Today's headlines

By Dan Butcher

McDonald's, Office Depot and BP are among the giants that are poised to launch contactless mobile payments nationwide before the end of next year.

By Dan Butcher

AT&T Inc. is now an official partner of the USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team and will bring Beijing Olympics coverage of that team to its wireless subscribers via a mobile widget.

By Gabrielle Kalika

Games and applications developer Hands-On Mobile and Activision Publishing have launched Guitar Hero III: Backstage Pass for mobile phones.

By Dan Butcher

Verizon Wireless has launched a mobile banking application for customers with the BlackBerry Curve 8330, BlackBerry Pearl 8130 and BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smartphones.

By Gabrielle Kalika

Wireless carrier Alltel is offering customers a mobile slide show application called MyShow as part of a plan to boost its revenue stream.

By Eric Holmen

Isn't it time we put mobile to a higher purpose? Some agencies and companies are using mobile to improve emergency medical care, advance local health initiatives and affect behavioral change.

By Mickey Alam Khan

IKEA's decision to launch a mobile loyalty program should not be an isolated case. A loyalty program - mobile, online or offline - is a bulwark against shifting consumer allegiance during rough times.