Hi-media Group’s Hi-media Payments has brought its Allopass mobile micropayments platform to the North American market.

Mobile flirting service and social network Flirtomatic sold 28,000-plus virtual gifts in the five days between Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve.

Analysts and industry insiders are predicting a big growth year for mobile commerce in 2010.

IMVU Inc., an avatar-based social network and virtual world where people meet and interact in 3D, is letting its members pay for virtual goods using their handsets.

Online gaming network Mochi Media integrated Zong’s mobile payments platform into its recently launched Mochi Coins microtransaction and distribution platform for Flash Games.