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TruConnect is teaming-up with Walmart to offer Internet on the Go, a new prepaid mobile broadband service that offers a “great value for casual users.” The scheme consists of a MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot and a prepaid service plan with no monthly fees. Instead, users can buy Internet on the Go with refill, credit…
Mobile payments experts at iZettle raised another 25 million EUR in Series B funding. Greylock Partners and Northzone led the round, with MasterCard, SEB Private Equity and Series A investors Index Ventures and Creandum also participating. iZettle’s mini chip-card reader and app, which turn an iPhone or iPad into a credit card terminal, are available…
Twitter is now apparently making more money from mobile users that those accessing the service from their computers. At the conference hosted by The Economist Group in San Francisco, the company’s CEO Dick Costolo said that Twitter has generated more ad revenue from its mobile platform than from its website on many days in the…
Facebook App Center is now live in the US — the rest of the world will get it in the “coming weeks” — providing users with access to more than 600 titles, including such web and mobile apps like Nike+ GPS, Ghost Recon Commander, Jetpack Joyride, Stitcher Radio, Draw Something and Pinterest. The intelligent technology…
YouMail, the visual voicemail service that’s been described as “isn’t a business anymore” (more on that later,) has over 17.5 million monthly active users according to today’s announcement. The 17.5 million active user figure means that approximately 23 percent of anyone who’s ever used YouMail is using it on at least a monthly basis because…
Telmap is launching two new APIs to connect websites and mobile apps with its Mobile Location Companion. As a result, users of websites which provide information about various points of interest can now send the location (address or business information) directly to the Telmap-powered app that’s installed on their mobile device. User click on the…
Bank of America proudly announced that it has reached an important milestone, with more than 10 million customers now using its mobile banking services. Of that number, nearly 3 million started doing so over the last 12 months. The banking giant was among the first to launch mobile banking services, and the first financial institution…
Juniper Research is looking at the mobile gambling prospects in its latest report. From there we learn that the surge in social gambling activity, along with the introduction of intrastate casino and lottery services in the US, will help push global annual wager via mobile handsets and tablets to $100 billion by 2017, up from…
Image recognition is getting some serious traction lately with few augmented reality apps adding the capability to better serve its clients (whether these are advertisers or end-users). Japan’s NEC thinks there’s money to be made here, hence it launched such service in its own backyard, providing information on a wide range of subjects, from food…
Clear Channel Media and Entertainment announced that its popular iHeartRadio digital radio platform has reached 10 million registered users in just 8 months, which is faster than all other social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Pandora, Spotify and Instagram. Moreover, registered users are only a percentage of iHeartRadio’s overall listeners, since registration is only required…