Tag Archives: mobile application
Topshop offers location game app to students with SCVNGR a lovely twist on mobile marketing
UK clothes brand Topshop has teamed up with SCVNGR. They will collaborate to offer a bespoke SCVNGR game via a mobile app which offers users within 500 meters of a Topshop special marketing promotions and fun.
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How the Buzz disaster trained Google to do better with Google+
Google+ is still new enough that many of the posts on it are about the network itself: “hey, I’m on Google+!”. That certainly mirrors the behavior of the early days of Google Buzz – almost every message sent through it was alone the lines of “hey, I’m on Google Buzz!”. But Buzz was a massive failure – and it seems that as a direct result, the launch of Google+ has been handled much better. Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Mobile applications, Social Networking, android, google, mobile news
Tagged android, google, google buzz, google plus, mobile app, mobile application, social network
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Why Adobe is losing the mobile development war
Just yesterday, we published an article on how two very different companies were both tackling the same problem in very different ways. The companies were Google and Vdopia, the problem is that Apple iOS doesn’t support Flash, and both of their solutions amounted to the same thing: stop using Flash. Today, yet another company has released a solution that side-steps Adobe. Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Mobile OS, Mobile applications, mobile developers, mobile news
Tagged adobe, appflash, appmobi, flash, HTML 5, HTML5, mobile, mobile app, mobile application, mobile developers
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Opera signs Bango to handle global payments for Opera App Store
Bango pursues two main functions single-mindedly: mobile payments and mobile analytics. Not only does it want to power mobile transactions, it also wants to analyze every step of every transaction. Today, it has announced that it will be powering the payments system for the entire Opera Mobile App Store – which can be accessed by any phone running the immensely popular Opera mobile browsers. Continue reading
Symbian still getting some love: Nimbuzz releases update
I’ve got something of a track record for being scathing about Symbian – it’s in the incredibly unfortunate position of being dead in the water, while at the same time still being the most populous mobile OS in the world. Which means developers are still forced to release updates for it, despite the fact that it’s starting to stink like a body under the floorboards. Today, vastly popular mobile IM and call service Nimbuzz has announced version 3.2 of its Symbian app. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Messaging, Mobile OS, Mobile applications, mobile news, nokia, symbian
Tagged mobile app, mobile application, mobile Im, Nimbuzz, nokia, Ovi, symbian
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Mobile developers have a lot to gain from Asia
An extremely interesting stat burst came from Distimo today, a company entirely dedicated to application stores. It has taken a long hard look at the Asian application market, and has announced a few lessons that Western developers should heed if they want to get involved. Continue reading
Posted in China, Mobile applications, mobile developers, mobile news
Tagged app store, asia, China, Distimo, mobile, mobile app, mobile application, mobile developers
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GetJar admits app recommendation doesn’t really work [UPDATED]
GetJar is one of the biggest app stores in the world – and it’s the very largest that allows any phone to download apps. No matter your device, you’ll find something that will work on it at GetJar. Today it has announced that it is building social features into the GetJar portal using Facebook. Continue reading
CrowdStar launches most insulting mobile game ever
Wow, CrowdStar. Just wow. In an attempt to make a mobile game that appeals to a rapidly growing type of mobile gamer; the middle-aged Mom, CrowdStar has managed to unleash the worst kind of gender-biased tripe on the world. Continue reading
Posted in Games, Mobile applications, mobile news
Tagged crowdstar, gaming, mobile, mobile app, mobile application, mobile game, mobile social gaming, social gaming, top girl
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Shazam displays song lyrics in real time on your mobile
Mobile music application Shazam is one of the longer-lasting success stories in the industry. The company has gotten big enough that today it has announced its very first corporate acquisition – it has bought a chunk of technology from a subtitles/captioning company called Tunezee. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Music, Mobile applications, Music, mobile news
Tagged App, application, lyrics, lyricsplay, mobile, mobile app, mobile application, Mobile Music, Music, Shazam, tunezee
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eBay buys Magento, complements its mobile strategy
eBay has made another acquisition today, in the form of ecommerce provider Magento (which is a bit too close to Magneto for me to be entirely comfortable with). While Magento has a pretty broad remit in terms of electronic commerce, we’re more interested in what it does on mobile, and it will mean for eBay. Continue reading
Make your music festival better with mobile apps
It has been a while since we’ve had an article about GetJar here on GoMo – along with Millennial Media, the mobile application store is one of the best examples of how an independent company can compete against the Android and Apple monoliths. Today, GetJar is issuing its suggestions for the best five apps you can download to your phone for music festival season. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile applications, mobile news
Tagged getjar, mobile, mobile application, Music, music festival
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Monitise makes smart mobile banking moves in India
Monitise is a company that lives up to its name. It’s an enabler of mobile money services – whether you’re a bank, mobile operator or other financial services provider, Monitise can allow you to offer advanced mobile banking, payment and money products. And now it has announced a major app launch in the virile Indian market. Continue reading
Posted in India and Asia Pacific, india, mobile money, mobile news
Tagged india, mobile, mobile application, Mobile Banking, mobile money, moible app, monitise, standard chartered
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Mobile commerce: MoreMagic enters the airtime transfer market
International airtime transfer is a pretty serious market – allowing people working abroad to transfer airtime to family or friends at home has proven to be an incredibly popular service. Today, a broad-spectrum mobile commerce enabler called MoreMagic has entered the market with a cross-platform smartphone application. Continue reading
Posted in mobile money, mobile news
Tagged airtime, etopuponline, mobile, mobile app, mobile application, mobile commerce, mobile money, moremagic, transfer
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Music festivals and University look the same on mobile
What do music festivals and University have in common (apart from the questionable facial hair, hyper-sexual atmosphere, vast quantities of booze and drugs, and abundance of ironic t-shirts)? Mobile applications, of course! In February this year, we reported that Australian mobile advertiser Motopia had bought its own app developer: 2moro. Now we’re seeing the fruits of that union, as Motopia has signed an exclusive UK distribution agreement with Educate Ltd. for its mobile comms platform Lemon & Lime. Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Mobile Ad&Mktg, Mobile Agencies, Mobile Marketing, Mobile applications, mobile news
Tagged 2moro, australia, college, educate, events, festival, mobile, mobile app, mobile application, motopia, UK, university
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