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Updated: In-App Purchases To Overtake Sales From Paid Apps By 2013

By Ingrid Lunden Jan. 17, 2012, 8:47pm Comments Off

The consumer draw of free apps over paid apps has been well-documented, and so has the rise of in-app payments as a route to making money fr… Read More »

Advances In Android Carrier Billing: Vodafone First To Offer It In Europe

By Ingrid Lunden Aug. 22, 2011, 11:43pm Comments Off

One of the promising selling points of Android, for carriers, was that, unlike Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), they would have more potential to get inv… Read More »

eBay Antes Up In Mobile Payments Game, Buys Zong For $240 Million

By Ingrid Lunden Jul. 7, 2011, 6:40pm 1 Comment

A big move in mobile payments today: eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) has announced that it is buying the mobile payments company Zong for $240 million in… Read More »

The Mobile Lowdown 03-18-11: iPad; Mobile Payments; Groupon; AT&T Tethering

By Ingrid Lunden Mar. 18, 2011, 5:04pm Comments Off

Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: iPad 2 shipments face delays due to events in Japan; new funding and expansion in mobil… Read More »

Zong Exploits Android Gray Area To Enable Carrier Billing For Apps

By Tricia Duryee Jun. 2, 2010, 3:00pm 2 Comments

One of the big frustrations developers are quick to point out about the Android platform is that its app store uses the obscure Google (NSDQ… Read More »

Mobile Payment Provider Zong Raises $15 Million Following Spin-Off

By Tricia Duryee Apr. 27, 2010, 3:00pm Comments Off

Mobile payment provider Zong of Palo Alto, Calif. has spun off from its Swiss parent Echovox and has raised $15 million to help pay for its… Read More »

Zong’s Open Mobile Platform With the Best Schwag Ever

By Rafat Ali Feb. 28, 2008, 11:54am Comments Off

Zong, the open platform mobile apps company that is part of mobile billing and content delivery solutions company Echovox, has launched in U… Read More »