CauseWorld, the first mobile application to let consumers do good just by walking into a store and “checking in” via their handset, has added new bar code scanning technology.

Online marketplace eBay Inc. has further expanded its portfolio of mobile commerce properties with the launch of an application for devices based on Google’s Android operating system.

Expense management company Certify LLC’s Certify Wallet Mobile has risen to the Top 10 iPhone finance application downloads with more than 10,000 people signing up to try the application.

With the intense coverage that mobile applications continue to attract, the content developers are already starting to investigate alternative distribution channels to the application stores.

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

In an exclusive interview, a Sears Holdings executive discussed the mobile strategy for Kmart and the retail giant’s mobile Web sites and smartphone applications.

Mobile banking and payment service provider ClairMail Inc. has extended its clients’ mobile Web experience to Android and BlackBerry devices.

Android outpaced iPhone in terms of growth and downloads on the Myxer platform, according to the company’s new BoomBox report on entertainment trends.

PriceSpider.com has released a bar code scanner for Google’s Android devices to help consumers make better buying decisions while at a brick-and-mortar retail location.

Movie ticket vendor Fandango is continuing to extend its reach, with four versions of its smartphone application and a mobile commerce Web site.