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Mobile Marketing Association elects new global chair

The Mobile Marketing Association has elected a new Global Board Executive Committee with Turkcell's Melis Ertem as its new Global Chair.

Federico Pisani Massamormile, the previous chairperson, will remain on the Executive Committee as Chairman Emeritus.

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Visa plans mobile wallet for USA customers later this year

Visa Inc. has announced plans to introduce a 'digital wallet' in the United States and Canada this autumn. The service will store details for Visa and non-Visa accounts, offering NFC payments through the Visa payWave application.

Other payment options, including online transactions, retailer discounts and person-to-person money transfers, will also be available.

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Motorola Mobility acquires SunUp Digital Systems to help manage video content

Motorola Mobility says it's acquired California-based SunUp Digital Systems.

SunUp's software helps with the delivery and management of premium video across television, smartphones and tablet devices. It's expected to be used within Motorola Medios, Motorola's own 'multi-screen' software system for Internet TV.

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GetJar acquires Infrinity to make apps easier to find

Independent application store GetJar has acquired Infrinity, a young company that provides 'predictive insights' to help publishers improve their customer lifecycle management.

GetJar plans to use Infrinity's technology to help it improve discovery, recommendations and user experience within its app store.

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Google claims 100 million activated Android devices worldwide

Google's I/O 2011 developer conference has seen the company talking about its Android mobile platform.

It says there are now 100 million activated Android devices around the world, with 400,000 new Android devices activated every day. The Android Market has seen 4.5 billion downloads and currently has 200,000 free and paid applications available.

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