ShopSavvy, BarcodeHero, Stickybits, CheckPoints, Tecca, Microsoft Tag, RedLaser, SnapTell, Shopkick, the recently updated Amazon Mobile - if you're like many smartphone owners, you've used at least one (if not more) of these mobile barcode scanning applications. In fact, you're now part of a growing trend of users who do.

Purch, a digital content and commerce company acquired iOS and Android shopping app ShopSavvy, its fourth acquisition in 12 months as it “leverages its $135 million around to enhance its mobile strategy”.

Shopping application company ShopSavvy, which provides an app for Android devices, said that its analytics software had detected use by several BlackBerry devices, leading to continued speculation that RIM is set to offer compatibility with Android apps in future versions of the platform.

The mobile barcode-based shopping service has hired PayPal Mobile's former product lead to spearhead the introduction of an NFC-enabled mobile wallet that will let users store bank and credit cards as well as coupons, gift cards, instant rebates, loyalty cards and cash-back rewards on their mobile phones.Read more: http://feeds.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/~r/nfcw/~3/KIk27J91eUY/

San Francisco, Sunday, 15 March 2026.Launched today, Monolith’s ShopSavvy Desktop uses AI to automatically purchase goods when they hit your target price, a shift in consumer power that could disrupt