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Mobile Commerce Daily – MasterCard announces first commercial launch of mobile payments gateway

MasterCard announces first commercial launch of mobile payments gateway
MasterCard has launched its Mobile Payments Gateway, a mobile-payments-processing platform that enables financial institutions and carriers to deliver mobile-payments services through the MasterCard Worldwide Network.
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Sears, Kmart tap IBM for mobile commerce platform
Retail giant Sears Holdings Corp.—which includes Sears and Kmart—is tapping IBM’s software to deliver a personalized and more interactive shopping experience for the exploding population of mobile users worldwide.
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Target, Macy’s, Best Buy take weekly circulars to location-based iPhone app
The Shopper iPhone application has added weekly circulars from more than 100 retailers such as Best Buy, Target and Walgreens.

Texas’ Paramount Theatre sells tickets via iPhone app
The Paramount Theatre of Austin, TX, has launched an iPhone application that lets on-the-go patrons buy tickets.
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Webinar: Mobile Marketing in 2010: Up, Down or Flat?
Mobile Marketer will host an hour-long free outlook webinar on Wednesday, Dec. 2 from 2 p.m. ET to 3 p.m. ET to discuss how mobile marketing will fare in 2010 for effective campaign planning and management. HipCricket is the sponsor.