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Articles Tagged ‘apps’


American Wagering lets BlackBerry users in Nevada place sports bets

September 2, 2010

American Wagering subsidiary Leroy’s Sportsbook has launched a sports betting application for Research In Motion’s BlackBerry just in time for football season.


American Eagle drives retail sales with mobile triple play

August 25, 2010

American Eagle Outfitters is taking advantage of various mobile channels to enhance its consumer engagement efforts, ultimately leading to increased sales.

Adobe survey: 80pc of businesses have or plan to have mobile commerce site

August 20, 2010

The first annual Adobe Scene7 Mobile Commerce Survey details leading businesses’ strategies for leveraging the emerging mobile channel over the coming year.

Mobile shopping startup CheckPoints gets $1M in funding

August 6, 2010

CheckPoints, a mobile startup in the location-based retail category, closed a $1 million Series A financing round from the cofounders, brothers Mark and Todd DiPaola.

Fandango’s mobile commerce Android app surpasses 1.5M downloads

August 2, 2010

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

What does Citi iPhone app security flaw mean for mobile banking?

July 28, 2010

Citigroup responded quickly to correct a security flaw in its mobile banking app for iPhone, and the problem seems to be an isolated incident, not an alarming trend.

Games, music, social networking dominating apps space: skyrockit

July 20, 2010

Entertainment categories such as mobile gaming, music and social networking are dominating the applications space, according to skyrockit’s newest executive.

Merchants should use mobile to find out about target consumers: study

July 13, 2010

The mobile medium offers various channels that are ideal for collecting information about merchants’ and marketers’ target consumers, including applications.

Tribune Media Services opens movie showtimes content to app developers

July 12, 2010

Tribune Media Services is letting mobile application developers using the Placecast MatchAPI to integrate movie showtimes and theater locations into their offerings.

IKEA takes its product catalog mobile with augmented reality app

July 2, 2010

Retail giant IKEA has taken its 2010 catalog mobile with the launch of an augmented reality application for Apple’s iPhone.