›› Pope Will Text Message to Reach the Youth
›› As more consumers browse the Web on their cell phones, the No. 1 search engine must cope with less space to place ads
›› The mobile news service will be tailored for smartphones and give users one point of access for local, national, and international news.
›› Foreign dignitaries, guests of major sponsors, and Olympic officials alike will be given a modified PDA at this year's Beijing Olympics, which will allow organizers to track their movements and make it easier to arrange a cab.
›› Mobile coupons (m-coupons) are nothing new and previously the biggest barrier to entry was the technology. It seems that they're facing another challenge now: consumer adoption.
›› Our increasingly digital culture has had the effect of enabling people to stay in touch while staying apart. It's paradoxical thing and one that deserves more considerable
›› Google has launched display brand-image ads for mobile devices.
›› CELL PHONE USERS GAIN MOBILE ACCESS TO HEALTH DATA
›› MOBILE BANKING IS FOR THE YOUNG, SURVEY REVEALS
›› 'Mobile Coupons' set to flood the wireless pipeline
›› New handset can receive downloads from providers and make payments
›› You can use your cell phone in the skies over Europe as early as this summer under new European Union rules - allowing travelers to stay in touch but also raising the cringe-inducing prospect of being stuck next to a chatterbox at 30,000 feet.
›› CTIA Wireless 2008, Las Vegas, April 1, 2008 - Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN), a leading provider of speech solutions, today announced Nuance Voicemail to Text, a voicemail transcription service that delivers high-quality readable messages to mobile devices.
›› April 1, 2008 Las Vegas, NV. VoiceCloud, a new company headquartered in San Diego, CA, today announces the first, and only, real-time voice-to-text transcription service. With VoiceCloud's innovative solution, users are now able to access and read their voicemail messages transcribed in real-time on either a mobile device or online.
›› WASHINGTON - Federal regulators Wednesday approved a plan to create a nationwide emergency alert system using text messages delivered to cell phones.
›› Companies are introducing services with new ways for consumers to buy, sell, and carry out other transactions using wireless handsets
›› Verizon Wireless users seem to have a lot to say. That is, at least they have a lot to say by text message. The company announced that in the month of February there were 20 billion text messages sent and received. That is quite an increase from only June of last year.
›› Amazon.com Inc.'s brick-and-mortar competitors have yet another reason to fear the Web: a new service that lets shoppers compare prices and buy things with a few quick taps on their cell phones.
›› Trumpet Mobile and RadioShack Corporation today announced the nationwide availability of Trumpet Mobile's prepaid wireless services at more than 4,300 RadioShack neighborhood locations. As one of the fastest growing prepaid wireless service providers, Trumpet Mobile is a pioneer in the prepaid mobile money transfer market, which allows subscribers the unique ability to make Western Union money transfers within the U.S. and to Latin America and the Caribbean from their mobile phones.
›› Your Cell Phone is Also Your Concert Ticket
›› Security Concerns Dog Mobile P2P Payments
›› Airline Debuts In-Flight Mobile Phone Service
›› Approval for mobiles on aircraft
›› Mobile messaging is growing in just about every corner of the globe and will push revenue to $212 billion by 2013, according to a new numbers forecast from ABI Research.
›› You thought credit cards were a problem in the U.S. The Swedes have a problem that's even worse. That's because they can send a text message via their mobile phones and instantly receive a loan, which is automatically deposited into their account. It seems the simplicity of the technology is causing some Swedes to get into some serious debt problems, according to a report by AFP.
›› WASHINGTON - Those supposedly private messages that public officials dash off on their government cellphones to friends and colleagues aren't necessarily private after all.
›› For the first time, Americans say they would have more trouble giving up a cell phone than a traditional phone, the Pew Internet and American Life Project said in a report Wednesday.
›› New research has estimated that over 2.6 billion mobile tickets will be delivered to just over 208 million mobile phone users by 2011.
›› About 23 percent of U.S. mobile phone users have seen advertising on their cell phones in the last 30 days and about half of them responded to the ads, according to a report from The Nielsen Co released on Tuesday.
