This week’s links cover a range of new initiatives, some of which appear to be more successful than others. Aurasma, a British based augmented reality technology provider have been making some waves recently, and recent research reported in Mobile Marketing shows that far from being a meaningless gimmick AR appears to have a direct effect [...]
The MoBank Group recently announced a partnership with payments provider Realex Payments and we posted this guest article on their blog shortly afterwards, outlining some of the ways in which mobile commerce has benefited different sectors.
The smartphone market in the UK has grown to just over 36% of mobile phones and 4 [...]
Ocado realising the potential of mobile?
A few weeks back we reported on an innovative use of QR codes by Tesco in South Korea. They created a virtual store in an underground station, designed to look exactly like their shelving and stock in a physical store, except users purchased using their mobile.
David Rubin, our Head of Mobile Commerce, writes about the some of the key considerations for brands building mobile commerce applications
Mobile commerce applications have now moved from “nice-to-have” to an essential tool in any multi-channel distribution strategy. Building the right application can lead to increased revenues and brand loyalty. A poorly built app, however, [...]
Faber & Faber, the English publishing house who, in an innovative partnership with Touch Press, re-imagined T.S Eliot’s poem The Waste Land for the iPad have announced that the app has recovered its development costs in just 6 weeks. Faber’s Head of Digital, Henry Volans, said that they expected it to take a year to [...]
iPhone versus Android
http://www.buzzom.com/2011/08/android-vs-iphone-infographic/
Nielsen’s June survey revealed the astonishing dominance of Android and iPhone in the smartphone ownership market. They are the key players in the mobile space and their lead is beginning to look unassailable. Android leads the pack in terms of operating system share with 39% followed by iPhone OS [...]
Based in Vauxhall Day rate negotiable For immediate start
MoBank is a specialist technology company that develops and operates transactional systems for retailers and banks. Our unique technologies enable organisations to deploy cutting edge mobile banking, mobile commerce and mobile payment solutions.
We are looking for a Project Manager to join us to [...]
Social networking has truly come of age; Facebook has over 750 million active users and Twitter’s users send 200 million tweets each day. Such widespread adoption has the potential to create new markets, worth astronomical sums, for innovators who can harness the power of consumers constantly connected to the Internet and, importantly, each other.
[...]
Realex Payments have announced a new partnership with m-commerce platform provider The MoBank Group that will see the the Realex Payment Gateway available to merchants who enter the mobile commerce space using the MoPowered platform.
This partnership will see Realex Payments’ gateway available in a whole new way to their clients, and opens up [...]
We caught up with Theodore Gray for a few quick questions on Touch Press, eBooks and the future of print. Theodore Gray is the co-founder of Wolfram research, co-creator of Mathematica, Ig Noble Prize winner and, as we found out, a vital factor in the formation of Touch Press and their pioneering apps.
[...]
MoPowered on Twitter
- MoPowered featured at the The Connected Summit this week. CEO Dominic Keen discussed "How HMV Went Mobile"....http://www.mopowered.co.uk/
- First South Korea, now Toronto. Will QR Code 'shops' become a permanent feature? http://t.co/Semf7bSA
- http://t.co/Pv9M6dMI developers required, please email jobs@mobankgroup.com for more imformation
