Mobile

US Bank to add bill payments to mobile banking services Chicago Tribune The service eliminates the need to manually enter payment information and allows the customer to pay bills directly from their mobile devices -- specifically iPhone, iPad and Android phones -- by simply taking a picture of the bill. The technology ... See all stories on this topic »

Free mobile access service bundles not antitrust issue ZDNet Internet content providers have begun partnering mobile operators to offer free data connection with their online services, but this will unlikely trigger antitrust claims if the agreement does not exclude other companies from providing similar services. See all stories on this topic »

Nokia taps into China Mobile gold mine with Lumia 920T CNET This latest Nokia latest phone is important because it should allow the company to tap into ChinaMobile's more than 700 million customers -- the largest subscriber base in the world. China is an increasingly important market as Nokia hopes to regain ... See all stories on this topic »

Test Run: Burner, a Mobile App That Gives You Disposable Digits New York Times (blog) After you sign up, Burner supplies you with a disposable mobile number for those times when you need a little bit more discretion. You can to do with it what you please — like coordinate with someone on Craigslist to buy a used item, set up a blind ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times (blog)

Qualcomm adds two quad-core chipsets to Snapdragon S4 line CNET Qualcomm's quad-core Snapdragon processor is becoming increasingly popular in mobile devices. The company's previous chipsets have also been popular. According to Qualcomm, there have been about 100 public launches of devices running on its ... See all stories on this topic »

Nokia Lumia 920T for China Mobile brings TD-SCDMA to Windows Phone Engadget The handset, designated Lumia 920T, will be available on China Mobile by the end of the year for RMB 4599 (about $739) in a choice of four colors (black, white, yellow and red). It's the first Windows Phone to support the country's TD-SCDMA standard ... See all stories on this topic »

Facebook revises mobile messaging app San Francisco Chronicle Facebook on Tuesday released a new version of its mobile messaging app, a move that shows the Menlo Park company is trying to extend its reach beyond its already massive social network. The new Android version of the Messenger app doesn't require a ... See all stories on this topic » San Francisco Chronicle

The Rise of Voice Biometrics for Mobile Phones MIT Technology Review (blog) With everything from banking records and health data to contacts lists and photos available through our mobile phones, the ability to securely access this data is an increasingly important concern. That's why many phone manufactures and data holders ... See all stories on this topic »

Yahoo acquires tiny mobile video chat startup OnTheAir CNET (blog) "When we first met with the team at Yahoo, it was clear that everybody there is committed to makingmobile products the backbone for the world's daily habits," the company wrote. The mobile market is growing rapidly, and Mayer has said the space is ... See all stories on this topic »

NCR Combines Self-Service and Mobile Payments to Enhance the Customer ... DailyFinance Gartner anticipates that the worldwide mobile payment transactions values will surpass $171.5 billion in 2012, a 61.9 percent increase from 2011, and will average 42-percent annual growth between 2011 and 2016. "We are forecasting a market worth $617 ... See all stories on this topic »