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Excited about the Facebook IPO and all of the surrounding buzz? Need a financial news app for your iPad? You’ll be glad to know CNNMoney launched an iPad application, allowing users to keep up with the latest news, market overviews and stock alerts from a comfort of their sofas. Available as a free download, it…
Cloud communications company Twilio launched Twilio Client (SDK) for Android, making it super-easy for mobile developers to integrate VoIP capabilities into their Android apps. Among the features developers will be able to access are: Real-time presence with buddy list support – the Twilio platform will notify an app when a user is ready for voice…
Wikitude, which is one of the Augmented Reality pioneers, wants to bring the technology to even more users. Their new solution, called “AR window,” enables any mobile webpage to include Augmented Reality content. According to the press release we got, using this technology mobile web pages will be able to open up smartphone’s camera view…
Dolphin Browser, which is already the single most used third-party web browser for Android and iOS platforms (and my favorite browser in case you ask), is turning to East for further expansion. The company announced a pre-install deal with Japan’s major mobile operator – KDDI. As a result, Dolphin Browser will be pre-loaded on future,…
Open app marketplace Appia introduced advertiser support for Google Play and a new Pay Per Install advertising service, which is delivered across the company’s global app distribution network that reaches more than 500 million mobile consumers worldwide. Android publishers can now drive user activations through Pay Per Download, Pay Per Install and organic Carrier App…
After pretty much conquering Nordic markets, iZettle is going for the rest of Europe. Their first stop is UK, where the mobile payments company is currently organizing an invite only beta programme with MasterCard, American Express and Diners Club. Under the scheme, users are invited to download iZettle’s free app and request an invitation or…
In its latest report, Juniper Research is looking to mobile operators and the risk they’re facing from billing errors and fraud. According to the research company, carriers face losing nearly one-quarter of revenues — nearly $300 billion — by 2016. However, this could be mitigated through the implementation of revenue assurance and fraud management solutions.…
Jumio, which we know for their technology that turns webcams into card and ID readers, launched the Mobile SDK, allowing developers to add credit card scanning capabilities to their apps. The new Netswipe Mobile Software Development Kit is touted as a fast and easy way to implement credit card capturing into mobile apps with no…
Motorola updated the rollout schedule for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The upgrade table lists the most recent rollout date and upgrade status for each handset. As expected, the Droid Razr and Razr Maxx will be among the first to get ICS, while Bionic owners will be near the end. It’s meant to be encouraging to…
Amidst all the chatter from Verizon Wireless about being the first major carrier in the United States to offer shared data plans for families this summer, T-Mobile is taking a radically different approach. In a blog post, senior vice president of marketing at T-Mobile Andrew Sherrard made his views perfectly clear: shared data plans are…