6 Mobile Apps Restaurant Owners Should Know About

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Guest Post by Stephanie Shih

Marketing Intern, Software Advice

August, 2012

According to the National Restaurant Association (NRA), an increasing number of people 45 years and younger are willing to use mobile apps to order meals and make reservations. In order to capture this younger demographic, a wide array of mobile apps are now being developed.

I’ve sifted through hundreds of these apps and looked into six that I found particularly interesting. A list of the apps can be found below. For a brief description of each app as well as a quick demo video, head over to my full article on the Software Advice website at 6 Mobile Apps Restaurant Owners Should Know About.

1. ChowNow

2. Tabbedout

3. Diner Connection

4. Uncorkd

5. GoPago

6. Belly

   

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New York railroads trial mobile ticketing NFCNews The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), which recently undertook an NFC payments pilot, is also planning to test a bar code-based smart phone ticketing app later this week at a PGA Tour event. Developed by Long Island tech firm CooCoo, the service allows ... See all stories on this topic »

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PayPal, Discover in mobile payment venture MarketWatch By Andrew R. Johnson. NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — PayPal is teaming with credit-card company Discover Financial Services to expand use of the eBay Inc. subsidiary's nascent mobile-payments service from a few thousand merchant locations to potentially ... See all stories on this topic »

Major retailers band together on mobile payment system Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal Will a new mobile payment system backed by the nation's biggest stores render Google Wallet obsolete? The newly formed Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) network hopes so. Retail heavyweights such as Wal-Mart (WMT), Target (TGT), Best Buy (BBY) ... See all stories on this topic »

Mobile Payment Services On The Rise Mobile bloom News With the increasing usage of smartphones and thanks to their diverse functions, they are entering into previously unimaginable territories. For example, several retail outlets, especially fast food chains are experimenting with alternate ways to accept ... See all stories on this topic »

McDonald's testing mobile payment app The New Age Online Meanwhile, Google Wallet is aimed to be no less than a single tool that turns your phone into your wallet, driver's license and house key. On the other hand, PayPal, a leader in Web transactions, is fighting to stay in the forefront of the mobile ... See all stories on this topic »

The War Heats Up For Mobile Payments Internet Search Engine Database Four large groups are vying for a chunk of the mobile payment market that may exceed $1 trillion by 2015. Big brand retailers who dominate store shelves, tech giants who create the Operating Systems, mobile conglomerates who manufacture millions of ... See all stories on this topic » Internet Search Engine Database

Why Walmart, Target, and other big retailers are teaming up on mobile payments VentureBeat Last week, several major retailers, including Walmart, Target, CVS, Sears, Publix, and 7-Eleven, announced that they had formed a joint venture to develop a mobile payment network. Called the Merchant Customer Exchange, the venture intends to build a ... See all stories on this topic » VentureBeat

Credit Cards Go Mobile BostInno (blog) Starbucks also recently announced their mobile payment program set to roll out this Fall. The coffee conglomerate partnered with private company Square for this endeavor. Customers will download the Square app, store their credit card information, and ... See all stories on this topic »

Seamless Mobile Billing Connected World Magazine Now, thanks to a number of movements in the mobile-payment industry, smartphones may even replace credit and debit cards—not to mention cash—as a primary mode of payment for digital content, which will open doors in markets such as connected TV. See all stories on this topic »

VeriFone Powers McDonald's GoMcDo CSPnet.com ... and self-service payment systems for the financial, retail, hospitality, petroleum, government and healthcare vertical markets. Source: CSP Daily News Related Terms: Technology. Related Content. CSP Online News. McDonald's Tests Mobile Payment App ... See all stories on this topic »

Nigeria To Dominate Global Mobile Money Transactions By 2017 Ventures Africa In January alone, 14 mobile payment operators in Nigeria recorded a total of recorded 35971 transactions valued at 227.92 million naira ($1.4 million). With strategic and consistent campaigns, these digits are expected to skyrocket. Central Bank of ... See all stories on this topic » Ventures Africa

