Vogue has created an iPhone application that pairs products from advertisers such as Valentino and Gucci with style items from consumers’ own personal collections.

Luxury retailer Gilt Groupe is encouraging downloads of its new commerce-enabled iPad application by giving a $10 credit to the first 10,000 consumers who register for membership through it.

Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg has entered the mobile arena with an iPhone application that promises a transactional and rich-media experience similar to its wired Web presence.

EBay’s Paypal iPhone application has been downloaded 1 million times in less than three weeks, making the transfer of money as easy as bumping iPhones.

Text messaging has become the second most common way that consumers donate to charities next to online giving.