Ecosystems found in nature can be easily destroyed when there is an imbalance. Business ecosystems tend to be somewhat hardier, yet they too demand balance. ... Read More »

Based on the shopping bags I saw this past holiday season, the smartphone industry is posed to have a banner year in 2010. Consumers of all ages and technical abilities want these intelligent devices that give them constant ... Read More »

Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, iPhone, Android. What's next? The public's taste in smartphones seems to change much like the flavor of the week at the local coffee house. Yesterday's Double-Espresso Delight can be easily replaced by ... Read More »

Consumers have a new passion – their personal mobile devices. Whether it's a smartphone, laptop or netbook, consumers always have their device of choice nearby. And this mass adoption of mobility has carried over to most ... Read More »

VeriSign Inc.’s mobile messaging unit said it won a contract to offer text-messaging-based mobile banking services to Wilmington Trust. Customers can access banking information, such as ATM and branch locations, personal ... Read More »

The hospitality industry is realizing the increasing importance of adding mobility and wireless technologies to its business processes, according to a recent survey commissioned by Motorola Inc.’s Enterprise Mobility ... Read More »

Mobile banking is beginning to get legs in emerging markets, but it’s not just the noble goals of empowering individuals and helping the downtrodden that is driving the space. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ... Read More »

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Mobile marketing types like to talk about cool features like click-to-video, 2-D barcodes and interactive wireless scavenger hunts. ... Read More »

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has donated $12.5 million to back an effort to bring cheap mobile financial services to people in developing markets. The Mobile Money for the Unbanked (MMU) program seeks to work with ... Read More »

After talking to a number of mobile and security experts, I've come to the conclusion that far from being less secure, mobile banking may even be more secure than logging on to your bank Web site over your PC. ... Read More »

VeriSign Inc. continued to streamline its business by jettisoning part of its European mobile messaging division. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company had established a mobile foothold in Europe with the 2006 acquisition of ... Read More »

You may not want to learn how much smaller your bank account has gotten. But banks are making it easier than ever for consumers to access account information on their mobile devices. ... Read More »

Corporate wireless solutions provider Spring Wireless is hoping to make its services a household name in the wireless industry. With a presence in 16 countries, Spring Wireless CEO Marcelo Conde said it sells its M2M solution ... Read More »

Barclays has become the first UK high street bank to offer free security software to its mobile banking customers, in a deal with anti-malware vendor Kaspersky Lab. ... Read More »

By 2011, more than 150 million customers worldwide will use their phone for mobile banking transactions, according to a new study from Juniper Research. The firm said mobile banking currently is more advanced in the Far East, ... Read More »

Customer reviews have grown in popularity and power to become part of the mainstream of e-commerce. Mobile commerce, however, is still young—but growing. Customer reviews technology vendor Bazaarvoice believes m-commerce to be an ... Read More »

Now that the novelty of iPhone applications has worn off a bit, I've been evaluating which apps are useful and which are just sapping resources from my device. ... Read More »

Sybase Inc. is looking to expand its m-commerce business with the acquisition of Germany’s paybox solutions AG for an undisclosed sum. Paybox was founded 10 years ago and has gained traction in markets including Germany and ... Read More »

29% of U.S. consumers have used a mobile phone while shopping in a retail store, new research shows. And shoppers who use a mobile phone in a store are 6% more likely than those who have not to buy something in the store, ... Read More »

Mobile financial services are poised to become the next “it” application, according to research firm ABI Research. “Mobile financial services have the potential to be bigger than mobile TV and premium mobile content in terms of ... Read More »

The company is following in the footsteps of Visa and MasterCard by offering card holders the ability to manage their accounts with a cell phone. ... Read More »

In early 2005, catalog technology and services vendor Ecometry acquired Blue Martini, a provider of e-commerce platforms, contact center and marketing technology and services. In late 2006, order management and fulfillment vendor ... Read More »

Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. has launched a mobile commerce site, m.RalphLauren.com, where shoppers can purchase clothing and accessories with their cell phone or web-enabled handheld device from its three collections. ... Read More »

A research report recommends banks adopt a login method beyond user name and password, and provide e-mail alerts for particular conditions like a large withdrawal. ... Read More »

To draw consumers into brick-and-mortar stores, you need to engage them -- and no channel makes it easier than mobile. Here are a few methods that are proven to work. ... Read More »

­The UK bank, NatWest has launched a mobile phone based service to enable its customers to send money to Poland. ... Read More »

San Francisco’s Paymo launched a mobile-payment service in 39 markets around the world, joining an ever-increasing number of startups looking to deliver a mobile wallet. Paymo is targeting digital transactions and micropayments ... Read More »

Unbound Commerce has launched a mobile commerce technology platform, dubbed Mobile Presence, designed to speed and ease the creation of a mobile retail web site. ... Read More »

In this report, RCR Wireless News recognizes just some of the people who have been or hope to be instrumental in shaping the industry, leading it into new areas and creating for it fresh opportunities. Check here for the full ... Read More »

GameFly Inc., an online game subscription service, is winging its way into mobile commerce. ... Read More »

Mobile coupons are expected to reach 200 million redemptions worldwide by 2013, according to a new report from Juniper Research. The mobile coupon market is most mature in Japan and Korea to date, but the United States and ... Read More »

Alltel is teaming with mFoundry to create a new product called the Alltel Wallet. ... Read More »

Mobile banking can be viewed as a hook for customer acquisition, but takedown shouldn't be relied on for customer retention. ... Read More »

Polillo, a remote island in the northeastern Philippines with poor road infrastructure and no public transport, is set to get a taste of mobile banking long before the developed world does. ... Read More »