Tagged: M-Commerce & News
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Sage rolls out ‘mobile payments anywhere’ tech in UK and Ireland News
04.05.2012 Business software giant Sage today began rolling out its Sage Pay Mobile technology, which enables businesses to accept card payments using their mobile phones to authorise the...Categories: Wireless Communications, Security, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, eCommerce, Business Software -
Accenture CTO: social media is transforming retail business (video) News
13.04.2012 The increasing penetration of social media and smartphone technology is giving rise to the availability of context-based shopping experiences, Accenture CTO in charge of...Categories: Digital Business, Apps, Digital Marketing, Digital Media, eCommerce, Internet, Mobile, Mobility, Phones, Social Media -
Eventbrite gets into hardware – launches iPad credit card reader News
21.03.2012 Event ticketing site Eventbrite has launched its first piece of hardware – a nifty little credit card reader that sits on an iPad allows events organisers to collect payments at... -
#mwc12 – Facebook reveals one ‘Ringmark’ to unite them all on mobile News
27.02.2012 MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS - Facebook’s CTO Brett Taylor today unveiled a new strategy whereby the social media giant will work with 30 device makers, mobile operators and developers...Categories: eCommerce, Consumer Tech, Internet, Mobile, Mobility, Phones, Social Media, Wireless Communications -
3V brings out new pre-pay youth card News
24.02.2012 Irish electronic payments provider 3V has just launched a pre-pay youth card that’s aiming to be a type of money management service for teens, as parents can control and monitor...Tags: M-Commerce, Ireland, -
3V moves into Dutch mobile money market News
25.01.2012 Dublin-headquartered electronic money provider 3V has expanded its franchise into the Dutch m-commerce market by signing up a franchise partner, 3V Netherlands. -
What the tech industry landscape will look like in 2012 News
13.01.2012 By 2020, the global ICT industry will reach revenues of US$5trn – US$1.7trn larger than today – and 80pc of the industry’s growth will be driven by third platform technologies...Tags: IT spending, IDC, Big Data, Internet of Things, M-Commerce, Tablet Computers, Microsoft, IBM, Facebook, Analytics, Business Intelligence, Amazon, Netflix, Smartphones, Cloud Computing, iOS, Android, Google, VMWare, RIM, HP, Windows 8, SAP, Oracle -
There are now 35m NFC handsets in the world News
14.12.2011 The year 2011 was a breakthrough year for NFC (near field communications), not only due to the launch of Google Wallet and other new services coming on stream, but the arrival...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Economy, eCommerce -
eBay and PayPal eye an US$8.5bn m-commerce opportunity News
20.10.2011 Mobile commerce represents a US$8.5bn opportunity for eBay and its online payments arm PayPal, the president and CEO of eBay John Donohoe believes. eBay reported Q3 revenues of... -
Start-up’s major deal with Tote Ireland – pool betting goes mobile News
18.10.2011 A fast-moving Irish start-up that claims to have closed the loop on m-commerce has struck a key deal with Tote Ireland, owned by the Irish Government – to provide mobile betting...Categories: Wireless Communications, Security, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Government, Consumer Tech, eCommerce, Games/Entertainment -
‘Magic’ of Wallet NFC network is spreading across US, Google says News
18.10.2011 The ability to pay for goods and services with a mobile phone is having a “magical” effect on consumers, Google said today as it signed up more top brands willing to conduct...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Mobility, Mobile, Financial, eCommerce, Digital Business -
Start-up claims it has ‘closed the loop’ on m-commerce News
03.10.2011 Actus Mobile, a new Irish software company headed by a management team that includes Microsoft’s former director of international internet strategy, says it has developed a...Categories: Software & Web Development, Security, Phones, Online Business, Mobility, Mobile, Jobs, Internet, eCommerce, Digital Business -
Retailers lagging in m-commerce stakes - survey News
23.09.2011 While a growing number of consumers are expected to be buying goods and services regularly via their mobiles within the next three years, retailers appear to be lagging behind... -
NFC Android ticketing app to challenge Ticketmaster News
29.07.2011 A Dublin tech firm has unveiled the world’s first NFC-based contactless event ticketing app for Google Android devices and intends to reinvent the concert and sports venue...Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Operating Systems, Mobility, Mobile, eCommerce, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Apps -
M-commerce mainstream in four years, business execs say News
18.07.2011 An overwhelming 83pc of business executives surveyed by accountancy giant KPMG are convinced that mobile payments via NFC-powered smartphones that function as mobile wallets...Categories: Wireless Communications, Networking & Telecoms, Mobility, Mobile, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Business -
eBay acquires mobile payment company Zong for US$240m News
07.07.2011 eBay has acquired Zong, a company which provides payments through mobile billing, for US$240m in cash, aiming to bring its services to PayPal.Categories: eCommerce, Deals Done -
Irish start-up to revolutionise in-game payments at E3 News
07.06.2011 A new payments model that allows gamers to purchase in-game upgrades and currency in less than 10 seconds via their mobile bills rather than credit cards is being unveiled today...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Financial, eCommerce, Apps -
HTC Watch movie downloads to spearhead m-payments for Vodafone News
27.05.2011 HTC Watch, the new high-def movie downloads service that comes with the HTC Sensation ‘superphone’, could be the catalyst for a new m-payments venture by Vodafone that will...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, eCommerce -
eBay and PayPal report solid growth in mobile commerce News
28.04.2011 Global e-commerce giant eBay reported Q1 results of US$2.5bn in revenues, up 16pc on last year. The company said its PayPal subsidiary is seeing solid growth in mobile commerce... -
The future of money News
28.04.2011 PayPal’s head of Irish operations Louise Phelan warns 66pc of Irish firms don’t engage in e-commerce despite a booming global digital economy.Categories: Web, Private Irish Business, Online Business, Mobility, Internet, Financial, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Business, Digital 21