51pc of world uses social media: report – Luxury Daily
Luxury Daily today - 51pc of world uses social media: report; Payment security top priority for retailers in 2015.
Amazon drops mobile wallet as chances of a shakeout grow – Mobile Commerce Daily
Mobile Commerce Daily today - Amazon drops mobile wallet as chances of a shakeout grow; Millennials’ mobile booking preferences pressuring brands to improve apps: report.
Hipcricket files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in a reflection of SMS troubles
Hipcricket has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is seeking court approval to sell assets to Sito Mobile Ltd. for $4.5 million.
Flipboard Adds Native Ads
Magazine app Flipboard has joined the native ad fray with a new feature called "Promoted Items," Peter Kafka reports. The new format will debut next month on the heels of running video ads on the app, which began last year.
Mobile Minutes: Facebook adds $200 billion to economy; Turkey’s Twitter ban; “Tinder for fashion” app; Charlie Hebdo app
Today in mobile marketing - Facebook report says it adds more than $200 billion to global economy; Turkey threatens to ban Twitter (again); 'Tinder for fashion' app Grabble targets 1m users as ecommerce moves to mobile; Charlie Hebdo launches app versi...
Victoria’s Secret’s catalog gets a mobile boost for Valentine’s Day – Mobile Commerce Daily
Mobile Commerce Daily today - Victoria’s Secret’s catalog gets a mobile boost for Valentine’s Day; Will Softcard deal be enough to save Google Wallet?
Zenith tutorializes watch maintenance with mobile app – Luxury Daily
Luxury Daily today - Zenith tutorializes watch maintenance with mobile app; Christie’s sees 60pc increase in ecommerce art sales.
Biometric authentication expected to dominate app world: report
More than 770 million biometric authentication applications are expected to be downloaded per year by 2019, up from just six million this year, pointing to the possible extinction of alphanumeric passwords, according to a new report from Juniper Resear...
Twitter looks to missed call marketing with ZipDial buyout
Twitter’s acquisition of Indian mobile marketing startup ZipDial reflects its desire to branch out to international offline users and venture into a new form of mobile advertising based on consumers making missed calls to companies.