In its latest report dedicated to the mobile and online payment market, European think tank IDATE forecasts a tremendous growth in NFC payments in the next five years.The volume of NFC transactions worldwide could jump from 4.6 billion EUR in 2014 to 53.8…
Comptoir des Cotonniers took a step forward in mobile commerce on the 28th of May. Comptoir des Cotonniers, who are part of one of the fastest growing retail groups Fast Retailing, worked in collaboration with JCDecaux and PowaTag to launch their latest…
Amazon just unveiled the "Fire Phone", a smartphone equipped with a "dynamic perspective" technology able to display 3D hologram-like images thanks to four infrared sensors.The device features a 4.7-inch display, a 13-megapixel camera and runs a…
PayPal is currently testing a new mobile-payment system based on facial-recognition and geolocation. An experiment is being conducted in 12 stores located in the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames.Once in the store, the customer must use the PayPal…
According to a new report published by comScore, American m-commerce sales hit $10.6 billion in the first half of 2013 and could reach $25 billion by the end of the year, representing a growth of 24% in comparison to 2012.M-commerce spending now accounts…
With 250 million claimed users, music identification service Shazam has emerged as one of the most popular mobile applications in the world. The London-based company is now turning to social TV by offering a new feature allowing its users to "tag" all TV…
Since March 2012, Amex customers have the possibility to sync their account with Twitter and get special discounts by tweeting specific hashtags. The two companies recently extended this service and now allow users to purchase online a selection of items…
The “Mobile Performance Barometer 2012” published by Zanox brings out different online shopping behaviors depending on the mobile devices.This survey shows that iPad users account for 53% of the European mobile-commerce transactions, iPhone and Android…
A survey carried out by comScore for Expedia Media Solutions shows the growing use of mobile phones by travelers for planning, searching and booking their trips on the go.The results also highlight travelers’ confidence in mobile payment.Furthermore, this…
Chinese e-commerce company Yihaodian has just launched a large-scale m-commerce experiment based on augmented reality by opening 1,000 virtual 3D supermarkets overnight throughout the country.In order to visualize and shop in these stores, customers had…