Mobile Commerce

At GigaOm Mobilize 2011 Conference, various experts from telcos, middleware, and infrastructure providers joined in to share their perspective on the evolving mobile ecosystem, the cloud, new opportunities in the space and mobile payments. Despite the complex nature of the space, the panels and fireside chats were thought provoking and gave a unique insight into areas consumers and application developers should be aware of moving forward.

Join Baratunde Thurston (left), The Onion’s Director of Digital and author of How to Be Black, for an entertaining look at creative social media campaigns in our Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting February 16. Other speakers include Morin Oluwole (Facebook), Tim Devane (bitly), and SocialTimes' writer Devon Glenn.   Register now.

NFC (Near Field Communications) is sometimes hailed as the next big thing for mobile commerce. The typical scenario requires a consumer with a smartphone that has the hardare to work support NFC wireless data. This smartphone securely communications with a ticket dispensing machine, vending machine or some point of sale device to complete a transcation. [...]

Direct Carrier Billing lets you charge digital purchases to your phone bill. These digital products include: Digital games, gaming and social networking credits, music and videos. This service has been available to T-Mobile customers who use Android phones since 2009. However, Direct Carrier Billing can now be used by T-Mobile customers from any web browser [...]

It looks like mobile payments systems are getting traction. However, the current leader is not depending on NFC (Near Field Communications) which requires special hardware in phones (like the Nexus S). American Express’s Serve found a partner in Sprint last month. Sprint Rolling Out American Express’ Serve Mobile Payment System to Select Android Phones And, [...]

Domino’s Pizza has proven the monetary potential of the mobile platform. Within just one week of the official launch of its new mobile ordering platform, the pizza giant has make more than $1 million in mobile sales. Customers can order pizza from Domino’s mobile ordering site from any internet enabled mobile device. The pizza franchise [...]

Mobile commerce is expected to destabilize the traditional shopping and is set for steady growth over the next five years, according to a Forrester report. The report forecasts that shopping via smartphones will account for $6 billion (2% of the e-commerce) by the end of 2011 and will rise to $31 billion (7% of the [...]

Global payment giant Visa consolidates its position in mobile payment market with the acquisition of South African firm Fundamo for a staggering $110 million. Visa has also reiterated an agreement with Monitise, to help existing Visa accounts on mobile devices and offer Visa account holders a new way to make payments.  According to Visa, the [...]

According to a recent study by ComScore, the display advertisement on mobile phones has increased more than 128 % since the year 2009. This increase is mainly driven by the increasing adoption of smartphones and increase in the popularity of different apps.

Monetizing international users is no easy feat. To help publishers solve this dilemma, Live Gamer and Skrill, operator of payment provider Moneybookers, announced a partnership to provide a one-stop solution.

AppNationSF brought together some great minds in the mobile space to assess the current app ecosystem and relay best practices to the audience to help them succeed. The overall take away was that product quality is of the utmost importance and that brands and indie developers alike should test what works for them.