Everything Everywhere, Telefonica UK and Vodafone UK have announced plans to create a standalone m-commerce joint venture. It'll combine the expertise from Orange, T-Mobile, O2 and Vodafone to speed the development and delivery of new mobile marketing and payment services.
Subject to regulatory clearance, the joint venture will provide a single point of contact for advertisers, marketing partners, retailers and banks. It's aiming to launch by the end of 2011.
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Former Vodafone deputy CEO Sir Julian Horn-Smith has been elected to the board of Acer for the next three years.
He's one of two 'independent directors'; the other new board member is Dr F.C. Tseng, who co-founded Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.
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Pizza Express has introduced a new iPhone application that lets customers book a table and then pay their restaurant bill using PayPal or a credit/debit card. It's thought to be the first time a major retailer has used PayPal online payments in physical UK high street shops.
The company is also rolling out free WiFi via The Cloud in all of its 370 restaurants.
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A new study from Pitney Bowes Business Insight shows that just 45% of consumers in the USA and the UK trust their mobile provider.
The most important factors for establishing good trust according to UK consumers were front-line employees and marketing communications, while US consumers put management policies first.
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Mark Bridge writes:
It may have been done with the best possible intentions, but developer Daniel Amitay has managed to upset a few people after releasing information gathered by his Big Brother Camera Security app.
The app helped iPhone users to protect themselves against thieves; not only did it lock the user's iPhone if left unattended, it would use the phone's camera to take a photo of anyone who tried unsuccessfully to unlock the device.
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