Tag: iphone

FedEx releases expansions to mobile suite app for simplified shipping from busy customers

Sam Lambert
Mobile Commerce

FedEx Corp., has announced the release of an expansion to their mobile app suite that offers customers a series of enhancements to its tools and features in order to help customers to ship their holiday packages at the last moment when they’re on the go. Furthermore, the FedEx Mobile website has now been broadened to include 206 countries and is available in 25 different languages in order to meet the requirements of its worldwide shipping customers. The app is also now available to both Android and iPad-based device users. Now…

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Hungarian innovation to integrate bank card into handsets makes their debut: MasterCard selected Cellum

Guest Post
Mobile Commerce Budapest

PRESS RELEASE: Budapest; The new technology developed by Cellum allows using mobile telephones as MasterCard bank cards in Hungary. Hungary is the first country in Europe to implement the new technology, and the launch in Hungary is, at the same time, the European debut of the application. Thanks to the cooperation with multinational partner MasterCard, Cellum can now enter the world market with its application available on four platforms **(iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile, SIM). * Mobile telephones have long been offering voice, image and text transmission services. As the next…

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Lowe’s employees to receive 42,000 iPhones to assist shoppers

Jorge Gonzalez
Lowe's Mobile Marketing

Lowe’s has announced a new effort to make it simpler for its employees to help customers by arming its store associates with 42,000 iPhones that can complete transactions and will replace the traditional scanners. The iPhones have already started to be implemented by the home improvement retailer in its American and Canadian stores, and the company anticipates the completion of the rollout by the fiscal year’s close. Using the iPhones to replace the scanner guns lets employees answer customer queries more easily and assist them in completing their purchases. According…

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When will iPhone 5 be launched?

Stephanie Beck
ipad news

Whenever another iPhone’s launch is imminent, theories begin to circulate among experts in the industry. With iPhone 5 on its way, there are two theories that are leading the rest, though Apple isn’t saying anything to confirm or deny either of them. The first prevailing theory is that iPhone 5 will make its appearance at the beginning of October, possibly in its first week, making presales available to consumers even before Friday, September 9. It is also believed, by some who claim to have obtained a leaked Best Buy document,…

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Apple’s recent patents point to augmented reality application

Sam Lambert
Apple Headquaters CA

Apple has been filing for more patents lately, suggesting that the high-profile technology company is gearing up to develop a new generation of swanky gadgets. According to a recent patent filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Apple has its eyes set on augmented reality technology. AR has been growing popular among the big tech companies recently due to the growing support from consumers. In previous years, augmented reality was shunned because there was nearly no hardware available to handle the technology. Now that smart phones and other mobile…

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