Companies all over the world continue to adopt text message marketing at a greater rate each year. Source: http://www.business2community.com

People now send 50% more messages over WhatsApp than texts — and the rise looks set to continue. Source: http://www.independent.co.uk

WhatsApp delivers 50% more messages than SMS. Source: http://www.cbronline.com

A high-profile patent troll study the Federal Trade Commission announced in 2013 likely will conclude in the coming months. Source: http://www.corpcounsel.com

In their Antitrust Trade and Practice column, Shepard Goldfein and James A. Keyte write: The year 2014 was an active year in antitrust and competition law, b… Source: http://www.newyorklawjournal.com

IBM said Monday (January 12) it has been awarded more than 7,500 patents in 2014, including more than 3,000 related to cloud computing, data analytics and Source: http://www.enterprisetech.com

GoPro’s stock took a beating today after Apple was granted a patent for taking pictures with a remote control. Take a peek at the sketch included with the filing to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Source: http://www.bloomberg.com

MyMedicalRecords has failed in an EHR technology patent lawsuit brought against numerous competitors with a judge labeling the patent an abstract idea. Source: ehrintelligence.com

In the weeks post Apple Pay’s launch, conversations around igniting mobile wallets – and what consumers actually expect from them – have spun in various Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Deloitte: One in 20 smartphone owners will have made a mobile payment by year’s end Source: http://www.marketingmag.ca