iZettle, which offers a plug-in card reader that can turn an iPhone or iPad into a credit card terminal, has launched a beta programme in the UK. It follows launches in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway within the past nine months.
UK users who want to accept MasterCard, American Express and Diners Club cards can can sign up via iZettle’s UK website or can download the iOS app from the Apple App Store and request an invitation.
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It's been another busy week for the mobile industry, with European roaming charges, Facebook applications, Yahoo's CEO, mobile payments, free messaging and financial results all hitting the headlines.
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Market research company Newzoo has published new insights into the UK’s mobile gaming market.
The number of mobile gamers in the UK has grown by 18% year-on-year to 23.9 million people, with 75% of them playing on smartphones and 17% on tablets.
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The latest US retail figures from the IBM Retail Online Economic Indicator show some dramatic increases in online retailing.
In particular, the first quarter of 2012 saw mobile commerce account for 13.3% of all online retail sales, almost double the 7% figure from Q1 2011.
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Greg Flakus of voanews.com writes:
Millions of people are addicted to playing games on mobile devices, with rivals and teammates spread around the world. A company in Austin, Texas has developed such a game, known as a mobile multiplayer online game, for the Apple iPhone and iPad, basing it on a pen-and-paper game that was popular in the 1970s called Traveller.
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