Google announced that it is dropping Google Checkout in favor of its more smartphone-friendly Google Wallet service. Businesses relying on Google Checkout to process online payments will have six months to transition to another payment processor. The company says it…
Posted May 16, 2013, 3:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web, Software
Amid all the hubbub of its I/O developer conference, Google has found time to teach Gmail some new tricks with the introduction of quick action buttons that will let you act on emails without even opening them. The buttons appear…
Verizon subscribers with Android smartphones can now lump their usual carrier services and Google Play app purchases together on a single bill. The new addition, which was rumored earlier and then confirmed, reportedly went live as early as yesterday for…
Posted October 22, 2012, 3:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
Near Field Communication (NFC) payment technology is being billed as the next big thing in wireless. Europe and Japan have welcomed NFC with open arms but outside of a few major cities, it has yet to gain traction in the…
Posted September 14, 2012, 8:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
A senior executive at mobile wallet and payment network Isis has announced the company will miss their planned summer launch date. Head of marketing Jaymee Johnson told FierceMobileContent that Isis is still fine-tuning their product and as such, it won’t…
In the wake of Passport, Apple's upcoming answer to digital wallets, Google has announced it is working toward making its current Google Wallet service more robust. In a Q&A session hosted by YouTube, Google Wallet developer Robin Dua said the…
A pair of smartphone enthusiasts have successfully loaded Google Wallet on a Samsung Galaxy S III from Verizon, the first ever to do so. Mike Beauchamp and Dustin Evans loaded the app onto the phone before visiting McDonalds to give…
Isis, a mobile-payments joint venture born from an alliance between Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and T-Mobile USA, announced today that it will begin trials in mid-2012 with three card services partners: Chase, Capital One and Barclaycard. The partnership was unveiled at…
Security researchers over at zvelo have discovered a vulnerability in Google Wallet that could expose users' PIN codes to a brute-force attack. The flaw only affects users who have rooted their Android smartphone, so most people won't need to worry…
Posted December 6, 2011, 8:38 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Mobile Computing
Google said late on Monday that U.S. phone carrier Verizon Wireless is blocking it from installing the Google Wallet app on its new Android powered smartphones. The service allows users to make payments, collect and use digital coupons, as well…
Internet search company, Google, is consolidating its Checkout and Wallet online payment platforms into a single, unified payment service. Once merged, the service will retain its Google Wallet branding.
Google has launched Google Wallet today, an Android app that turns your smartphone into a mobile payment system. The company announced the service in May and partnered with Citi, MasterCard, First Data, and Sprint to make it possible for you…
Just hours after Google announced their entry into mobile payments the company has been slapped with a lawsuit from none other than PayPal, alleging that the search giant misappropriated trade secrets when it hired away PayPal mobile executives. The suit…
Google today announced and demoed Google Wallet, an app that turns your phone into your wallet. The company has partnered with Citi, MasterCard, First Data, and Sprint to make it possible for you to tap, pay, and save using your…
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