Total mobile app revenues from pay-per-download, in-app purchase, subscriptions, and in-app advertising will soar over the next five years, growing from $8.5 billion in 2011 to $46 billion in 2016, according to a new report from ABI Research.

Catalogue by TheFind, the only catalog shopping app on the Kindle Fire, has amassed more than 150,000 Android users.

Barclay’s new Pingit mobile app is intended to simplify how individuals exchange money by enabling users to send and receive currency directly from their smartphone.

A new report from JiWire points to the importance of locally relevant advertising to mobile users and the need for local merchants and other businesses to focus on reaching consumers in and around their locations.

Cancer Research UK is introducing smartphone applications for several devices that will deliver content, a mobile wallet and a loyalty program for regular donors.

International restaurant chain Johnny Rockets is biting into mobile with a new mobile marketing strategy that includes SMS to better communicate with its customers.

The number of mobile users expected to use a near field communications-enabled mobile phones as a metro rail or bus ticket is expected to grow from less than 1 percent today to 13 percent by 2016, according to a new report from Juniper Research.

Following a flurry of announcements around NFC-enabled mobile payments last year from Google and Isis, there has been very little news on the NFC front so far this year while cloud-based payments such as is offered by PayPal appear to be picking up some steam.

Bass Pro Shops is piloting the use of iPod touches in stores to reduce the amount of time customers spend waiting in line to make a purchase.

The mobile industry let out a big “oops” this week when flaws were exposed in mobile applications from Google and Citi that put consumers at risk, suggesting that the rush to be first in mobile payments and mobile banking may come with a price.