Mobile Security is in Need of Some Attention

Note From The Editor
mobile commerce security

Security in a new age of technology Mobile security is something that shouldn’t be taken lightly. The world is becoming increasingly reliant on mobile technology and this has made the mobile space a target for malicious groups that have exploitation in mind. These groups are targeting mobile sectors that have yet to begin taking security seriously, and this means that mobile commerce has become a digital battlefield. Mobile commerce is an attractive target because it is awash with financial information that is, more often than not, left unguarded. In 2013,…

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QR Code Detective: Do your customers know why they should scan?

Julie Campbell
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It’s all well and good to print quick response codes on all of your marketing, but are you giving consumers a reason to act? It has reached the point that it has become difficult to make your way through a day without seeing a QR code, and yet many companies are still finding that their mobile marketing campaigns aren’t generating the overwhelming number of scans that they had expected. Are quick response codes dead or have marketers failed to give consumers incentive to scan? Our QR code detectives were out…

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Mobile marketing battle launched between Amazon and FTC

Jesse Collins
Amazon mobile commerce

The massive online marketplace is fighting the Federal Trade Commission over in-app purchases. Amazon.com Inc. has decided that it is not going to take the new FTC mobile marketing policies for in-app purchases sitting down, and has decided to fight the requests that the regulator has made for the company to comply. Other companies that have received this same request, such as Apple, have already settled over this controversial issue. The center of this conflict is a common complaint from consumers regarding apps that can be downloaded for free but…

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Mobile carrier, T-Mobile USA being sued by US

Stephanie Beck
T-Mobile mobile network carrier Technology News

American authorities have filed a complaint alleging that the company has been adding unauthorized charges to bills. The mobile carrier giant, T-Mobile USA has had a complaint filed against it by the United States with an accusation that the service provider has been charging customers millions of dollars in added unauthorized charges. The authorities are accusing the company of a billing practice which is better known as “cramming”. The charges in question that were being added by the mobile carrier to the bills it has been sending to its customers…

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QR codes to be added to Pasadena restaurant rating placards

Jennifer Goula
restaurant mobile payments qr codes

The city’s Department of Public Health has also announced a new grade database. The Pasadena Department of Public Health has now announced that its restaurant inspection system is undergoing a considerable update which will include an improved database as well as QR codes that can be scanned by smartphones. The new system became effective immediately and the quick response codes are now starting to appear on placards. The restaurant inspection placards will now be showing customers whether the location has passed, conditionally passed, or failed. The numerical score that was…

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