While consumers are embracing a number of online research tools as they consider purchases, many do not consider QR codes to be a valuable piece of the equation now or in the future, according to a new report from Radius Global Market Research.

With Mother’s Day approaching rapidly, millions of sons and daughters are scrambling to think of something special to do for mom this weekend. If you’re still thinking flowers (because you can’t think of anything else), you may want to think again. Kara Kamenec recently posted a helpful Mother’s Day gift roundup on LogicBuy. “According to [...]

Ultimate Poker’s bet in Nevada has certainly paid off. The Las Vegas Review Journal reports that the site has registered “thousands of users” from every U.S. state and 20 countries. Within the first three days, the website had dealt its 100,000th hand of poker. As MMW reported last month, Ultimate Poker is the first legally [...]

On Monday, news surfaced that Faisal Masud, the vice president of Groupon Goods, is on his way out of the Chicago-based daily deal company. Daily Deal Media reports that Masud’s departure will likely occur later this month. Groupon Goods was launched in 2011 and it’s the daily deals first push into a more traditional e-commerce. [...]

If you’re a business or independent service provider in need of a mobile payments solution for customers, finding a a mobile credit card reader is almost as easy as finding a cup of coffee today. A recent wave of reports shows that professional grade mobile point of sale solutions providers are establishing an impressive presence [...]

On Monday, indoor positioning company YFind Technologies rolled out an innovative new solution for retail that has plenty of marketers and businesses buzzing today. How can brick-and-mortar retail store managers get the same kind of detailed insights into the shopping behaviors of their customers that online sites can get from Web analytics, the company asks [...]

A number of iOS app developers – most of whom wish to conceal their identities for fear of Apple App Store backlash – are coming forward to assert that Apple is cracking down on apps that feature “filtering, bookmarking, searching, or sharing recommendations.” As it turns out, Apple is allegedly rejecting apps right and left [...]

Mobile payments giant Square is reportedly working to create a “recommendation engine” for users. Based on the chatter we’ve been hearing so far, the innovation would be capable of suggesting to users places they may be interested in visiting based exclusively on their mobile transaction history. If, for example, a user has a history of [...]

Here are some of the top stories in mobile health that our sister site mHealthWatch has been monitoring in recent days. mHealth Venture Capital Surged in Q1 of 2013 According to the findings presented in a new report from Mercom Capital Group, venture capital investors can’t get enough of technology’s role in contemporary healthcare. Infographic: [...]

Over the weekend, mobile advertisers were given plenty to think about thanks to the release of a new study pointing to the surge in mobile search. The Local Search Association and comScore, Inc. find that local search via non-PC devices continues its significant pace of growth, driven by the rapid adoption of smartphones, tablets, and [...]