Tagged: M-Commerce
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Mobile payments will become mainstream in next four years – AIB Merchant Services News
08.04.2013 Speakers at the AIB Merchant Services (AIBMS) Conference held in the Aviva Stadium, Dublin, over Easter mapped out the current commerce landscape and future trends, with a... -
SuperValu creates mobile shopping apps for iOS and Android smartphones News
02.01.2013 SuperValu has revealed new mobile shopping apps that let shoppers buy their groceries from the comfort of their homes or by zapping barcodes with their smartphones and paying...Categories: Wireless Communications, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Apps -
Ticketmaster Ireland launches apps for Android and iOS News
18.12.2012 Ireland’s ticket sales hub has just launched its own mobile apps for both Android and iOS, giving users the ability to purchase tickets on the go as well as access to a range of... -
Mobile devices drive Black Friday online sales (infographic) News
26.11.2012 Black Friday is the day that shoppers in the US go rabid for one-day-only in-store deals, but with the rise of e-commerce it has increasingly become an online phenomenon, too... -
Facebook calling: social network phone services coming to a market near you News
21.11.2012 Should mobile operators be worried that Facebook is about to muscle into the phone business or is it an opportunity to maximise data revenues? The news that Facebook is to...Tags: Telephony, Facebook, M-Commerce, Games, Skype, VOIP, Smartphones, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Orange, -
EasyTrip rolls out new Charge2Mobile toll payment service News
14.11.2012 Electronic toll payment service EasyTrip has joined forces with O2 to roll out a new channel for motorway tolls for drivers who currently pay by cash to pay via their pre-pay or...Categories: Consumer Tech, Digital Business, eCommerce, Mobile, Mobility, Phones, Wireless Communications -
Betting giant Paddy Power to create 800 new tech jobs – total headcount to approach 3,000 News
11.10.2012 Some 800 jobs in areas such as e-commerce, m-commerce, technology development, social media, quantitative research, risk management and online marketing are to be created in...Categories: Social Media, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Internet, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
The rise and rise of the mobile shopper News
09.10.2012 For many people their mobile device is increasingly becoming an invaluable aid while shopping on the high street, such as for comparing prices. But it seems growing consumer...Categories: Consumer Tech, Digital Business, eCommerce, Economy, Mobile, Mobility, Search, Wireless Communications -
Facebook now accepting mobile payments via carrier billing in US, UK and Germany News
24.09.2012 Facebook is now accepting mobile payments for mobile web services via carrier billing in the US, UK and Germany. The new service, powered by Bango, could pave the way forward...Categories: Social Media, Phones, Internet, Games/Entertainment, eCommerce, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Vodafone Ireland CEO Jeroen Hoencamp: firms need to get online and get social (video) News
03.09.2012 Citing Cisco research which predicts that by 2015 there will be 15bn devices connected to the internet, Vodafone Ireland CEO Jeroen Hoencamp urges firms to take the promise of... -
Mobile payments firm SumUp to create 40 new tech support jobs in Dublin News
14.09.2012 SumUp, a young start-up company that provides small firms with mobile point of sale services via Apple iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android smartphones, is to create 40 new jobs...Categories: Wireless Communications, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Financial Services, Financial, eCommerce, Digital Business, Apps -
EU gives Everything Everywhere, Telefónica and Vodafone go ahead on m-commerce venture News
05.09.2012 The European Commission has approved the creation of a mobile commerce joint venture between Everything Everywhere (Orange and T-Mobile), Telefónica and Vodafone in the UK. -
eBay revenues jump 23pc to US$3.4bn – predicts 2012 mobile volumes to hit US$10bn News
19.07.2012 E-commerce powerhouse eBay reported a 23pc increase in second-quarter revenues of US$3.4bn, yielding it a US$730m profit. The company’s CEO John Donahoe predicts mobile payment...Categories: Wireless Communications, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Financial Results, Financial, eCommerce, Digital Business, Consumer Tech -
More than 6bn of Earth’s population carries a mobile device – that’s 75pc of the world News
18.07.2012 Some 6bn people on planet Earth have a mobile subscription, which includes 5bn people in developing countries, according to The World Bank. That means 75pc of people on the...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Government, Global CIO, eCommerce, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Apps Zone, Apps -
NFC’s star is rising – mobile payment volumes to hit US$171.5bn News
29.05.2012 The number of mobile payment users in the world will reach 212.12m, up from 160m last year, and mobile transaction values will reach US$171.5bn – up 62pc on last year.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Business, Consumer Tech -
Sage rolls out ‘mobile payments anywhere’ tech in UK and Ireland News
04.05.2012 Business software giant Sage today began rolling out its Sage Pay Mobile technology, which enables businesses to accept card payments using their mobile phones to authorise the...Categories: Wireless Communications, Security, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, eCommerce, Business Software -
Accenture CTO: social media is transforming retail business (video) News
13.04.2012 The increasing penetration of social media and smartphone technology is giving rise to the availability of context-based shopping experiences, Accenture CTO in charge of...Categories: Digital Business, Apps, Digital Marketing, Digital Media, eCommerce, Internet, Mobile, Mobility, Phones, Social Media -
Eventbrite gets into hardware – launches iPad credit card reader News
21.03.2012 Event ticketing site Eventbrite has launched its first piece of hardware – a nifty little credit card reader that sits on an iPad allows events organisers to collect payments at... -
#mwc12 – Facebook reveals one ‘Ringmark’ to unite them all on mobile News
27.02.2012 MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS - Facebook’s CTO Brett Taylor today unveiled a new strategy whereby the social media giant will work with 30 device makers, mobile operators and developers...Categories: eCommerce, Consumer Tech, Internet, Mobile, Mobility, Phones, Social Media, Wireless Communications