Nonprofit organization Children’s Miracle Network has extended its fundraising efforts through SMS to leverage the habits of a younger demographic to support its cause

ABI Research predicts that by 2013 application downloads via smartphones will peak.

Online personal finance service Mint.com launched a free application for the Android smartphone platform.

Nonprofit Mobile Loaves & Fishes created a campaign where Danny, a homeless man, was on a 50-foot-high billboard with a mobile call to action to raise money for his home.

Online gift registry MyRegistry.com launched an iPhone application with bar code scanning capabilities.

Transamerica Retirement Services released an application that will let participants monitor their retirement accounts using the iPhone or iPod touch.

TazTag has partnered with Inside Contactless and Sagem Orga to develop a new method of delivering contactless payment transactions via NFC.

Golden Village Cinemas is going green for Earth Day with the launch of a mobile paperless ticketing system.

Money transfer company MoneyGram International has announced the first large-scale commercial roll out of cash-to-phone money transfers in the United States.

Condé Nast’s Lucky magazine plans to sell its issues as digital content for the iPhone and iPad.