Utilizing text messages to market to your customers directly via their smartphones-the one device that is almost always with them-can be a very effective approach for small businesses. See on http://www.evancarmichael.com

Software patents worth billions come before high court USA TODAY While other high-profile legal disputes dominate the public’s attention, from the fate of President Obama’s health care law to the National Security Agency’s phone surveillance, “this… See on http://www.usatoday.com

IPWatchdog.com Patent Business: Litigation, Deals, Licenses & Settlements IPWatchdog.com “The same inventiveness and entrepreneurialism that drove our technology contributions to modern memory architectures and into the market are being applied to… See on http://www.ipwatchdog.com

The future of facial recognition: big brother or our new best friend? See on http://www.techradar.com

SFGateAnother Apple-Samsung skirmish heads to courtkwwl.comSchumer asks feds to review WTC security. Sen. See on http://www.kwwl.com

Waterbury Republican AmericanApp lets doctor see what’s wrongWaterbury Republican AmericanSoffer and Chris Cabell, the company’s co-founder and chief technology officer, have a patent pending on the clinical photographic record-keeping system. See on http://www.rep-am.com

by Jon Banks, director of payments solutions, The Logic Group Of all the conversations I had at MWC 2014, the topic of ‘mobile wallet’ generated by far the most interest and excitement. The GSMA’s High Street of the Future … See…

The RBC Mobile Wallet, came out yesterday. It uses NFC and I have to predict this will be the start of a big uptake in Canada for mobile payments. RBC Mobile is as simple as a download for your android…

Christian Science MonitorWhat does Crimea mean for Kazakhstan oil? See on http://www.csmonitor.com

OUTLOOK 2014: Eurasia to stand on shoulders of giantsBusiness New EuropeHowever, Kazakhstan’s Economy Minister Yerbolat Dosaev said in November that the country remains on track to achieve its 2013 oil production target of 82m tonnes. See on http://www.bne.eu