Movenbank: The world’s first cardless bank launches in Alpha

With Google Wallet, Square, PayPal and other initiatives emerging in the mobile payments space, it was only a matter of time before a dedicated mobile, cardless bank emerged.Movenbank, dubbed “the world’s first everyday cardless bank”, launched its Alpha site this weekend. It’s an exclusively online, new model of bank that uses social, mobile and gamification technology. The launch was announced by its founder and chairman, Brett King, a blogger atBanking4Tomorrowand author ofBank 2....

4 min · 665 words · Mr. Joshua Erickson

Movie Looks and Noir, two great iPhone apps for film lovers

Red Giant Software, the publisher that makes the fantastic toy camera appPlastic Bullet, has released two cool new apps. Magic Bullet Movie Looks tweaks your iPhone videos to look like popular movies and Noir gives your pictures a film noir look. Magic Bullet Movie Looks [App Store, $2.99] is a one shot converter for your video clips that allows you to pick from several different “looks” for your mini masterpieces. They each emulate a different film style and look like a good way to make your family shots look more like a movie....

2 min · 324 words · Sharon Todd

Movie theatres generating record results in Canada

Cineplex Inc, (CGX) the largest motion picture exhibitor in Canada has recently released its 2010 year end totals, and its net revenue is up 17.8 percent from 2009. The entertainment company has interest in over 132 theatres across Canada with 1,366 screens, and it’s currently serving approximately 70 million guests annually. The latest financial report shows that they’re making record gains aside from attendance which is down .09% from last year....

2 min · 366 words · Karen Ryan

Movie-streaming service LoveFilm jumps onto its first Internet set-top box

Despite the recent trend for set-top boxes like Apple TV and the Boxee Box bringing online video content to the living room,LoveFilm, often described as “The European Netflix”, hasn’t as yet been available on any of them. Today that changes, although not with any of the usual suspects. LoveFilm has announced its movie streaming service isnow availablefor Sony’s SMP-N100 network media player, an Internet-connect device that offers Sony Bravia Internet Video support along with video, audio and photos from connected USB devices....

2 min · 255 words · Ashley Holmes

Moving from the US to Europe changed my travel habits for the better

This article was written byScott Shepard is VP Global Public Sector withIomobonThe Urban Mobility Daily, the content site of the Urban Mobility Company, a Paris-based company which is moving the business of mobility forward through physical and virtual events and services. Join their community of 10K+ global mobility professionals by signing up for theUrban Mobility Weekly newsletter. Read the original articlehereand follow them onLinkedinandTwitter. From the day I was born, my life has been shaped by the automobile....

4 min · 820 words · Anthony Martin
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