›› The massacre at Virginia Tech last year sent colleges nationwide scrambling to improve how they get alerts to students during crises on campus. One solution: Text messages sent to cell phones.
›› Younger consumers are more likely to use their mobile phones for retail activities, the Gartner survey found.
›› AT&T's data traffic analysis shows a 33% increase in text messages on Valentine's Day compared to other holidays.
›› CBS Mobile on Wednesday signed an agreement with mapping and communications provider Loopt to offer location-based mobile ads on its sports and news Web sites.
›› With advances in technology, loved ones can do a little more on Valentine's Day than just simply send flowers. Now, you can use your phone to send text messages..
›› In the 2002 Tom Cruise movie “Minority Report,” there is a scene where Tom Cruise is walking through the city and is being automatically recognized by advertisements along the side of the street. This wasn't a good thing, since Cruise didn't want his whereabouts known. Advertisements knowing your location sure sounds like science fiction, but it's not anymore.
›› If you’re an avid Geek.com reader, then you know there is a big push to begin to use mobile phones as a method of payment for services or products. You could one day look at your mobile phone as your pass to any services or goods that you need. You probably never have thought of your phone being used as a pass to get you into the bathroom, though.
›› AT&T has made it easy to help out the troops overseas–it’s as simple as texting a message. AT&T has teamed up with the USO to provide calling cards to military personnel to stay in touch with their families while they are deployed. The USO program AT&T is helping to sponsor is called USO Operation Phone Home.
›› Rather than reaching for a Sunday paper and a pair of scissors, you may soon only have to fire up your mobile phone to get a coupon or special deal. Cellfire announced an agreement with MetroPCS to provide mobile coupon and discount offers. MetroPCS subscribers pay a monthly fee for their mobile phone service rather than by the minute.
›› The potential of mobile marketing continues to excite the pulse and dominate the discussion of marketers worldwide.
›› In cooperation with Omniprime, Gavitec AG-mobile digit, a NeoMedia Technologies company (OTC BB:NEOM.OB - News), implemented a mobile ticketing system for the Manila Metro Rail Transit System, known as the MRT3, Metrostar, or Metrostar Express.
›› In the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings, which took place April 16, 2007 and left 33 dead including shooter Seung-Hui Cho, university administrators across the country scrambled to evaluate their safety procedures and communications systems. E-mail has been universities' most common method of notification, whether the concern is a weather-related school closing or an intruder on campus.
›› Mobile-phone texting has evolved into an essential form of communication a brief e-mail on the run.
›› LONDON, England (CNN) - More airports, airlines and trains are turning to text messaging services to keep travelers updated on the state of play on flights, travel times and bookings.
›› Hospitals embrace SMS technology.
›› SMS revenues have continued to grow year-on-year and are providing mobile network operators with their most significant messaging revenue earnings.
›› NAB is teaming with Visa and wireless operator Telstra to launch the country's first mobile payments trial which will allow select cardholders in Melbourne to pay for purchases using their hand sets.
›› Paper Coupons, though inefficient, Still Drives Consumer Sales - Big Time!
›› Electronic Coupon Clearing Continues to Spark Interest
85% or 253 billion coupons totaling over $300 billion dollars were delivered by FSIs (freestanding inserts) in Sunday newspapers in 2006.
In total, over 2.6 billion coupons were redeemed by 142 million consumers resulting in a procurement savings of $3.1B dollars.
Page volume and average coupon value both set all time records despite continued declines in newspaper readership.
Further, coupons are the only cash instruments still counted, processed, settled and cleared manually.
From the time a consumer submits a coupon to a cashier in a store, an average of eight pairs of hands physically touch every coupon before the retailer finally gets reimbursed.
The real message here is that the table is already set for mobile couponing and redemption.
No trees to cut (environment friendly), no concerns over declining newspaper subscription rates, or ignored mailbox to dumpster activities.
Mobile coupons are by nature for a targeted, willing recipient who already has interested consideration.
Further, because electronic coupons are easier to validate and control, the process of redemption is significantly enhanced.
