If all this talk of new and improved operating systems for Windows Phone 7, Android, and iOS is making your head spin and your stomach growl, you’re not alone. Fortunately, there are organizations full of people like us whose job it is to stay on top of these things. Mango is Microsoft’s updated operating system for its line of Windows Phone 7 devices. As Joe Belfiore, Windows Phone Corporate VP, discusses in the video below,… Read more »

Yesterday saw the official unveiling of Google Wallet, an Android app that employs near field communication (NFC) technology to allow consumers to make payments, redeem coupons, and store gift cards or loyalty cards. The app, which is currently only available on the Samsung Nexus S 4G, will initially be rolled out en masse in San Francisco and New York. PCWorld’s Megan Geuss took Google Wallet for a test drive yesterday in San Francisco with mixed… Read more »

Check out PointAbout’s most recent case study below, on the ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board), a non-profit regulatory agency that assigns age and content ratings for video and computer games. The case study gives an overview of the nonprofit’s journey from mobile website to iPhone application to Android application, with a Windows Phone 7 app on the way. The case study covers why the ESRB decided to create native apps in the first place, what… Read more »

NFC technology remains center stage in the mobile world, as Google prepares to partner with MasterCard and Citigroup to bring NFC to the Android, and speculation regarding the potential marriage of NFC and the iPhone 5 runs wild. According to an article published today in the Wall Street Journal, Google is working on an Android app that would allow consumers with Citibank credit or debit cards to make payments with their mobile devices. Google has… Read more »