VeriFone a part of McD's m-payment tests in France Mobile Payments Today Dunkin' Donuts offers mobile payment app of its own · Dunkin' Donuts offers mobile payment app of its … Major merchants launch their own mobile payment method · Major merchants launch their own mobile payment … Commentary: How 'Squarebucks' ... See all stories on this topic »

Should Banks Fear McPayments? US Banker Similar to the Starbucks mobile payment app, payments are executed by QR codes. And like Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts plans to expand the payments application to include loyalty and merchant rewards that could prove lucrative for the retailer. In another ... See all stories on this topic »

China Mobile to promote mobile Web business China Daily The company will also launch a variety of services including mobile music, mobile books and mobile payment systems. Shen Hongqun, deputy general manager of the data business department at China Mobile, said during the same event that the company ... See all stories on this topic » China Daily

Square website outage affected payments CNET 7000 Starbucks outlets will introduce Square's mobile payment system this fall, while the coffee chain also invested $25 million in the start-up. Square recently introduced a flat-fee plan for merchants who use its platform, removing the 2.75 percent ... See all stories on this topic »

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New And Expanding Merchant Services Available To Automotive Supply Stores PR Web (press release) Missing out the many advantages available through more sophisticated mobile payment options and services may end up limiting future business opportunities. Expanded Payment Options and Merchant Processing Services. Credit card machines and credit ... See all stories on this topic » PR Web (press release)

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Nigeria To Dominate Global Mobile Money Transactions By 2017 ... By Editor In January alone, 14 mobile payment operators in Nigeria recorded a total of recorded 35971 transactions valued at 227.92 million naira ($1.4 million). With strategic and consistent campaigns, these digits are expected to skyrocket. Mobile Money Africa

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{Tech Stats} Mobile Apps Are Good for Entrepreneurs & the ... By Deb, Tech Guide ... exceed the human population by 2015. And that means not just big opportunities for nimble entrepreneurs, but also big changes for the global economy. By 2011, a reported 74 countries had access to at least one mobile payment system." ... SOHO Tech Training

Independence Blue Cross announces winners of its $50000 ... By Juliana Reyes Two former Philly startups made major moves in the past week: mobile payment service Venmo, which relocated to New York City last year, was acquired by Chicago-based PayPal competitor Braintree for $26.2 million, reports BetaBeat. Technically Philly

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What began as possibilities in mobile payments and digital wallets will eventually extend to interactive toys, smart doors and other automated activities that simplify life and were previously considered utopian. Recent research from Berg Insight ...

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A dozen ways NFC could change your life Digitaltrends.com Chances are that if you've heard of NFC before now, it was probably in reference to mobile payments. Through services like Google Wallet, you can tap your phone at a checkout in order to pay for goods or services. Here's how Google Wallet works. See all stories on this topic » Digitaltrends.com

PayPal to test new mobile payment system with McDonald's QR Code Press PayPal has announced that it will be testing its new mobile payment system at 30 McDonald's restaurants throughout France. PayPal has shown interest in mobile commerce, but has all but abandoned NFC technology for its mobile payment ventures. Instead ... See all stories on this topic » QR Code Press

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Panasonic Brings NFC to Smart Home Appliance Line

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Image via CrunchBase Panasonic grows its smart home appliance line, brings NFC enabled Android ... IntoMobile The new system is called Panasonic Smart App, and it is build on NFC functionality, which allows users to control their appliances. For instance, if you wanted to send a recipe over to your steam over or whatever, the mobile application makes it happen. See all stories on this topic »

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Thai pizzeria gets NFC upgrade from SAI Biz Solutions NFCNews Agarwal added that once MasterCard agrees to support NFC payments in Thailand, customers could also use the system to pay for their meals via a MasterCard credit card stored on their phone. According to Business Week, SAI hopes to expand the system ... See all stories on this topic »

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