Entries in 'micropayments' (17)
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Mobile virtual goods market to hit $3bn this year
And the hunger for social gaming will push it to $4.6bn by 2016.
PlayMob charity micropayments buy 2,500 meals
UK-based pioneer of in-game donations proclaims successful collaboration with MMPORG Parallel Kingdom.
Ericsson IPX launches in-app payments service
Platform gives app developers connections to over 120 operators.
MIG buys micropayments specialist Zaypay
Purchase of Dutch firm extends MIG's micropayment footprint to 44 countries.
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PaymentOne reaches $5bn in micro-payment transactions
Swiftly moving from internet to mobile services with customers including AOL, Blizzard Entertainment and Gaia Online.
Flexion powers one free trial every second
Wrapper company says 4m new consumers sample its games every month.
40m downloads for Pocket Gems
And 40 weeks in the iTunes App Store top ten for the free-to-play games publisher.
UK regulator urges action on micropayments
PhonepayPlus publishes letter pressing the government to carry out a review.
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OpenMarket to power in-app billing for Digital Chocolate
For casual games and apps embedded on 3UK handsets.
AIME launches Mobile Gaming Forum
Wants to promote consumer confidence in micropayments, virtual currency and more. UK trade body AIME (the Association for Interactive Media & Entertainment) emerged to self-regulate the premium rate telco business in the UK. It's now reflecting the evolution of that sector with initiatives like this. It says premium rate micropayments provide gaming and gambling companies with an important customer acquisition tool, and wants to make sure the industry protects itself and consumers. The Mobile Gaming Forum draws members from all players in the value chain – the gaming operators; the mobile network operators, platform providers and aggregators, media and rights owners, mobile betting and gaming technology providers and consumer-education groups. Mark Gibson, BDM at mkodo, will chair the Forum. He said: “Mobile Gaming has becom a substantial channel within digital gaming and interactive services. "Having a forum through which mobile gaming companies can liaise with mobile carriers and can lobby on mobile gaming-related issues and initiatives will prove to be of great benefit for the industry’s growth”.
Badoo launches mobile payments with Ericsson IPX
UK users of the dating network get option to make micropayments from the phone bill.
INTERVIEW: Adknowledge on monetising free mobile games
SuperRewards have been critical to the success of web games publishers like Zynga. Now, they're going mobile. We spoke to Chris Smutny, of SuperRewards specialist Adknowledge.
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INTERVIEW: Boku's James Patmore
We talk to Boku's MD of EMEA about rev shares, payments for physical goods and more.
MGt to power mobile payments for Racing UK
Interactive TV billing firm makes breakthrough into mobile.
I-play launches Hip Hop All Star for iPhone
And it's one of the first iPhone music games to let players buy additional tracks.
Could Google's micropayments be used for Android apps?
New Google Checkout feature still not officially confirmed, but could be interesting.
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Shozu launches iPhone 3.0 photo-printing feature
Social media firm Shozu has updated its iPhone app with a feature letting people order prints of their photos.
