19 Apr 2012
| by Nick Batten
Barclaycard has launched a contactless payment method called PayTag that works on all mobile phones....From today, millions of Barclaycard customers will be able to make payments with any mobile phone ...
of purchases will be made with mobile phones in the UK in 2016.
Barclaycard claims PayTag provides customers with the choice of simple mobile phone payment without having to wait to upgrade and at no additional cost ...
24 Feb 2012
| by Matthew Chapman
Almost two thirds of Brits (64%) said mobile phones were the most unacceptable device on which...Research commissioned by mobile marketing provider Upstream found the British would rather receive advertising on PCs or laptops and could come as a blow to Facebook, which is expected to announce a mobile ...
of Upstream, said mobile advertising was a contentious issue because "issues get magnified when it comes ...
16 Feb 2012
| by Alex Brownsell
is Europe's first person-to-person service for sending and receiving money using mobile phones...., allows users to send money by simply entering a UK mobile phone number, rather than entering full bank ...
The high-street bank has today (16 February) unveiled Pingit, which allows Barclays customers to send and receive money for free. By next month, Barclays plans to extend the mobile app to all UK ...
27 Feb 2012
| by Ed Owen
for new ways whereby vehicles and mobile phones can interact in the future, at Barcelona's Mobile World...Ford wants to crowdsource ideas, to be submitted via social media, with Ford asking the question, "What will communications technology in vehicles help us do in the future?"
The most interesting responses will be collated into a "customer vision" for mobile-vehicle interactions, and published via ...
02 Apr 2012
sending text messages on their mobile phones while driving.
17 Jan 2012
| by Alec Mattinson
Mobile phone retailer Phones4u has appointed MHP Communications to handle its financial PR..... Jaques said: In a tough consumer climate, Phones4u has been a strong performer in the mobile space ...
analysts, equity analysts and the financial media.
Phones4u was purchased by BC Partners in March 2011, funded in part through a seven-year senior secured bond. As a result, Phones4u has a requirement ...
28 May 2012
| by Alex Brownsell
, which can be attached to mobile phones and used as a contactless payment device....'.
The ad features mobile phones discussing what they are used for by their owners and follows campaigns ...
card, a third of the size of a normal credit card, which can be stuck to the back of a mobile phone ...
year for contactless payment. We re now committed to a more innovative approach through the mobile ...
23 May 2012
| by Nick Cooper
Whether your business is about selling fresh fruit, designer labels or mobile phones, technology...on the way brands deliver sales. Mobile internet poses diverse challenges and many brands are experimenting ...
used effectively by Apple.
Consumers are also using mobiles to research in-store and this creates a ...
need to make mobile a key part of the in-store experience, ultimately creating another POS channel ...
16 Mar 2012
| by John Owens
Research reveals that 61 per cent of the public is in favour of having mobile spend limited....Three out of four members of the public believe mobile phone firms could do more to help ...
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The results come after industry regulator Ofcom urged mobile phone operators to allow their contracted ...
believed most strongly that the regulator should force mobile phone providers to protect their customers ...
09 Mar 2012
| by Gemma Charles
Apple's iPhone 4 is the subject of the largest number of discussions, although 30% of all conversations mentioning iPhones relate to problems with the handset