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VeriFone Reimagines Retail and Powers the Future Shopping Experience

Published on Tuesday, January 17th by Youlmae Lee

VeriFone Systems, Inc. has revealed its next generation payment solutions and invites retailers to reimagine interaction, mobility, security and globalization. (www.verifone.com)
New solutions introduced today expand VeriFone’s market-leading point-of-sale business with new multimedia, mobile technology, payment paradigms and cloud-based services that simplify and enhance the retail experience.
“Retailers hunger for new, more meaningful and profitable ways to [...]

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PayPal Says Mobile Payments To Hit $3 Billion

Published on Friday, January 13th by Youlmae Lee

How many of you have used PayPal’s mobile app to transfer money? How many of you have purchased on mobile online-commerce sites using PayPal? Paypal forecasts $3 billion in mobile-device payments in 2012.
The online payments service, which is owned by eBay, had projected last fall that it would process $1.5 billion in 2011. It [...]

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Wagamama restaurant chain shows faith in Nokia

Published on Tuesday, April 26th by Tony Dennis

Rating: Finally launches its Nokia app on Ovi

The restaurant chain group, Wagamama, has display a strong degree of confidence in UK Nokia handset owners by launching its app on Nokia’s Ovi store . This is some 14 months after it claimed to be “the first restaurant in the UK to offer a ordering service via the iPhone. The news follows the company’s announcement that Wagamama’s online take-out site wagamamatakeout.com is now fully optimised for use by smartphone handsets. It should provide a better quality user experience across a wide range of handsets. The new Nokia app is available immediately for a free download. It allows users to browse and order food straight from their Nokia phone. Continue reading →

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GetJar’s Mork comments on App Store subs

Published on Wednesday, February 16th by Tony Dennis

Rating: Subscriptions are a good thing – mostly

“Subscription is a good thing because it allows publishers to monetize in a way that maximizes user value,” commented Patrick Mork, GetJar‘s CMO. It’s also a good thing because it gives publishers “the flexibility to charge consumers based on their preferences – i.e. one time payment versus cheaper periodic payments.” Subscription is also good for publishers since it allows them generate recurring billing which is more profitable for their bottom line. Continue reading →

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Google finally doing something about app payments

Published on Friday, December 24th by Tony Dennis

Rating: AT&T customers offered Market billing via their carrier

One reason why Android developers are blatantly earning less than Apple iOS developers is the former’s fraught route to market. Apple apps can be purchased and paid for via iTunes which is an well-established global sales channel. With Android Market, if you live outside the USA then paying for apps is fraught with difficulties. Finally Google is getting to grips with the problem and has just signed up its second US mobile operator- AT&T. The news filtered out of the Android developers’ blog here. As Eric Chu from the Android Developer Ecosystem put it, “AT&T Android users can now easily charge their Android Market purchases to their monthly accounts with only a few clicks.” Continue reading →

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Mobile barcodes play their part in the charity game

Published on Thursday, March 11th by Cian O' Sullivan

barcode-wallet Recent disasters have proven just how good a channel the mobile is for charitable donations. Problem is, millions of calls have a tendency to jam networks. Often, during the moment of greatest public awareness of a disaster, givers are turned away because the process is so difficult. We’ve seen how effective SMS can be for getting around that (see our report here), and now Canadian company MobioID is seeing what it can do with 2d barcodes and television. Continue reading →

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One weak link can break a chain: why mobile advertising failed for Zamano in the UK

Published on Tuesday, March 2nd by Cian O' Sullivan

weak-linkAn interesting news story popped up today. Mobile data services company Zamano reported a revenue drop of almost 40% in the UK during 2009 – a drop that the Irish Times attributed to “a shift away from advertising services on print and TV to advertising on mobile devices.” Zamano declared it is withdrawing investment from the UK altogether. This really drew our attention, as it sounded pretty dramatic. It sounded like mobile advertising was being blamed for the low revenues of the company. So GoMo News spoke to Zamano CEO, John O’Shea. And the picture he painted was one of a successful mobile advertising model that was destroyed by one weak link. Continue reading →

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Which do you prefer, your bank or your mobile phone?

Published on Tuesday, January 19th by Cian O' Sullivan

money-dollars-cashIt’s no secret that mobile finances are in the ascendent in Africa. While m-payments are being touted in Europe and America as a more convenient way to bank and pay, in Africa they mean so much more. And recent research shows that Nigerians trust their mobile more than a bank when it comes to handling money. Continue reading →

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