Mobile payments solution provider Obopay is deploying its Mobile Money for Banks solution to STAR Network to enable real-time transfers between STAR accounts. Those unfamiliar, myself included, should know that STAR Network offers transaction speeds that are not possible with Automated Clearing House (ACH) transfers, which often take several days to process. With this service,…
ThumbMedia Group’s Mozine solution makes mobile apps for magazines
ThumbMedia Group (TMG) launched Mozine, the cross-platform technology and distribution solution for magazines that supports the iPhone, Android and BlackBerry smartphones. The end-to-end service includes everything from the backend technology to the customer interface. For its clients, TMG builds the app, creates the content package, secures prime placement on app storefronts, promotes the finished product…
Netbiscuits’ Sitebuilder 2.0 is touted as the world’s most advanced mobile website creation tool
Netbiscuits has recently launched Sitebuilder 2.0, touting it as the “world’s most advanced mobile website creation tool.” The new service comes with a catalogue of new features that will help customers work more effectively and create even richer mobile web experiences (when compared to the original Sitebuilder). Mobile website developers using Sitebuilder 2.0 have a…
m2end, RBIT Limited and junaio team-up to create the “Intelligent Stamp” for UK’s Royal Mail
After showing what its augmented reality browser junaio can do with events and magazines, metaio is going one step further, joining forces with RBIT Limited and m2end to provide a “whole new way of interacting with the world of stamps on mobile phones.” Royal Mail’s Great British Railway Special Stamp issue will use the Royal…
Google Voice Home Screen Widgets on Android Now Official
Some nice-looking Google Voice widgets were ripped out from a leaked ROM a few weeks ago, and they’ve now gone official, almost on cue from the G2 announcement. One home screen widget lets you see your Google Voice credit, send free text messages, and change rerouting settings, while the voice inbox widget lets you check…
Three Dutch operators and three Dutch banks work together to deploy NFC all over the Netherlands
Three Dutch mobile operators (T-Mobile, Vodafone, KPN) are going to work together with three Dutch banks Rabobank, ABN Amro, ING) by forming a joint venture dedicated to launching NFC enabled services across the Netherlands in 2012 according to NFC World. This is the first time that a country in the European Union has seen such…
SFR launches Telmap5 in France
Telmap announced the launch of the Telmap5 Mobile Location Companion by SFR in France under the name SFR GPS. As you may know from our previous post on Telmap5, it is touted to be the “next level of evolution in mobile location-based services.” Features include high quality maps and an enhanced search experience including the…
US Cellular to use Loopt’s location platform
The location-aware mobile social service Loopt will be integrated in (I guess select) phones from US Cellular. No financial details were disclosed. The carrier will implement the Loopt Location Platform, providing users with more frequent and accurate location updates. Loopt is working with US Cellular on various location experiences, including mapping and geo-location apps. In…
Rhomobile unveils RhoSync 2.0, open source sync server for enterprise data
Rhomobile announced RhoSync 2.0, the latest version of what they say is the “only open source sync server for enterprise data.” It is a standalone server that keeps application data current and accessible on users’ smartphones even when offline, and is available both as a hosted Software as a Service (via RhoHub) and as on-premises…
Nokia turning off Ovi Files; 3 people seen crying, 1 commits suicide
Nokia, the world’s largest handset maker who has been struggling in their attempt to launch an attractive set of consumer facing services, has announced that they’re going to shut down Ovi Files on October 1st. Similar to Dropbox, one of the most popular cloud based storage solutions, Ovi Files let you store and access your…