Mobile payment solutions provider CHARGE Anywhere, which we’ve already covered for few times in the past, is teaming-up with GPAY Africa to launch mobile payments platform in Nigeria. Before we proceed with the news, you should know that GPAY Africa doesn’t have anything to do with Google’s rumored mobile payment service — or at least…
French mobile operators team-up with Atos Origin on mobile payment service Buyster
Electronic payments solution provider Atos Origin is teaming-up with three of the leading mobile operators in France — Bouygues Telecom, Orange and SFR — to launch an “innovative payment solution” called Buyster. The new joint venture is being backed by the country’s major online retailers, including Aquarelle, Brandalley, Darty and Rue du Commerce. Buyster enables…
Telmap announces multi-modal routing as part of its involvement in the pan-European In-Time Project
Telmap, the white-label mobile location-based service provider for carriers around the world, introduced multi-modal routing as part of its involvement with the pan-European In-Time project. Here’s what you need to know about the In-Time project (from the press release): The In-Time project will pilot and validate an innovative pan-European approach to Real Time Traffic and…
GadgetTrak 2.5 adds push notifications, camera support and email reports
Popular iPhone tracking application GadgetTrak has been updated. Version 2.5 comes with several new features including: Push notifications – sends a discrete message to your device enticing the thief to initiate a tracking report. Camera support – snaps a photo with all built-in cameras to collect crucial evidence to help catch the thief. Email reports…
Nokia Ovi Store now counts 30,000 apps?
During the company’s fourth-quarter results conference call, Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop said there are 30,000 apps now available in the Ovi Store. This is one of very few instances when Nokia publicly talked about Ovi Store figures — thus far all we had were figures from various analysts who suggested there are 25,000-28,000 apps in…
Shorthand Mobile brings its SMS-based mobile browser to India; Partners with SMS GupShup for Asia
Mobile startup Shorthand Mobile announced the launch of its SMS-based mobile browser with access to SMS GupShup in India. SMS GupShup is the country’s largest social network and we’ve already covered few times in the past. With smartphone penetration still low in India, SMS remains the only way to reach the Indian mass market. The…
Nokia teams-up with China’s ISPs SINA and Tencent on Ovi Maps
Nokia is teaming-up with two of China’s leading ISPs, SINA and Tencent, to integrate Ovi Maps into local social networks during Q1 2011. As a result, users of the two ISPs will be able to share their location information with friends and online communities. Moreover, Chinese Nokia phone users that also use SINA’s Twitter-like service…
LiveViewGPS for Android allows mobile car tracking
GPS tracking company LiveViewGPS launched a new Android application to allow its users who own LiveTrac series GPS trackers to track their devices in real time while on the go. Tracking of vehicles is the most-used scenario, but LiveTrac can be used with other important assets like watches or laptops, and even people (children, teens…
VZ Navigator X may be announced today? *UPDATE: It’s official*
Verizon is beefing up its VZ Navigator service to compel users to pay for location-based services in the age of the free Google Maps Navigation. Called Navigator X, the new version may be officially launched later in the day, though we don’t have that 100% confirmed. UPDATE: The new VZ Navigator X has been officially…
Parkmobile brings pay by phone parking to Santa Cruz, California
And the first market Parkmobile has conquered in 2011 (as far as we know) is… Santa Cruz, California. Those living or visiting the city will be able to pay for parking with nothing but their mobile phone. In order to do so, users first need to register at Parkmobile’s website. Once that is done, drivers…