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Dwolla a new player in electronic money transfers

(AP) -- Just as plastic rendered paper checks nearly obsolete, gadgets may soon do the same to credit and debit cards.

Technology / Business

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Twitter co-founder takes aim at mobile payments

(AP) -- Jack Dorsey revolutionized online socializing by co-founding Twitter in 2006. Now he wants to transform the way people exchange money.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 30, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

With pay-by-phone startup, Aaron Greenspan rebounds from Facebook suit

The last time the tech world heard from Aaron Greenspan, he was settling a trademark lawsuit in which he charged that he, not his Harvard classmate Mark Zuckerberg, had come up with the idea for an online social networking ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 05, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Google turning smartphones into wallets: source

Google on Thursday will launch a mobile payment platform that lets people use smartphones to pay at shops as easily as they use a credit card, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Technology / Business

created May 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Google unveils smartphone pay service, PayPal sues

Google Inc. hopes to nudge consumers and merchants into a world where the smartphone has replaced the wallet as the container for credit cards, coupons and receipts.

Technology / Business

created May 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 6

PayPal letting Google phones swap cash

Online financial transactions giant PayPal on Wednesday showed off a mini-program that lets people exchange money by touching together a pair of Google smartphones.

Technology / Software

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Google opening smartphone wallets (Update)

Google opened its smartphone wallet to the public on Monday.

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Sony and Sharp launch e-readers, tablets in Japan

Sony and Sharp upped the rivalry stakes in the heated e-reader and tablet market with the head-to-head launch on Friday of their latest devices in Japan, along with tens of thousands of e-book titles.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 10, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Pay for a latte by mobile at Starbucks

US coffee chain Starbucks on Wednesday began allowing customers in its US stores to keep their cash and credit cards in their wallets and pay for their drinks with mobile phones.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 19, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Digital 'wallets' proliferate at cellphone show

Cash, coins and credit cards are so Twentieth Century. At least, that's the opinion of the electronics manufacturers, phone companies, banks and credit card issuers that expect cellphones to be the main way consumers pay ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Small businesses turn to Square for credit transactions

Cabbie David Mendoza reached for his iPhone and plugged in a spiffy Square Reader to process a ride's fare.

Technology / Business

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Smartphones wallets going mainstream: survey

Using smartphones or tablets as digital "wallets" will be common within a decade, largely replacing cash and credit cards, according to a Pew Research survey released on Tuesday.

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Google to set up a mobile payment system this year?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mobile payment is an arrangement that has a lot of potential to make your life easier, but it also has a lot of potential to create issues with identity theft. That is why when a new company ...

Technology / Business

created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog

Girl Scout cookies go high-tech: Smartphone sales

(AP) -- The Girl Scouts were selling their cookies the old-fashioned way, pulling a creaky-wheeled red wagon laden with Thin Mints and Samoas down a suburban street. But the affair took a decidedly 21st-century ...

Technology / Other

created Mar 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Nokia says Apple to pay royalties, ending patent disputes

The world's leading mobile phone maker Nokia said Tuesday its competitor Apple had agreed to pay royalties for using Nokia technology in its devices, ending all of their ongoing patent disputes.

Technology / Business

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0