Research company comScore has published a survey comparing mobile usage and behaviour in Japan, the United States and Europe. It found significant differences between the three regions, with almost twice as many Japanese mobile users using their mobiles to go online (browsing, accessing applications or downloading content) as European users.
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A study from the Alcatel-Lucent Global Youth Lab – young people aged 18 to 26 from eleven countries – has revealed that 81% showed a strong interest in using their mobile phones as wallets, with 89% willing to pay a monthly fee for the service. The acceptable median monthly fee was $7.77 (£4.92) per month.
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UK-based e-commerce company Gate2Shop has announced a partnership with mobile payment provider mopay. It means that customers who don't have or don't want to use credit cards and bank accounts can make online payments at Gate2Shop-equipped retailers via their mobile phones. As a result, Gate2Shop partners in over 60 countries can now add mobile payments to their other payment options.
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Mobile networks KPN, T-Mobile and Vodafone are working in partnership with the ABN Amro, ING and Rabobank banking businesses to introduce mobile payments to the Netherlands.
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Mark Bridge writes:
I knew I’d seen it before. Towards the end of last week I read about a study from the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania that said it was pretty easy to identify passwords from smudges on touchscreen mobile phones.
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