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Starbucks rocking the mobile world with over 70 million mobile transactions 31 Jan 2013 | 09:50 pm
The Starbucks Coffee Company has become an architect of great commercial success with their entry to mobile applications world eighteen months ago. As of late last year they can now boast in having ov...
Mobile app assisting those with visual disabilities 28 Sep 2012 | 10:21 pm
A mobile application published by the nonprofit group Horizons for the Blind is offering solutions to the visually-impaired by increasing their autonomy when shopping at stores. Horizons for the Blind...
Cybercrime: are you one of its increasing numbers of victims? 14 Sep 2012 | 07:29 pm
A new Norton Cybercrime Report cites that 1.5 million people worldwide are victims of online crime on a daily basis. They also claim that 2 out of every 3 internet users have been affected by cybercri...
Everything Everywhere and MasterCard team up 7 Sep 2012 | 06:52 pm
MasterCard’s deal with T-Mobile and Orange has come to an end. A new 5 year deal between MasterCard and Everything Everywhere has been forged. Their plan is to develop a person to person payment syste...
American Sale bringing delivery convenience to customers via mobile 31 Aug 2012 | 01:10 am
Anybody who has had to wait for delivery from a store knows the pain of being stuck at home, prisoner to the vague delivery times given to them. Superstore American Sale is changing that through the e...
Google Wallet releases version 2.0 17 Aug 2012 | 11:28 pm
Out with the old and in with the new. Google has released version 2.0 of their Google Wallet service which allows a prepaid credit card of your choice to be stored in a completely secure environment. ...
Boston’s LevelUp continues to secure major funding within the mobile payments arena 14 Aug 2012 | 09:55 pm
LevelUp, the Boston based mobile payment service provider and sister company to SCVNGR, has announced that they have raised an additional $9 million to up their total funding to a whopping $21 million...
Apple moving in on mobile payments technology with AuthenTec purchase 7 Aug 2012 | 09:53 pm
The first important bit of news is that Apple’s foray into the mobile payments world will begin this fall with the release of their Passbook software. We mentioned two weeks ago that Passbook would be...
Is ViVOtech closing its doors? CEO Mick Mullagh says no 31 Jul 2012 | 11:45 pm
The NFC (near field communication) software and POS systems company ViVOtech is reported to be shutting down its operations, despite securing nearly $100 million in funding over the past ten years. Ho...
Costco enhancing customer experience with their new mobile app 30 Jul 2012 | 10:39 pm
Members of Costco who are also Android and iPhone users will now have access to a free app that will greatly enhance their shopping experience. Costco has successfully tied many of their in-store serv...
