Android users are manly-scented, pork-eating, news-reading bird lovers, according to Coupons.com.

Buoyed by the success of its mobile iPhone application, Pizza Hut is about to get more ambitious with iPad and Android apps.

Movie ticket vendor Fandango’s commerce-enabled Android application has surpassed 1.5 million downloads since its launch at the beginning of the year.

Online retailer Gilt Groupe has launched an application on the Android platform to bolster its smartphone user strategy.

InterContinental Hotels Group is using an Android application to reward loyal customers with points for future deals.

IPhone users have a greater propensity to engage in mobile transactions than other smartphone users, according to Yankee Group.

App developer shopkick raised $15 million in Series B financing led by Greylock Partners, a sign that the mobile medium is becoming a priority for retailers.

Retailer Coldwater Creek is letting iPhone and Android users shop directly from its new mobile-optimized site as part of the company’s multichannel shopping strategy.

Book retailer Borders Group Inc. is expanding its mobile repertoire with the launch of an ebook store and new applications for BlackBerry and Android devices.

Apple will not be the undisputed king of mobile application downloads in five years time, according to an Ovum report.