Three UK is the latest company to introduce a new European roaming deal, hot on the heels of Vodafone’s announcement earlier this week.
It’s called the Euro Internet Pass and it allows unlimited mobile data use when in the EU for £5 per day.
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Customers of the Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest can now withdraw money from a cash machine by using their mobile phone instead of a bank card.
The ‘GetCash’ service is available via the banks’ free app on Apple, Android and BlackBerry devices.
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Mobile payment solution provider iZettle has made its application programming interface available to developers, enabling its card payment technology to be incorporated within other applications.
The beta programme of iZettle’s mini chip-card reader and app launched in the UK last month, giving almost anyone the ability to turn an iPhone or iPad into a credit card terminal.
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Podcast - 13th June 2012
In this week's mobile industry news podcast we're looking at Apple's new mobile operating system, Vodafone's money-saving European tariff and Microsoft's plans to expand the reach of its Xbox gaming console.
There's also talk about network sharing, legal battles, mobile apps, mobile payments and mobile retailing.
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Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s says it’s acquired HMV Group’s shareholding in Anobii Limited for just £1. The deal will give Sainsbury’s a 64% stake in Anobii alongside HarperCollins, Penguin and Random House Group.
Anobii combines a library of over 60,000 eBooks with a 600,000-user social network. Readers are encouraged to rate and review their choices, which can be bought and downloaded to a variety of e-readers as well as Android and iOS devices.
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