News Briefs

Todays news briefs - MasterCard-approved mobile payment sticker debuts; Magento and Zoovy power mobile commerce platforms.

Today’s News Briefs - Restaurant Association selects Mocapay for mobile marketing services; Frost Bank adds SMS to its mobile banking service; and, Marks & Spencer launches mobile commerce site.

Today in mobile commerce - Ace Marketing partners with Blue Bite to create proximity marketing network in the U.S.; Crisp Wireless updates ad technology; Distimo Monitor offers insight into competitors’ apps.

Mobile Commerce Daily briefs - Big in Japan acquires Snappr to expand ShopSavvy’s bar code scanning; and Aberdeen Group releases a guide for food retail technology.

Today’s news briefs - Mobile marketing will have a role to play in mobile banking, according to Celent; and USAA makes mobile financial transactions simpler, safer with VeriSign.

Mplayit expands social mobile app store worldwide; Clickatell new hire to bolster mobile financial services deployments; and MediaWeava lets media owners convert music files for mobile.

Digital book technology took a major leap forward at the Consumer Electronics Show when knfb Reading Technology Inc. unveiled Blio and Barnes & Noble partnered with Audiovox for the Lexi.

Order Mapper Inc. has updated its Order Pizza iPhone application to make ordering pizza via mobile faster and more convenient for people on-the-go.

Poynt, a free, local search application currently used by almost 2 million BlackBerry users, is helping consumers with their post-Christmas returns and New Year’s party planning needs.