OpenTable acquires FoodSpotting for $10 million cash
Restaurant website OpenTable has already launched the definitive mobile reservation app and now it’s acquired the food photography app FoodSpotting. According to AllThingsD, OpenTable paid $10 million...
View ArticleSocial TV Company Dijit Acquires App Creators Miso
The social TV software company Dijit Media has acquired the app creators Miso, adding founder Somrat Niyogi as a Dijit advisor. Dijit told us it would be ending Miso’s Quips app, but will keep...
View ArticleStudy: Most consumers want SMS and displayable coupons, not scannables
A new RadiumOne study shows that mobile users still prefer displaying coupons and even getting text coupons rather than scanning any device or item for a special. It is interesting data for ecommerce...
View ArticlecomScore: Online travel spending breaks $100B, not including mobile
Online travel spending broke $100 billion in 2012, according to comScore. Total 2012 travel e-commerce reached nearly $103 billion, a nine percent increase over the previous year. The comScore data is...
View ArticleInfographic: People mostly use mobile phones at home, primarily to research...
A new infographic from Compendium, ExactTarget and MarketingTechBlog shows that people use their mobile phone most at home. The mobile phone is also used primarily to research products. In the U.S., 51...
View ArticlePrice alert Clipix adds email clippings
The price alert service Clipix now supports email clippings. If Clipix 2.0 was taking the Kayak approach, the new update allows users to be more proactive in finding deals. Clipix users can forward any...
View ArticleApple Passbook more than triples accepted MLB stadium tickets
Apple Passbook mobile commerce app has more than tripled the number of Major League Baseball stadiums available. Now there are 13 American baseball options compared to last season’s four. The tickets...
View ArticleGoogle Field Trip brings location-based push notifications to iPhone
Today Google launched the location-based Field Trip app on the iPhone. Released on Android last year, Field Trip sends push notifications when users are near a particular landmark, person, or, most...
View ArticleInterview: Tinyview CEO Raj Lalwani on the future of mobile shopping
More shoppers are using their cell phones while they visit brick-and-mortar stores and Tinyview is keen to take advantage of their attention. Launched last summer, the store shopping app already has...
View ArticleStudy: Crashes, missing features are biggest reasons ecommerce apps fail
Xtreme Labs has a new report putting crashes, missing features and poor design as the top reasons why ecommerce apps fail. The 2013 Xtreme Labs Retail Report focuses on the top 100 well-known retail...
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