Vantiv Introduces Next Generation Mobile Payment Solution Teams with Verizon to Develop and Deliver More Flexibility and Opportunity for Merchants to Grow Their Businesses CINCINNATI, Jan. 31, 2012 — Vantiv, LLC (formerly Fifth Third Processing Solutions, LLC), a leading integrated payment processor, today announced that its customers will be the first to use an innovative point-of-sale device and system that will help merchants more effectively conduct business.
Custom ROM Friday: Builds For Galaxy Nexus, DROID 3, And HTC Rezound
February 3, 2012 Updated at 11:45 pm
After last week’s return of Custom ROM Friday, we could see that folks sure did miss it. So this week, we bring you a few ROMs that should tie you over until next week.
Samsung Galaxy S Advance receives early hands-on preview
February 3, 2012 Updated at 11:00 pm
The Samsung Galaxy S Advance was announced on Monday , and not even a week later the device has shown up in Vietnam and received a hands-on from Mai Nguyen . The handset reportedly features a design that is a combination of the Galaxy S II and Galaxy Nexus , complete with a curved display.
OnSports Mobile App Battles Its Way Up A Tough League Ahead Of The Super Bowl
February 3, 2012 Updated at 8:15 pm
Most popular mobile sports apps are trying to feed you scores and news, or show you fantasy numbers. OnSports , by HitPost, is in a smaller class of apps that’s focused on users running the discussion themselves.
Sony Ericsson Xperia NX up for pre-order Feb. 10 in Japan, launches Feb. 24
February 3, 2012 Updated at 7:31 pm
Sony unveiled the first members of their 2012 handset lineup back at CES, emphasizing the Xperia Ion for AT&T and its international brother the Xperia S. In The phone will be released with a set of features catering to the needs of Japanese mobile users as the Xperia NX, which has been announced for a February 24th launch on NTT DoCoMo .
RBS 6 Nations Live Challenge app pairs sports and social: Hands-on
February 3, 2012 Updated at 5:07 pm
Rugby-loving couch potatoes beware: RBS expects you to flex your brain, if not your muscles, during the Six Nations tournament this year. The sports-sponsoring bank has created an interactive quiz, fixtures and social app for 2012, with game-related questions, score tables and Facebook integration for those particularly competitive.
Facebook mobile ads incoming: Video and coupons tipped
February 3, 2012 Updated at 4:57 pm
Facebook ‘s mobile advertising push is incoming, marketing agencies suggest, as the social network attempts to close off one of its weak spots ahead of the much-anticipated IPO. The dramatic rise in mobile users who, currently, don’t see any adverts whatsoever was cited in Facebook’s IPO documentation as one of the company’s key weaknesses, meaning paradoxically that even as membership increased, revenues could dip. Not for much longer, though, with agency Razorfish confirming to Digiday that it was involved in Facebook ad pilots for mobile.
New Dropbox Beta Released – Instant Camera Upload Feature, Free 500MB of Extra Space, and No More File Size Limits
February 3, 2012 Updated at 4:39 pm
The Dropbox team released a new beta version of their Android app last night, bringing with it a handful of features that you will enjoy. The first and most important is the instant uploading of camera photos.
Test Dropbox’s New Android App And Snag Some Extra Storage Space
February 3, 2012 Updated at 4:23 pm
Dropbox has no shortage of fans or users these days — their stellar wins at the Crunchies are proof of that — and now the cloud storage service is leaning on them to test an experimental new build of the Dropbox Android app. While the thrill of being on the bleeding edge is probably enough for some people to take the plunge, the real meat of the experimental build comes in the form of the new auto upload feature for photos and videos.
Shareware Site Tucows Launches Cheap Wireless Service in Conjunction With Sprint
February 3, 2012 Updated at 2:50 pm
The folks at Tucows, who was once know for their applications (free, shareware or otherwise) repository for desktop operating systems and they are now reintroducing a new venture that’s interesting, to say the least. With the help of Sprint they have launched Ting, a pay-as-you-go service that gives users extremely good value.