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GetJar is taking another step to differentiate its app store from the competition. Their latest offering, GetJar Gold virtual currency, is made to reward consumer loyalty and improve monetization across the entire Android ecosystem. Backed entirely by advertising spending, it allows consumers to earn some virtual cash by downloading Android apps, and then spend it…
Chinese Baidu is about to enter the mobile services market, big time. During the recent earnings conference call, the company’s Chief Executive Robin Li said this year they’ll be looking to take advantage of China’s booming mobile market. Here’s what he said: We do think mobile will become a very important channel to distribute our…
Samsung is working on its cloud service and is set to launch it at some point in August. Dubbed S-Cloud, it will combine several (if not all) Samsung apps and services, allowing synchronization between multiple devices and the cloud. Initially, the Korean company used its own subsidiary, Samsung SDS, to develop infrastructure but the end…
AppSpotr thinks we’re just at a start of the mobile app revolution and that there’s a place for another do-it-yourself (DIY) app making service. They intend to officially open their virtual doors at Mobile World Congress, allowing anyone to create mobile apps without almost any technical skills, though I guess they assume you have some…
Mobile payments company PaymentOne launched the PayOne HTML5 API, which provides an HTML5 compliant web-based payment flow for mobile app developers looking to monetize their offerings across multiple platforms and devices with a “charge it to my mobile phone bill” payment method. As a result, developers who pick HTML5 as their platform of choice can…
We’ve been already talking about Myriad’s efforts to bring social networking services to users in the emerging markets. Their solution doesn’t require fancy smartphones, and will work on a number of basic feature phones, potentially increasing ARPU for the mobile networks. Now Myriad is announcing three new carrier partners — Vodafone, Orange and Mobinil —…
YouMail, the company behind the popular visual voice-mail service, launched a new service to allow any owner of a US phone number to control their personal brand through caller ID. In that sense, the company launched a new website at who.youmail.com where users can enter their phone number and see what their current caller ID…
Barclays Pingit is a new money-sending service launched by one of UK’s largest bank. Using it, some 1.9 million Barclays’ customers are able to make instant money transfers to anyone with a UK-based mobile phone and a current account with any UK bank. And that’s like a start with Barclays promising to extend Pingit to…
PrivacyStar and MetroPCS unveiled Metro Block-it, a call and text message blocking service that also allows customers to directly file complaints against telemarketers and debt collectors with the Federal Trade Commission. Initially, the service is available for Android smartphones only, but it will soon be expanded to include BlackBerrys and feature phones. Using the application,…
In its latest report, Juniper talks about the future of mobile ticketing, forecasting that 1 in 8 (13%) of North American and Western European mobile users will use their NFC-enabled mobile phone as a metro rail or bus ticket by 2016. That’s a significant rise from today when only 1% of folks are doing so.…