Software and technology

EBay has acquired RedLaser and plans to integrate the technology platform into its suite of mobile commerce services.

Venda has partnered with Digby to launch a commerce-enabled platform that provides consumers with a unified shopping experience on mobile.

Mobile application vendor MyMenuMobile.com has selected Network Intercept’s Secure-Me service to protect consumer credit card information.

Recent patent filings by Apple Inc. are hinting at a possible Apple-lead mobile commerce ecosystem with NFC, mobile payments and coupons at the forefront.

A group of industry experts weighs in: Will NFC live up to the hype and help contactless mobile payments and marketing technologies such as smart posters reach the mass market?

NeoMedia Technologies Inc. and Renu Mobile have reached an agreement to include NeoMedia’s 2D bar codes as part of Renu Mobile’s end-to-end mobile campaign management services.

Contactless chip technology provider Inside Contactless is making its Open NFC commercial-grade NFC protocol stack available in a free and open source edition.

Jagtag claims that its 2D bar codes now work on every camera phone in the United States, delivering optimized multimedia content to both smartphones and standard feature devices.

Artificial Life Inc. has launched its Opus-M product, a modular, carrier-grade mobile commerce platform for business customers, content providers and consumers.

With mobile commerce expected to blow up in 2010, Google’s new Nexus One handset may be the company’s first step in becoming a leader in that niche of the mobile industry.