ExclusiveContactless mobile payments now commercially available from Visa News Mark - December 7, 2010 Visa Inc. and Visa Europe have announced the commercial availability of mobile contactless payments. This is the first time in Visa’s history that a mobile contactless payment solution has been included in its list of products available for commercial deployment.
ExclusiveConsumer Experience report shows how much the UK is relying on mobile phones News Mark - December 7, 2010 Ofcom has just published its fifth annual Consumer Experience Report, which reveals how the UK communications market has developed in recent years. 91% of the UK population now has a mobile phone, compared to 80% in 2006.
ExclusiveMobile in-app billing revenue less than expected in 2010 - but 600% growth expected next year News Mark - December 7, 2010 Mobile billing and analytics company Bango says in-app billing – selling additional features or services from within a mobile application – hasn’t been as popular as expected this year. Less than 5% of payments billed through its mobile payments platform in 2010 were for in-app billing.
ExclusiveShazam sees more than 100 million users News Mark - December 6, 2010 Music discovery company Shazam says it’s passed the milestone of 100 million users, with 25 million of those users being added in the last six months.
ExclusiveGoogle Nexus S smartphone coming exclusively to Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy News Mark - December 6, 2010 The much-rumoured Google Nexus S smartphone has been officially confirmed by Google. It’ll run version 2.3 of the Android platform (Gingerbread) and is equipped with a 1GHz Hummingbird processor and 16GB of memory.