Mark Bridge writes:

I was on the radio for a few minutes this morning. Nick Ferrari on LBC 97.3 FM was talking to me about a recent survey that noted a rise in blood pressure when people received calls on their mobile phones. As I waited to go on-air, a producer asked me what I thought. “Storm in a teacup”, I said. Well, it seemed better than “Makes my blood boil”.

US mobile network Verizon Wireless has announced that it’ll pay its owners a $7 billion dividend on 25th June.

The company is jointly owned by Verizon Communications (55%) and Vodafone (45%).

A new survey from the USA has published some of the reasons why consumers are giving up on mobile shopping transactions.

The 2013 Mobile Consumer Insights study, which was conducted on behalf of payment technology company Jumio, found that 68% of smartphone and tablet owners had attempted to make a purchase on their device. However, 66% of these people had failed to complete a mobile-based transaction.