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Starwood Hotels targets BlackBerry audience for chain-wide mobile bookings

By Rimma Kats

Starwood Hotels & Resorts is letting guests book their travels and make reservations across 1,000 of its properties via a BlackBerry application.

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American Wagering lets BlackBerry users in Nevada place sports bets

By Dan Butcher

American Wagering subsidiary Leroy’s Sportsbook has launched a sports betting application for Research In Motion’s BlackBerry just in time for football season.

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Phil’s BBQ builds database via mobile ordering app

By Rimma Kats

Phil’s BBQ customers can now order their meal via a new application as part of the company’s 360-degree mobile commerce and marketing program.

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Rock band GBV monetizes content catalog via mobile storefront

By Dan Butcher

Indie rock recording artist Guided By Voices is launching a multi-content mobile storefront in conjunction with its upcoming reunion tour kicking off later this year.

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Inviting opinion pieces on mobile commerce

By Staff reports

Mobile Commerce Daily is inviting opinion pieces on mobile commerce issues that affect retailers and marketers as they encourage shopping and transacting via mobile.

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Nine West pushes fall collection with 2D bar codes

By Giselle Tsirulnik

Jones Apparel Group-owned Nine West has invested in 2D bar codes for the launch of its Fall 2010 Vintage America Collection featuring Joss Stone.

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IPhone user digital couponing behavior different from Android

By Giselle Tsirulnik

Android users are manly-scented, pork-eating, news-reading bird lovers, according to Coupons.com.

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Virgin America taps mobile social network for loyalty play

By Giselle Tsirulnik

Virgin America is using mobile social network Loopt Star to spice up the deals for its new service from California to Cancun and Los Cabos, Mexico.

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Mobile coupons key for optimizing sales this holiday season: study

By Giselle Tsirulnik

Because 82 percent of shoppers use their mobile phone while in the store, marketers need to develop a mobile presence for the 2010 holiday buying season.

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Pepsi to keynote holiday Mobile Marketing Summit Sept. 2

By Staff reports

How will Pepsi, Kenneth Cole, ESPN, Steve Madden and Waterford Wedgwood tie mobile into their holiday strategies? Register now to learn at the Mobile Marketing Summit New York: Holiday Focus.

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Lessons learned from the $10M mobile content lawsuit settlement

By Dan Butcher

A group of mobile content providers is on the hook for more than $10 million to settle a class action lawsuit, even though all of the companies involved deny any wrongdoing.

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TD Bank rolls out mobile banking apps to streamline customer service

By Giselle Tsirulnik

TD Bank is streamlining its customer service operations via mobile applications for Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android-powered devices.

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Swanson Health Products bolsters sales strategy with mobile commerce

By Giselle Tsirulnik

Swanson Health Products has opened up a new sales channel with the launch of a mobile Web site that lets consumers buy affordable vitamins and health food products right from their mobile devices.

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