Poynt’s location-based reference app for BlackBerry is getting an impressive new feature thanks to Telus. If you have incomplete or absent results when doing a business search, you can launch a phone call to a live service rep who can look up more information for you and update the Poynt database. Details right now are…
Pandora for iPad gets its first advertisers: Starbucks, Lexus and Budweiser
Pandora announced first advertisers for its iPad advertising platform – Starbucks, Lexus, and Budweiser. Each of the brands/companies prepared a campaign that features rich video, audio and interactive capabilities. Pandora’s advertising solutions allow companies to hyper-target consumers by gender, age, location, the type of music they like and time of day. Advertisers can take advantage…
Ovi Maps updated with location-aware hotel booking in the US and UK
Ovi Maps got a cool new update for spontaneous folks living or travelling to the US and/or UK. Nokia’s maps app now rocks a location-aware booking feature, allowing users to search for hotels nearby and reserve a room right on the spot. The functionality is added in cooperation with Expedia and comes on the heels…
U.S. Cellular deploys Zed’s mobile entertainment content solution to enhance its Tone Room Deluxe Storefront
U.S. Cellular is deploying Zed’s Master Content Service Provider (MCSP) solution to centralize the way mobile entertainment content (ringtones and ringbacks) are merchandized, marketed, programmed and distributed whether accessed through the web or mobile phone. Here’s what it means for the end users – they will be able to assign ringback tones to both individuals…
U.S. Bank to launch mobile person-to-person payments in partnership with CashEdge
While the big banks are still somewhat struggling to get out of recession or at least to get some respect back from the general public, U.S. Bank — the nation’s 5th largest commercial bank — is innovating. Together with “Intelligent Money Movement services provider” CashEdge, they are set to launch person-to-person online and mobile payments…
Fuze Box launches Fuze Meeting for Android
After releasing its mobile applications for the iPhone and BlackBerry users, online collaboration solutions provider Fuze Box is “going Android” with the Fuze Meeting app. Using the new application, users can collaborate on various forms of content including videos and office documents, all while on the go. In a nutshell, Fuze Meeting for Android’s features…
Wind Mobile Offers New International Calling Plans
In a clear counteroffer to Mobilicity’s grab for worldly customers, Wind Mobile now has add-ons for unlimited calling to similar countries. Subscribers can call China, Hong Kong, India, Bangladesh, South Korea, Singapore, or Taiwan all they want for $20/month, or more occasional callers can get a $0.05/minute preferred rate for $5/month. Currently, Mobilicity offers plans…
Zendesk goes Android, makes customer support mobile
Popular customer support solution provider Zendesk is “going Android,” allowing customer service representatives to answer questions even while on the go. Initially their mobile application was released for the iPhone (we haven’t talked about it, though), and new a slew of Android smartphone users are joining the wave, as well. According to the company’s press…
Fortumo launches instant-activation in-app payments for Android
Mobile payments provider Fortumo has launched an easy to integrate in-app payments solution for Android developers that [solution] works in roughly 40 countries around the world. As a result, developers are able to monetize their app or premium features inside the application via carrier billing. On the other hand, end users do not have to…
AppCity.com launches like a global mobile app store, but it’s an app catalog
I know many people don’t like the idea of reading about a “yet another app store,” but I’m a big fan of competition and when I got an email in my inbox informing me that the “first global online store for mobile applications” AppCity.com has been launched, I decided to check it out. Unfortunately, I…