Australian telcos are ramping up plans to enable customers to pay for goods by swiping their mobile phones or tablets at the checkout.
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'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.
Mobile phones: Love them or hate them
Americans love them, and hate them. And many say they can’t imagine living without their mobile phones.
Addiction to mobile phones may drive away friends
London, Dec 2 (ANI): Mobile phones addiction is eroding our personal relationships, according to a new study.
Eastday-China Mobile aims to sell over 100m phones
CHINA Mobile seeks to sell more than 100 million mobile phones next year, or a 25 percent growth year on year, as the telco taps specially-designed models and popularity of smartphones.
New Article on Tech Blog Digitalolympus.com Discusses Role of Mobile Internet in Public Healthcare Delivery
Tech blog DigitalOlympus.com recently published an article discussing the role of the mobile internet in the delivery of essential healthcare services to the public. With the dominance of smartphones and mobile phones in the telecom sector, and the wide availability of push email and SMS powered medical apps, we are seeing the emergence of a new type of public healthcare delivery system running …
Research and Markets: Mobile Advertising / Promotions and Consumer Enabled Product Authentication with Smart Phones
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the ” Mobile Advertising / Promotions and Consumer Enabled Product Auth
Cash-strapped Spaniards ditch their mobile phones
MADRID (Reuters) – A quarter of a million Spaniards ditched their mobile phones in September, with Telefonica (MCE:TEF) and Vodafone (LSE:VOD) bearing the brunt of cancellations by recession-hit consumers. …
Mobile, Internet and app giants meet in San Francisco for The Open Mobile Summit
Leaders from mobile, Internet, media and high tech industries are gathering in San Francisco tomorrow for The Open Mobile Summit, taking place at the InterContinental Hotel.
Tech in Asia: Our Picks for News of the Week [Nov. 3, 2012]
This week we saw more developments in the mobile chat application space, as a number of Asia-based companies and startups continue to push the envelope in mobile communication. As long as the internet …
Financial Review on Tech Stocks Akamai Technologies Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. – Cloud Market Distinguishes Internet Companies
Improving advertising demand is helping nearly all internet information providers. However, the improvement has not been enough to substantially lift revenues. Success in the mobile and cloud markets are …
Over 10 Crore Mobile Phones Shipped To India In Jan-June
New Delhi: Mobile phones shipment to India during the first-half of 2012 crossed 10 crore units, registering a growth of 16.6 per cent over the same period over the previous year, according CyberMedia Research (CMR).
NQ Mobile(TM) Collaborates with Cat® Phones to Make Rugged Smartphones even Safer
DALLAS, Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – NQ Mobile (NYSE: NQ) a leading global provider of mobile Internet services focusing on security, privacy and productivity, today announced an agreement that will bring …
Mobile Phones Can Give You Brain Tumour, Court Rules
ROME: Mobile phones can cause brain tumours, according to a landmark court ruling. Read more…
Faster 4G phones will slowly change our lives
A network that allows mobile access to the internet as fast as a desktop PC's will be live in weeks – if a little underused Mobile phones used to be just for calling your friends, but with a super-fast mobile network set to launch in the UK, opening web pages in a split second and watching TV in high definition will soon be a reality for smartphone-addicted Britons. It has taken years of legal …