See on Scoop.it – mobile marketing Maybe it’s not quite as big a change as the rise of the web — but the rise of the smartphone deserves to be in the conversation. And traditional news companies are falling behind.…

See on Scoop.it – Text Message Marketing eWeekTwilio release brings SMS to 800 numbersBizReportMost businesses still employ 800 numbers so that their distant customers can call without any charges. See on http://www.bizreport.com

See on Scoop.it – patents Reuters Elon Musk to world: All our patent are belong to you ZDNet Musk said Tesla initially went the patent route to stop big car companies from copying its technology for use in their own…

See on Scoop.it – patents 1ST Detect Awarded US Patent for Improving Mass Spectrometer Performance ag-IP-news Agency “The patent clearly validates our technology, while both demonstrating and protecting the progress we have made in the development of the 1st Detect…

See on Scoop.it – patents Mobile phone industry giants Apple and Google have agreed to dismiss lawsuits they had brought against each other over technology patents. In a joint stateme… See on http://www.youtube.com

See on Scoop.it – mobile payments Hurdles remain to digital wallet dream in Canada: panelITBusiness.caRogers Communications Inc. See on http://www.itbusiness.ca

See on Scoop.it – mobile payments GigaOMBlackBerry turns its enterprise talents to mobile paymentsGigaOMAccording to MobileSyrup, NFC payments are starting to emerge in Canada, with all three EnStream mobile carriers launching a mobile wallet this year. See on gigaom.com

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See on Scoop.it – mobile payments NFC WorldBendigo Bank launches QR code mobile payments in AustraliaNFC WorldThe service is available to all consumers with a MasterCard or Visa card that they can link to their Redy mobile wallet to fund…

See on Scoop.it – Kazakhstan Business Recorder Kazakhstan announces visa-free entry for investors from 10 nations Tengrinews The Foreign Investors’ Council (FIC) chaired by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan is an advisory body established in 1998 to promote…