Amazon, Krispy Kreme, Waze and State Driver's Licenses in the News

Some very interesting and cool news has come out the last couple of days and I've decided to capture a few of those here.

First up are a couple posts about Amazon.

This one is mobile gift cards through Facebook via Amazon, a very exciting space to follow:

http://www.mobilecommercedaily.com/amazon-joins-growing-number-of-brands-leveraging-mgift-cards

This details that Amazon's app has been pulled from Google Play due to it enabling the ability to download apps from Amazon's own app store:

http://mobilemarketingmagazine.com/google-amazon-app-store-non-compete-play

Now we move over to Krispy Kreme's jump in to mobile payments ala Dunkin' Brands and Starbucks with two article worth your time.  Both mobile payments and loyalty are covered:

http://www.pymnts.com/news/2014/krispy-kreme-launches-into-mobile-payments/#.VIr0EtLF_9Y

http://www.mobilecommercedaily.com/krispy-kreme-swirls-up-donut-rewards-with-new-loyalty-app

Here is a little piece on the impact the crowd-sourced traffic navigation app Waze is having on communities around Los Angeles:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102261534

Finally is news about the State of Iowa working on a mobile app version of its driver's license.  First I've heard of this from a State.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/iowa-will-let-drivers-use-smartphone-drivers-license/

Tons of great stories there.  Hope you enjoy them before starting a great weekend.

Happy Reading,

J.W. Gant