22

May

2013

Visa says over €1 billion has been spent on contactless cards and NFC smartphones in Europe

Author: The Fonecast

Visa Europe says the adoption of NFC contactless payments has reached a ‘critical point’ across Europe.

More than 19 million transactions took place in March 2013, driving the total spend on contactless cards and smartphones equipped with a Visa payWave app to over €1 billion (£856 million).

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21

May

2013

Apple remains the world's most valuable brand, according to Brandz 2013 survey

Author: The Fonecast

The eighth annual Millward Brown Optimor BrandZ Top 100 ranking of the most valuable global brands still has Apple at the top, despite a slight drop in the total value of technology brands.

Apple’s brand value was calculated at $185 billion, just 1% up from 2012. Google retained second place but closed the gap slightly.

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21

May

2013

Vodafone annual results show a drop in revenue and profit

Author: The Fonecast

Vodafone has announced its results for the financial year that ended on 31st March 2013.

Revenue for the group was down 4.2% to £44.4 billion, while a drop in the value of the company’s Italian and Spanish businesses meant profits fell from over £7 billion last year to £673 million.

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20

May

2013

Jolla smartphone with Sailfish OS now available to pre-order

Author: The Fonecast

Finnish smartphone company Jolla has started taking pre-orders of its first device.

Its phone, which runs the Sailfish OS and has a 4.5-inch display, is currently priced at €399 (£337) plus shipping. Full details aren’t known but it’ll run a dual-core chip and will support 4G.

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20

May

2013

Yahoo! to acquire blogging and sharing business Tumblr

Author: The Fonecast

Yahoo! has agreed a deal to acquire blogging and media sharing platform Tumblr for approximately $1.1 billion (£724 million).

Tumblr will continue to operate as a separate business with David Karp as CEO.

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