Direct Marketing News Text-Messaging Apps Help Marketers Expand Their Reach Direct Marketing News Facebook’s $19 billion acquisition of the world’s largest messaging application, WhatsApp, has prompted an increasing number of marketers to take a… See on http://www.dmnews.com

San Francisco ChronicleGrubHub plans IPOSan Francisco ChroniclePATENTS. Apple wins dismissal of suit. Apple won the dismissal of a $2.2 billion lawsuit in Germany over technology used to decide priority for calls on mobile networks. See on http://www.sfgate.com

How to keep cybercriminals from hacking your smartphone (and your refrigerator …Silicon Valley Business JournalPrior to ThreatMetrix, Baumhof was co-founder of TrustDefender, a provider of security and fraud detection technologies. See on http://www.bizjournals.com

Accenture Launches Mobile Wallet Platform with Integrated Advanced Analytics for Insight-Driven Customer Offers. See on newsroom.accenture.com

Proponents push mobile walletsFredericksburg.comA variety of mobile wallet systems store credit or debit card information on phones in encrypted form, offering more security than standard plastic cards with magnetic stripes. See on news.fredericksburg.com

ALMATY, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Kazakhstan’s gas pipelinemonopoly KazTransGas signed an agreement to obtain a $700million loan from China to expand a pipeline to boost exports ofthe gas to its giant neighbour.The (Kazakh gas pipeline monopoly KazTransGas… See on in.reuters.com

Tajik AKN, Kazakh KNB discuss co-operationCentral Asia Online… on leaders and members of trans-national drug-trafficking rings and organising joint measures to wipe them out. See on centralasiaonline.com

Trend.az11:04 – Azerbaijani business invested more than $ 130 million in Kazakh’s … See on en.cihan.com.tr

Would look like an ordinary lake, however dried out treetops, protruding from crystal water, testify the puzzling story this lake is hiding. See on http://www.catinwater.com

The next iteration of Samsung’s Galaxy smartphone range will feature biometric security, the company announces. See on http://www.bbc.com