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PaymentOne unveils new initiative to protect and assist mobile payment customers

10/14/201110/14/2011 Sam Lambert

The global mobile payments leader, PaymentOne Corporation, has announced the start of the One Care portal, which is a initiative for consumer advocacy that will guide the industry and help to make certain that consumers and merchants achieve positive mobile payment experiences. One Care would have marketing guidelines established to lead the industry, and would allow for greater investment into IT systems that would assist mobile payment users in being better capable of managing their transactions. Through this initiative, PaymentOne is helping to build a much greater defense against deceptive,…

Will next year mark the explosion of mobile payments?

10/05/201110/05/2011 Sam Lambert

Last week in San Francisco, the GigaOm Mobilize 2011 conference made its main focus the omnipresence of mobile, with a notable focus on the takeoff of mobile payments. The conference was two days long, but included fifty sessions that allowed the participants to deliberate over the influence and the future of the cloud computing mash-up, and of the mobile web, for generating new mobile opportunities, especially in the increasingly familiar theme of mobile payments. Several of the primary topics of debate were focused on the advancements in technology occurring between…

70 countries to receive Android apps for Tap2Pay purchasing

09/07/2011 Stephanie Beck

Text2Pay has announced that it is going to be making a carrier billing service available in over 70 countries, making it possible for developers to enable in-app payments for Android through its Tap2Pay feature. Tap2Pay allows users of Android mobile devices to charge virtual credits and premium application features to their mobile service bills. It reflects the significant increase in the growth of Android over the last few months and the fact that developers are seeking new methods of using apps to monetize their efforts. According to CEO Mark Reiken…

Nokia seeks to dethrone QR codes, but the expense of NFC technology may prove that effort futile

09/05/2011 Stephen Vagus

Despite the growing popularity QR codes have been attaining amongst consumers, the barcodes are losing favor with some companies. Nokia, one of the world’s leading telecommunications companies, is now branding the codes as obsolete. The company has been investing heavily into NFC technology, which allows smart phones and other mobile devices to interact with each other via wireless signals. With Nokia casting aside QR codes, it may signal a major shift in the world of mobile technology is coming. Nokia’s favor of NFC technology stems from the role they play…

Android tablets will come with NFC this fall

08/28/2011 Stephanie Beck

This fall, tablet shoppers will, for the first time, have near field communications (NFC) enabled devices available within two of their choices, both of which will be seven-inch Android 2.3 models from TazTag and Sharp. The TazTag device is a combination of NFC with a biometric finger scanner, in addition to Wi-Fi, GPS, ZigBee, Bluetooth, as well as optional 3G. On the other hand, the Sharp RW-T107 is a tablet that is more enterprise-focused which supports Sony Felica’s version of NFC. The two companies made their own separate announcements of…