Tag: mobile commerce event

Mobile commerce from eBay plays important role in London weekend event

L. Green
mobile devices christmas m-commerce

The massive online marketplace created a social mcommerce experience at Covent Garden. Over the weekend, eBay played an important role in the mobile commerce and social experience available at a Covent Garden event in London, which was designed to help to reveal what the top Christmas gift items would be this year in the United Kingdom. The online auctions site drove the event with its experience as a leading retailer for more than 15 years. The site analyzed its own data, which has been collected from actual consumers who have…

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Vizibility opens its NFC program to technology developers attending this year’s SXSW conference in Texas

Stephen Vagus
NFC Technology

Vizibility Inc., an online identity management and professional services firm, has announced that it has opened up 1,000 spots for its previously private NFC beta program. The company has been experimenting with NFC technology for the past several years, hoping to develop a new platform for businesses and individuals to communicate more efficiently. The spots in the program are open only to those attending this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin, Texas. Those participating in the program will be given one-year access to Vizibility’s NFC platform at no…

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NFC Boot Camp seeks to prepare the business world for NFC revolution

Jesse Collins
NFC Technology Mobile Payments Infrastructure

NFC technology is beginning to take off in the business world. A growing number of companies are looking to incorporate the technology into their business in some way, but few have an understanding of what NFC really is. In an attempt to raise awareness of the technology, a group of marketing professionals have launched a new series of seminars geared at preparing businesses for the oncoming storm of NFC technology. Dubbed NFC Boot Camp, this new series provides a crash course in all things NFC, especially when it comes to…

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2012 Mobile World Congress to focus on mobile marketing

Andrew Hobbs
2012 Mobile World Congress

The GSMA mobile operators association has just announced that the Mobile World Congress of 2012 will be focusing on mobile marketing for the first time ever in this annual technology event. The Mobile World Congress is held in February in Barcelona, drawing technology industry leaders and enthusiasts by the tens of thousands to gain insight on the latest in gizmos, devices, techniques, news, and predictions within the mobile industry. The industry overall considers the Mobile World Congress to be one of the most important global events for the latest in…

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