Businesses Keep Turning to Mobile Credit Card Readers
On Monday, Business Insider updated readers on the emerging superpower that is the mobile payments industry – the growth of which is being driven by...
Category: Mobile Asia
WhatsApp CEO: We’re Now ‘Bigger Than Twitter’
It’s official. WhatsApp is now the single-most-used independent smartphone app in almost every country around the globe. Today at D: Dive Into Mobile, WhatsApp CEO...
Two thirds of shoppers prefer mobile web over apps
As part of the ongoing quest to make retailers see the light and offer decent mobile support for online shopping, a new study has revealed...
Tapjoy Behind Launch of PopcornflixGOLD
Well-respected mobile advertising juggernaut Tapjoy and Popcornflix – the feature film movie streaming platform owned by Screen Media Ventures – have announced availability of PopcornflixGOLD....
Google Glass Represents The New Age of ‘Tech Intimacy’
The development and launch of Google Glass could usher in an era of computer intimacy. That’s according to comments made public Friday by Intuit Chairman...
Poker Giants on The Hunt for an Online Gaming License
The Chicago Tribune reported Friday that a gambling expansion bill in Illinois may allow PokerStars, which was formerly accused of money laundering and fraud by...
Judge: Apple, Google Conducting Business in The Courtroom
Apple and Google have now spent years locked in legal battles over an increasingly complex array of patent ownership and violation claims. So intense, convoluted,...
LinkedIn Announces Acquisition of Pulse
Moments ago, LinkedIn released a public statement confirming its acquisition of Pulse, which is owned by Alphonso Labs, Inc. The transaction is valued at approximately...
91% of Teenagers Will Buy a Smartphone for Their Next Phone
Piper Jaffray has published Taking Stock With Teens, a new report highlighting the hottest trends and purchasing preferences among U.S. teenagers. When it comes to...
IDC: Social Networks Overtaking Mobile Ad Networks
On Tuesday, IDC published an eye-opening new report highlighting that large mobile publishers like Facebook, Pandora, and Twitter are consistently gaining control over the display...
BlackBerry Shuttering BBM Music Service in June
BlackBerry is ready to rock out. This June, BlackBerry will close its cloud-based BBM Music service. The closure of the service after only two years...
Samsung’s Preliminary Q1 Earnings Dazzle Wall Street
On Friday, Samsung provided a preliminary financial update for the first quarter of 2013 and Wall Street reacted with exuberance. The South Korean tech giant...
Microsoft Readying Challenge to Google Glass
In February, Google opened our eyes to the great many possibilities born of a remarkable wearable technology that is being hailed as one of the...
comScore: iOS Further Eroding Android’s U.S. Market Share
On Thursday, comScore published new data from the comScore MobiLens service for the three month average period ending in February 2013. As of late February,...
Zynga to Launch Its First Real Money Games in The U.K. Wednesday
Tomorrow, social gaming giant Zynga will introduce to the United Kingdom its first real-money gambling product made possible through a partnership with online gaming firm...
Scentsy Hopes to ‘Smell Success’ with Mobile Payment Partnership
Scentsy, a global leader in fragrance, has announced a new exclusive mobile payments processing partner. The goal, naturally, is to give Scentsy Independent Consultants the...
