Tag Archive | "Nokia"

The App Gold Rush

October 26, 2009 1 comment

It’s easy to shrug off the kooky world of apps. The bite-size software programs people load onto their mobile phones or tap into on the Web seem mostly to be silly games and pointless novelties. But look past the beer-drinking apps and flatulence programs and you’ll see something significant taking shape: a bustling app economy [...]

Leave Your Credit Cards at Home, but Don’t Forget Your Cell Phone?

September 23, 2009 No comments yet

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Recent technological developments that allow for deposits by iPhone and mobile payments could one day make ATMs as quaint as brick-and-mortar bank branches. But the biggest impact may be on the ability of banks — and even nontraditional players such as Nokia — to find new revenue streams as they branch [...]