Retail mobile payments in South Africa are leading the way
These shops are at the head of the crowd on a worldwide scale in terms of enabling the technology. Although the dream of retail mobile payments is only barely just getting started in North America and is seeing considerable resistance from consumers and stores, alike, this is not the case in South Africa, where merchants are leading the way for receiving transactions through the use of smartphones. Among the largest obstacles that this technology had previously seen … Read entire article »
Filed under: Commercial, International, Mobile Apps, Mobile Payments
BlackBerry apps are now being offered for free
As of yesterday, and running until Christmas day, one application for BB10 platform users will be free per day. The struggling Canadian handset maker has now announced that from December 1 through 25, it will be offering BlackBerry apps for free, one each day, including some of its most popular names. The company that once led the smartphone marketplace is now scrambling to draw positive attention to its brand. According to a spokesperson from the company, these free … Read entire article »
Filed under: Gadgets, Mobile Apps, Mobile Marketing, Technology News
OTI receives certification from mobile commerce venture
Mobile commerce firm Isis awards certification to OTI On Track Innovations (OTI), a developer of mobile payments services, has announced that it has received certification from Isis, a prominent mobile commerce platform. This certification provides OTI’s NFC-based services with more momentum and validation. NFC technology currently makes up the backbone of mobile commerce and the demand for comprehensive and efficient NFC-based services has been growing significantly in recent years. The certification is expected to make OTI’s … Read entire article »
Filed under: Commercial, Mobile Apps, Mobile Commerce, Near Field Communications, Technology News
Mobile security report shows spending to reach all time high
A recent report issued by Research and Markets has revealed that spending could come to $9 billion in 2013. Research and Markets has now released a report on recent data that has illustrated a trend in mobile security spending, worldwide, and that indicates that the figures will be reaching their highest point, to date. The report has indicated that spending on software, infrastructure and services is already aimed at its largest amount ever. The report from Research and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Mobile Apps, Mobile Commerce Security
Augmented reality transforms pizza boxes into video games
A New Zealand pizza chain is giving customers the opportunity to use their mobile devices for an enhanced experience. Hell Pizza, a chain of restaurants in New Zealand, has decided that the box in which their product is delivered is the perfect opportunity to take advantage of what augmented reality has to offer, so that its customers can enjoy an enhanced experience through images that appear to come to life in a video game. To take advantage … Read entire article »
Filed under: Augmented Reality, International, Mobile Apps, Mobile Marketing
Google launches dev kit for augmented reality glasses
Augmented reality glasses now support their own development kit Google has launched a “sneak peak” of its Glass Development Kit, which will allow developers to make native applications for the company’s augmented reality glasses. Glass has managed to accrue a significant amount of attention from developers interested in pushing the limits of mobile technology and augmented reality. The development kit will make this possible and help developer form a better understanding of the capabilities of Glass. Developers … Read entire article »
Filed under: Augmented Reality, Mobile Apps, Technology News
Appmosphere launches new app based on NFC technology
NFC technology is the cornerstone of new application Appmosphere, a developer of mobile applications, has announced the launch of its REACH NFC application. The app will primarily be used at restaurants in Minneapolis, specifically Northeast Social stores that are quite popular throughout the city. Appmosphere and Northeast Social have worked together in the past. This new venture could change the way people interact with Northeast Social, however, as it leverages NFC technology to provide consumers with … Read entire article »
Filed under: Mobile Apps, Mobile Marketing, Near Field Communications, United States
Mhealth apps are not always tremendously popular
Although the category is enjoyed by millions, more than half of its apps are barely noticed. A new report has now been released by the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics that has revealed that as much as mhealth apps are very popular and the categories at app stores are rapidly growing, more than 50 percent of those available are downloaded only 500 times or fewer. There were a number of different types of insight that were revealed … Read entire article »
Filed under: Health Care Industry, Mobile Apps, Mobile Commerce, Trends
Augmented reality game from Google to leave beta soon
Ingress has already become very popular and it will experience its official launch on December 14. The augmented reality game called Ingress, from Niantic Labs at Google has been available to mobile gamers in the beta form for just over a year, during which time it has become quite popular. Last Friday, the game eliminated its requirement for invitations in order to add players. Now, Niantic has revealed that this augmented reality game will lose its beta status … Read entire article »
Filed under: Augmented Reality, Entertainment Industry, Mobile Apps
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