5 Reasons We Pay for Mobile Apps When There Are Free Versions

m-commerce mobile apps

You probably have tons of mobile apps on your smartphone or tablet that you use on a regular basis. There are always more free apps available that you can download onto your device, yet we still find the need to pay for apps. There are several reasons why we pay for apps when we can get so many of them for free. Here are five reasons why we still pay for apps. Malware Let’s face it: We have no idea where some of the free apps come from. We may…

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Electronic invites get injected with high technology

Invitere App

Electronic invites were all the rage when the Internet was still young, but have fallen out of fashion as technology has evolved. Now, sending event invites to friends and family over the Internet has been streamlined by sites like Facebook, but iapps24, a mobile application developer, is looking to make electronic invites more innovative. The company has developed a new app for the iPhone, Android and Blackberry platforms that uses augmented reality to provide invitees detailed directions to the location of events. Events of any scale can be difficult to…

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iPhone app lets Amtrak customers purchase their tickets via mobile phone

Boston Amtrak Station

Amtrak has announced its introduction of a new iPhone app that will allow its passengers to more easily check the train schedules, plan their trips, buy train tickets, and change the reservations that they’ve already made. The purpose of the app is to provide faster and more convenient ways for travelers to plan their trips and make the necessary arrangements. They can now download the Amtrak app for free from the Apple App store in order to benefit from the many features connected to the Amtrak trains which operate in…

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Augmented reality takes virtual tourism to a new level

Augmented Reality Travel App

Many wish that they could travel more but are unable to do so for a variety of reasons. Augmented reality may hold the solution, as Tour Wrist, a mobile marketing company offering high-quality virtual tours, is eager to show with its latest mobile application. Virtual tours are quite popular in the real estate business. Indeed, Tour Wrist has worked in that industry for several years, providing highly detailed tours. The company’s app, bearing the same name as the company itself, will not be showing off tours of homes. Rather, smart…

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Canada uses QR codes around town to interact with tourist

Mobile marketing is a growing trend with many of the world’s businesses, most of them focusing on campaigns powered by QR codes. An increasing number of government agencies are following suit, as is the case with the National Capital Commission of Canada. The agency recently unveiled the use of QR codes in Ottawa as part of an initiative to education visitors of the city’s history. Ottawa’s Terry Fox Statue now features a rather large QR code, which links to a mobile website embedded with a video on the cultural value…

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