In a move that has “common sense” written all over it, the folks over at Mountain View have decided to merge Google Checkout with Google Wallet. The marriage hardly comes as a surprise, considering the fact that both services serve [...]
Visa dubs upcoming digital wallet service ‘V.me,’ looks to differentiate product line
You may be using a Visa digital wallet next year, even if the brand name says otherwise (my Visa account was hacked twice in the past 18 months to procure vast amounts of premium shampoo and Xbox Live account add-ons, [...]
Nokia to bear NFC guns in US, create its own mobile wallet?
Nokia is still champing at the bit when it comes to creating the so-called three horse race, but the Finnish mainstay has another three word secret weapon up its sleeve: NFC. In an interview with Electronista, the company’s VP of [...]
Developers get Google Wallet on original Nexus S, squares wiping your phone with $10
Previously the exclusive phone-swiping domain of Sprint’s Nexus S 4G, it now seems possible to get the wonders of Google wallet on its decidedly 3G predecessor. However, it’s not an operation for the faint-hearted. If the words Cyanogen, full wipe, [...]
Engadget giveaway: win one of five Nexus S 4G phones with $1,000 Google Wallet credit!
We’re pretty excited about Google Wallet, but the service is currently only available for Nexus S 4G phone owners, leaving most of you waiting for broader implementation. Well, how would you like to skip the line, getting to test it [...]
Sprint And Google Launch NFC “Wallet” Payments On Nexus S 4G
An easier way to pay? Depends on how many merchants sign up, how many phone makers sign up, and how many phones ship with an NFC module within. But this is one heck of a start. Google and Sprint just [...]
Polyamorous Google Wallet adds Visa to its arsenal
To the delight of shopaholics everywhere, Visa has announced that it’s jumped on the Google Wallet bandwagon — giving card users access to the snazzy, new NFC payment system. Much like MasterCard’s announcement last week, the licensing agreement will allow [...]
A week with Google Wallet (video)
Contactless payments have been something of a curiosity in the credit card industry. MasterCard’s PayPass has been around for the better part of a decade, but merchants and banks alike seem hesitant to adopt the technology required to make the [...]
Samsung Nexus S 4G updated to support Google Wallet
It looks like the rumors are true, folks — the long-awaited update that brings Google Wallet to the Samsung Nexus S 4G on Sprint is indeed here, just two days shy of missing the “summer” deadline completely. We’re pretty scant [...]
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