AT&T is teaming up with wireless payment company Apriva to launch new mobile payment applications for small businesses, AprivaPay and AprivaPay Professional, allowing them [small businesses] to accept credit and debit cards while on the go. As you may know, the mobile payments market has a bright future with Generator Research forecasting it will grow…
PriceGrabber launches Android app
After releasing iPhone and iPad apps, PriceGrabber is “going Android.” Similarly to their iOS application(s), PriceGrabber for Google’s mobile OS allows users to: Scan barcodes and search PriceGrabber’s catalog for the best price from thousands of retailers. Search, browse and compare products – you can search by product name, UPC, manufacturer’s part number, most popular…
Nokia Mobile Communities brings social networking to the users with low-end phones
Nokia is out with a new cool service called Nokia Mobile Communities. Designed for their S40 feature phone users, the Java-based application is made to bring social networking to the folks who don’t have data connection in India and other emerging markets. SMS is the sole bearer of communication for the service to reduce cost…
Volantis: Gaming will drive the mobile Internet usage in the US and UK
Mobile internet firm Volantis commissioned a report on the mobile web usage and we have some interesting details to share. The main point is that games and social networks will persuade consumers to use mobile internet services more regularly. Here are the key findings: 42% of of US consumers aged 18-34 said that mobile entertainment…
Samsung to use Skyhook’s location technology in its handsets; Wave first on the list
Provider of the location-based platform and services (they call it “Core Location Platform”), Skyhook Wireless, announced a new client – Samsung, which will use their technology in a range of handsets. First in line is the Bada-powered Wave that will get the “most precise, reliable, and fastest location information available.” As you probably know, location-based…
Samsung Dive service remotely protects data on your Wave, Galaxy S
Good news for the Samsung Wave and Galaxy S owners. In addition to shipping the powerful devices, the Korean giant has also made a bonus service, Samsung Dive, available free of charge for the folks with any of the two phones. The service, which is an extension of Mobile Tracker, is made to to help…
Juniper Research: Mobile VoIP minutes to double each year, reaching 470.6 billion by 2015
The number of mobile VoIP minutes will rise from 15 billion this year to 470.6 billion minutes by 2015, finds a new report from Juniper Research. According to the research company, the traffic will steadily rise in all regions over the forecast period, but particularly in developed markets. Juniper’s Senior Analyst Anthony Cox points to…
PayPal’s Mobile Express Checkout available in beta
PayPal unveiled Mobile Express Checkout, which is a mobile version of its Express Checkout technology, allowing merchants to deliver the familiar easy to use shopping experience to their on-the-go customers. Currently the service is available in beta to select retailers, including Buy.com, and the general availability is planned for later this summer. Some of the…
Google Plans Music Service with Android 3.0 in Q4 2010
Google has big plans for its music service efforts after acquiring music-streaming service Simplified Media. Rumors report that the search company plans on launching a music service in conjuction with the release of Android 3.0 in the fourth quarter of this year. After rumors of Apple’s plan to launch its own streaming service as a…
Text4baby hits 50,000 women registered mark!
It was back in February when we first talked about a service for pregnant women and new moms, Text4Baby. Now they’ve announced that 50,000 women have registered for the service and who received over 2 million English and Spanish text messages. According to text4baby’s enrollment numbers, 95% of participants would recommend the service to a…