prMac serves to enhance the visibility of press releases in the Mac world, offering Mac-centric news media distribution services as well as top-notch RSS feeds. © 2012 prMac http://prmac.com/ en-us http://prmac.com/release-id-28000.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-28000.htm Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:35:00 CST ShopSavvy and Longboard Media today announced that they have joined forces to offer highly targeted ad campaigns to major brands and retailers though ShopSavvy's AdOns platform. AdOns enable advertisers to deliver hyper-relevant, UPC/GPS-targeted messages to mobile consumers at the point of highest purchase intent, as they stand in a retail store with a potential purchase in hand. Longboard Media is the leading Shopping Vertical ad network. http://prmac.com/release-id-22572.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-22572.htm Mon, 07 Mar 2011 09:35:00 CST Top 10 Produce LLC launches Locale, a 100% traceable strawberry brand that connects growers and consumers through ShopSavvy. Grocery shoppers can use their smartphones to scan barcodes on produce to determine the farm of origin and learn more about independent farmers who grow their food. The grower profile includes information about the farmer, a map of the location where the product was grown, links to the farmer's Facebook and Twitter accounts and more. http://prmac.com/release-id-21371.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-21371.htm Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:45:00 CST ShopSavv today announces that ShopSavvy 4 for iPhone has been named one of the 50 Best iPhone Apps for 2011 by Time Magazine as well as winning the 2010 Best App Ever Award for Best Use of iOS Hardware during last week's Macworld Expo. ShopSavvy 4 offers scanning that's five times faster than previous versions. QuickPay enables ShopSavvy users to purchase the products they scan in just a few clicks, without ever leaving the application. http://prmac.com/release-id-19025.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-19025.htm Wed, 08 Dec 2010 02:30:00 CST From Nov. 1-30, smartphone users downloaded the shopping app ShopSavvy 2.15 million times, including 1.4 million times on iPhone and 750,000 times on Android phones. It was the biggest month for downloads since ShopSavvy's introduction in November 2008. Growing consumer awareness of barcode scanning as a comparison-shopping tool, and to ShopSavvy's market-leading position, also have played a key role in the download increase. http://prmac.com/release-id-18516.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-18516.htm Thu, 25 Nov 2010 08:15:00 CST Data from ShopSavvy's 6.5 million users also showed that the average user scanned items at four different retailers during the time period, scanned an average of eight items per store, and spent an average of three hours shopping with scanner in hand. ShopSavvy expects 120 million scans in November. 15 million scans by ShopSavvy users from Nov. 17-23 reveal that Walmart and Best Buy are tops in scans, with the average user scanning items at four different retailers during the week. http://prmac.com/release-id-18307.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-18307.htm Mon, 22 Nov 2010 02:00:00 CST Six of the most downloaded apps for holiday shoppers feature the ShopSavvy barcode scanner, with tens of millions of scans expected over Black Friday weekend. ShopSavvy expects users to perform more than 60 million scans during Black Friday weekend and more than 200 million throughout the holiday season. You can be sure there will be lots of scanning with these apps on Black Friday. http://prmac.com/release-id-17990.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-17990.htm Tue, 09 Nov 2010 09:00:00 CST Dallas based leader in barcode-powered shopping Big in Japan today announced that Sam's Club, a division of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and serving more than 47 million members in the U.S., has released the Sam's Club App for iPhone, Android and Blackberry, incorporating the ShopSavvy(R) ScannerKit SDK. Like other apps utilizing the ShopSavvy ScannerKit SDK, the Sam's Club App will incorporate AdOns(R), the Big in Japan UPC/GPS mobile advertising framework. http://prmac.com/release-id-17718.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-17718.htm Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:50:00 CST ShopSavvy 4, an all-new version of the popular ShopSavvy shopping app for iPhone users hits the iTunes Store today. This marks the official start of the holiday shopping season for the millions of smartphone users who scan product barcodes to find the best deals on consumer electronics, toys, DVDs, video games and more. ShopSavvy's 6.5 million users are expected to conduct more than 100 million scans between now and Christmas. http://prmac.com/release-id-17530.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-17530.htm Wed, 27 Oct 2010 04:30:00 CST Big in Japan today announced that Consumer Reports has incorporated ShopSavvy barcode-scanning technology in its newly released iPhone app, Consumer Reports Mobile Shopper. In addition, ShopSavvy's 6.5 million users on the iPhone, Android and Nokia platforms will see a callout when they have scanned an item that Consumer Reports has tested, along with how many other models exist and have been tested in that category. http://prmac.com/release-id-11230.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-11230.htm Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:14:00 CST Dallas-based idea factory for mobile applications Big in Japan today announced that it has acquired Snappr, a pioneer in mobile barcode scanning and creator of the first iPhone application capable of scanning 2D barcodes. The company will incorporate Snappr's technology into ShopSavvy, the leading comparison shopping app for Android and iPhone users. ShopSavvy enables users to comparison shop on the go for more than 20 million products at more than 20,000 retailers worldwide.