Books, music, and video

Verizon Wireless and USA Technologies are teaming up to enable mobile payments at vending machines nationwide.

Outdoor apparel company Patagonia Inc. is running a mobile ad campaign designed to raise money and awareness for environmental groups worldwide as part of the Earth Day 2011 celebration.

RedLaser partnered with Atlantic Records music artist Lupe Fiasco to promote his new album “Lasers” and drive pre-order sales by encouraging fans to scan a QR code.

Amazon.com will launch a free commerce-enabled Kindle application for webOS that is tailored for the new Hewlett-Packard TouchPad tablet.

British carrier Three UK has extended a new Facebook and Twitter-friendly music store from Android-based handsets to more of its mobile phone customers.

Barnes & Noble is extending more than 230 Nook kids interactive ebooks to an iPad application designed specifically for children.

Amazon is rolling out its Kindle application to Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7, letting consumers sync their reading across all major devices and platforms.

Award-winning children’s science writer Seymour Simon is monetizing his first mobile application called “Science Fun To Go” using in-application book purchasing via eBay’s PayPal.

Musical artists such as Armin van Buuren, Markus Schulz and The Wanted are using a location-based mobile application to drive ticket sales and encourage fan loyalty by distributing rewards.

Sideways’ Buddy Reading technology is powering a paid digital version of Beatrix Potter’s classic children’s book, “Peter Rabbit: Buddy Edition” for Apple’s iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.