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Mobile shopping hits Thanksgiving Day high
Boston.com
Internet retailers recorded 17.4 percent more sales Thursday compared with the previous year's Thanksgiving Day, largely due to a spike in buying on mobile devices, according to IBM Smarter Commerce, which tracks online holiday shopping activity.
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The Need For Mobile Money Spawns A Startup Ecosystem Across Africa TechCrunch Nor is it about the increased security of being cash-free: mobile money has quickly filled that gap. Rather, it's about the ability to make and accept online payments, which Kembo discovered when trying to monetize his corruption-reporting website I ... See all stories on this topic »

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Back to cell phone basics: Buying a non-smartphone
CNET
The good news is that all the major carriers, AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel and T-MobileUSA, each continue to offer basic cell phones and what they call quick messaging devices that do not require data plans. The carriers recognize that there ...
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PayPal Thanksgiving Mobile Payments Volume Up 173 Percent; eBay Mobile ... TechCrunch eBay saw a 133 percent increase in mobile volume transacted on Thanksgiving, compared to 2011. PayPal says that Thanksgiving 2012 resulted in a more than 2.5-fold (173 percent) increase in global mobile payment volume compared to Thanksgiving ... See all stories on this topic »

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Pakistan suspends mobile phone coverage to stop terror attacks euronews Mobile phone service is suspended in a number of major cities in Pakistan this weekend, as authorities try to prevent attacks during the Shi'ite festival of Ashura. Previous bombings have been triggered by the phones. Security is also being increased... See all stories on this topic »

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Mobile Sales Went Through The Roof On Thanksgiving, Up 173% From Last Year Business Insider Mobile payment volume around the world on Thanksgiving increased by 173% compared to last year, according to new data from eBay's PayPal division. GSI, like PayPal a unit of eBay that helps large retailers sell online, saw a 170% increase inmobile ... See all stories on this topic »

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Thanksgiving 2012 mobile payments: PayPal sees 173% increase, GSI up 170 ... The Next Web (blog) PayPal, GSI, and eBay on Friday shared mobile payments results for Thanksgiving. Between 2011 and 2012, all three companies saw increases: 173 percent, 170 percent, and 133 percent, respectively. The first data point comes from the PayPal blog, which... See all stories on this topic »

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