companies turn to it to find people with other skills as well, including marketers, designers,…
The leader in cloud communications Twilio announced that international SMS capabilities are live and functional across Twilio’s 100,000+ developers. One of the most-requested features enables developers to make apps and web services that have the ability to send SMS with worldwide termination in over 150 countries and potentially reach over 2 billion people globally. The…
Samsung keeps working on its own apps and services. The new rumor suggests that their IM app, ChatOn, may soon get video chat functionality. According to Korean website DDaily, the upcoming version of the application will be able to work over 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi networks and will be initially released for Android. Moreover, Sammy…
The fact that the mobile app space is getting super-crowded prompted a number of companies to enter the app recommendation space. Obviously there’s still room for growth, with a new entrant, youAPPi, announcing its offering and freshly raised money. The company managed to secure $1 million in the seed round of funding to bring its…
You’ve probably heard that Google+ now supports Events just like that other popular social network. The problem, however, are email notifications which are super-annoying, to say the least. God forbid someone invites you to an event via Google+, you’ll see the hell unleashing before your eyes. There are two problems here: Everyone can invite you…
Mobiloans prepared a neat infographic to explain its users (and the wider community) how to completely digitize their finances. Their point is simple – since paying bills is done virtually and direct deposits go right into your checking account, going to a bank is becoming nearly obsolete. Heck, you can do many things with nothing…