"We will also work to get banks and mobile companies to cooperate in rolling out mobile payments," Rajan said.
News Corp. says it plans on rolling out mobile versions of other properties it owns as well, including a mobile version of Photobucket that will allow uploads from cameraphones.
The numbers keep rolling in: mobile commerce startup Branding Brand released new reports detailing holiday shopping sales on mobile, but unlike the other e-commerce reports which came out over the holidays, this one only includes data on commerce sites where the experience has been specifically tailored for smartphones.
The company, which began rolling out mobile tickets in 2010, says that more than 20percentt of Fandango's ticket sales come from mobile devices, seeing a 73percentt year over year increase in mobile ticket sales in 2011.
After being launched at US stores in late September, the company has started rolling out Mobile Order & Pay at 150 London cafes in the UK and 300 locations in Canada.
Banks and credit card companies are also rolling out mobile checking services and applications, both to impress their younger users and to keep a hand in a game where billions of dollars are at stake annually, largely from the endless parade of small fees racked up with each purchase.
There is no job," she laments, rolling her mobile phone between her hands.
Google keeps rolling out mobile services now as it did browser features a few years ago.
Sykes also acknowledges that rolling out mobile payments won't necessarily boost the app's user base on its own.
While large brands like Hilton and Starwood began rolling out mobile check in about a year ago, most of this technology is still too costly for boutique hotels to deploy.
Walmart has also been experimenting with and rolling out mobile checkout to its stores, but that doesn't appear to be part of this new initiative.
