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Goodbye credit card? Telcos ramp up mobile payment plans
Australian telcos are ramping up plans to enable customers to pay for goods by swiping their mobile phones or tablets at the checkout.
UK will embrace paying via mobile phones in 2013, predicts Vodafone boss Vittorio Colao
Mobile phones could hit the mainstream as a method of making payments in Britain next year, the boss of Vodafone has claimed finally helping the UK to catch up with much of the rest of the world.
5 Must-Read Tech Stories in China This Week
Christmas came and went this week, but was China's internet naughty or nice? We'll leave that up to you to decide, but here's what was happening in China tech while you were unwrapping presents (or not, …
Cell phones go silent in Karachi
Mobile phones suddenly fell silent across Pakistan's commercial hub of Karachi on Friday following intelligence reports about terrorists planning to trigger remote-controlled explosions, the fourth such disruption to the cellular services in the bustling city this year.
The top 12 tech stories of 2012
In the tech world, 2012 was the year of the reboot. Older, established tech companies such as Microsoft, Yahoo and Nintendo all tried to restart their brands with bold new products and fresh blood in the executive suites.
The World in 2013: Who’s Winning in Mobile?
Landline phones were largely replaced by mobile phones in 2001 and 11 years later it appears personal computers are headed in the same direction. The number of Internet-connected mobile devices are projected to surpass the number of desktop and laptop personal computers in use in 2013. According to The Economist’s Daniel Franklin, mobile companies received [...]
Tech Roundup / Crossrider is off the market
Hola’s first product will crowdsource the Internet; The British government finds Israeli high-tech jolly good.
Mobile phones can produce hilarious text
Modern mobile phones come with a built-in dictionary which enables them to predict what word a user wants from only a few key presses, but…
Coalition launches guide to 'appy holidays
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has launched a cyber safety guide for tech-challenged parents who are buying internet-capable gifts this Christmas.
'Going Native' Boosts Mobile Ad Outlook
The U.S. mobile advertising outlook is a bit rosier, according to eMarketer's latest forecast. Native display ads running on sites such as Facebook and Twitter are leading the charge for the mobile channel. Overall spending on U.S. mobile advertising — which includes display, search and messaging-based ads served on mobile phones and tablets — is expected to see a 180 percent increase this year.
Africa now has more mobile subscribers than the US or EU
Africa’s mobile phone market is now 650 million subscribers strong, reports the World Bank, which means it’s bigger than either the United States or European Union. The number of mobile phones in Africa …
Internet 'moment of silence' to mark US school tragedy
US tech leaders and celebrities have joined a call for an “Internet moment of silence” Friday to remember the victims of last week's massacre of 26 people at a Connecticut elementary school.