With more than 60 million mobile app users, Facebook could be looking to a new agreement with Bango to introduce carrier billing as a way to monetize mobile.

British fashion apparel retailer Topshop recently launched a fully transactional iPhone app to engage customers when they are in a store or on the go.

NEW YORK – An executive with Walgreens speaking at the Mobile FirstLook 2012 conference yesterday said that 40 percent of the retailer’s online prescription refills are being filled via mobile devices.

NEW YORK – An OfficeMax keynote at the Mobile FirstLook: Strategy 2012 conference discussed the retailer’s approach to mobile which revolves around giving customers easy access to the brand ahead of delivering ads.

Regional grocery chain Brookshires has implemented MyWebGrocer’s Plan2Gro 5X platform, enabling shoppers to use their mobile devices as a one-stop source for grocery lists, coupons and loyalty rewards.

Maxim Integrated Products Inc. is suing Starbucks, Expedia, Capital One and Bank of the West, alleging these companies infringed several patents with their mobile payment apps.

In preparation for the upcoming tax season, Jackson Hewitt Tax service has introduced its first mobile application to put tax-related information in customers’ hands.

Walmart has acquired mobile app developer Small Society in a move that signals both the growing importance of mobile applications in the retail space and retailers’ desire to control as much of the mobile experience as possible.

IOS and Android device owners downloaded 1.2 billion mobile applications between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, pointing to continued upside potential for app developers.

Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen and the mobile payments app LevelUp are giving New Year’s Eve revelers in New York a chance to earn $10 worth of free food by using their mobile phones to pay for their food purchases.