UK Home Office opposes knife crime with mobile application

Mobile Interactive Group and Saint, the digital section of RKCR/Y&R, have launched a mobile app called Pocket Beatz. The free app allows users to create mini-tracks from rep-recorded samples, and syncs with the users address book so they can share them with friends. The app is available from the Bebo page of the Home Office’s [...]

Need a wife quick? She’s only a mobile search away thanks to Jeevansathi

Jeevansathi.com is one of India’s larger matrimonial websites, and it has now introduced matrimonial search on mobile. The new mobile service allows users to search and contact via their mobile phone.
Focusing on WAP-enabled phones, the app is downloaded by texting a short-code number. Users create profiles, search others profiles and view photos. Existing members can [...]

Qdoba shows 52% redemption rate from JAGTAG mobile coupons

Qdoba, a Mexican fast-food chain in the US, recently ran a mobile coupon campaign using the JAGTAG MMS mobile barcode system. JAGTAG has released the results from the campaign, showing an average coupon redemption rate of 52%

JAGTAG ran the Qdoba program to promote a new restaurant near the University of Michigan campus. JAGTAG 2d barcodes [...]

ScrOOn launches pick-and-choose library for branded social media services

Social media platform ScrOOn is launching a service to help bring brands closer to their consumers. ScrOOn creates branded media like web TV and social networks to help agencies communicate with audiences.
ScrOOn allows brands to choose services from a back-end library, customise them, and integrate them into any existing website. Services range from video sharing, [...]

Skyfire brings Ustream live video onto it’s mobile browser - will it beat Bolt?

Skyfire has announced a partnership with Ustream, combining it’s full-web web browsing with the Ustream live video service. Skyfire will place Ustream prominently among it’s bookmarks, allowing users to watch thousands of live streams, including some from Fox, CNET and Air America.
Ustream is focused on broadcasting live-streams from any internet connected camera to the [...]

DeaLoco and Big in Japan partner for bargain hunting through mobile barcodes

Big in Japan and DeaLoco have combined forces to improve shopping apps on mobile. ShopSavvy, from Big in Japan, is a mobile app and barcode scanner. When a user scans the barcode on any product, ShopSavvy searches for other on-line or local retailers that might sell it cheaper. DeaLoco is a bargain hunting site that [...]

ASAP Systems launches mobile barcode apps for its Passport tracking system

ASAP Systems today introduced its new barcode mobile software apps for its Passport system. The business-end apps are highly customizable and can be used for tracking, for example, inventory location, stock levels or police department evidence.
The apps run on Motorola handheld barcode scanners, and synchronise with a parent desktop version. This allows mobile users to [...]

Virgin Mobile USA launches new Britney Spears campaign - but does endorsement work on mobile?

Virgin Mobile USA has launched it’s new “Take Advantage” campaign, informing customers of greater control over their mobile billing and costs. It’s also taking advantage of the Virgin sponsorship of Britney Spears new “Circus” tour, to integrate her into the campaign.
The theme for the campaign is that Virgin is encouraging customers to take advantage of [...]

Mobivox launches a CRM over Voice service for mobile

CRM is critical but I am no fan of IVR. Nevertheless Mobivox has launched a new mobile voice activated services platform.

From the press release:
Mobivox CEO Peter Diedrich introduced CRM over Voice in a presentation at the Emerging Communications Conference (eComm2009) here today.
“Mobivox partners can now perform all-important CRM in the course of service delivery, rather [...]

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