Category: Mobile

• Early days but wallet-less payments are the future

  Using your mobile to pay for everyday things is definitely something we are going to hear more about over the months and years to come. A few months ago I wrote about the Mobile Money Network which aims to make shopping easier and now I’ve learned about businesses like Google, Orange and Verizon entering this arena. The…

  marcabraham

  June 15, 2011

  Google, Mobile

  Google, mobile

• 7digital improves its Android app and takes on mighty iTunes

  7digital is stepping up to compete with iTunes by updating its Android app to include an in-app music download store along with acting as the default Android phone music player. The past couple of weeks I’ve been learning a lot about innovative music businesses venturing into new partnerships and trying to make the most of…

  marcabraham

  May 6, 2011

  Cloud, Mobile, Music, User Experience

  7digital, Android, Apple, Cloud, iTunes, Shazam

• Simply Tap: how the Mobile Money Network aims to make mobile shopping easier

  Mobile Money Network sounds like a great name to me. I had started envisioning a new rap group and crazy videos but then found out that it has everything to do with payment transactions conducted through mobile phones. The Mobile Money Network (MMN) is a new UK retail alliance, created by Monetise, Best Buy Europe…

  marcabraham

  April 13, 2011

  Mobile, Startups, User Experience

  MMN, mobile

• From music discovery to music sharing

  Tools like Shazam and Soundhound are great for discovering music. Call me geeky, but I do enjoy sitting in a coffeeshop finding out through using my phone what song is playing in the  background. Now that music search and discovery seem to have been nailed, the likes of Shazam and Soundhound have started exploring new…

  marcabraham

  April 6, 2011

  Digital Strategy, Mobile, Music, Social Media, Startups, Technology

  cross-platform, Facebook, Music, Shazam, TV

• Snaptu gets snapped up by Facebook

  Last Sunday, London based mobile developer Snaptu confirmed that it had been acquired by Facebook in a $60-$70m deal. Looking into this, I learned that this move is all about Facebook wanting to expand its presence and usage across a number of mobile platforms. Snaptu specialises in online solutions for mobile phones (particularly for “feature”…

  marcabraham

  March 23, 2011

  Mobile, Social Media

  Facebook, LinkedIn, mobile, socialmedia, strategy