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Here’s a thought: walk into a bar, order, and pay with your phone. Why not? Japan as an entire nation has been doing it widely for at least the last five years. I know it sounds crazy but it’s time the wild wild West looked beyond what the mobile giants are pedaling today and ask themselves, “Why haven’t we done this yet?”

We’ve already seen a number of mobile payment technologies break onto the scene since the start of 2010, including a few raised right here in Austin, and they are doing more than just introducing new portals to give our money away; they are actually ballooning a market that has the potential to disrupt how we view, value, and spend our hard earned dinero.

If you’re into mobile and you’re in Austin, or your coming to Austin for SXSW you might want to checkout the Austin Ad Fed’s meeting on March 11th. It’s going to be at the AT&T Executive Conference Center from 5pm – 7:30pm. It’s $25 in advance or $30 at the door and will feature networking [...]

Digby, the leading provider of mobile commerce solutions for retailers, today announced the acquisition of Movaya Wireless, Inc., a Seattle, Washington-based mobile software company focused on building digital goods storefront applications for the iPhone, Android and mobile web platforms. Additionally, Movaya Chengdu Technology, Ltd., Movaya’s Asian operations center, will form the basis for Digby Chengdu [...]

Here’s what’s going on around Austin today.

NetQos is announcing support for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2.
Bazaarvoice is at the shop.org conference this week, and their new product BrandVoice has won an award for innovation.
Some Austin locals are announcing PreDevCamp today, which will take place in over 30 cities around the world exactly 1 week [...]

There are only a few more days until the new iPhone 3G hits stores, the new iPhone software will be ready for download, and the iPhone App Store will be open for business. We have yet to find any local developers that have been approved to be in the App Store, but the screenshot shows that [...]

Austin-based Digby announced their mobile commerce platform today. Previously the company had announced the Digby Marketplace which allowed people to shop using their BlackBerry at retailers like Best Buy, FTD, Godiva, Barnes & Noble, and OfficeMax. Today the company announced “Powered by Digby” which allows retailers to have their own mobile commerce websites. Godiva Mobile [...]