Facebook and eBay downplay Google threat
Silicon Valley star Sean Parker said Facebook would have to blunder in a big way for Google's social network to steal its crown.
Internet
Oct 18, 2011
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News tagged with financial transactions
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.
Software
Jul 13, 2011
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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.
Business
May 25, 2011
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Alliance heralds era of smartphone wallets
The mobile phone may soon be someone's ticket to board any transit system in the world.
Business
Dec 7, 2010
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Google buys social networking application maker Slide
Google on Friday announced that it has bought hot online networking application maker Slide as part of a drive to "make Google services socially aware."
Internet
Aug 6, 2010
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Five billion people to use mobile phones in 2010: UN
The ranks of cell phone subscribers will swell to five billion people this year thanks to the growth of smartphones in developed nations and mobile services in poor nations, a UN agency said Monday.
Telecom
Feb 15, 2010
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Australia is investigating a digital currency, or e-dollar, but its benefits seem slight and the risks to privacy large
We are used to thinking of money as notes and coins, the kind most of us hold in our wallets. But most money—in Australia it's 96.3%—is digital, held by financial institutions and moved around via bank transfers, debit ...
Economics & Business
May 5, 2022
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Digital finance doesn't reduce inequality; it perpetuates it
A new paper in Oxford Open Economics, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that, while digital financial services are often proposed as a vehicle to lower inequality, the cost and infrastructure barriers to accessing ...
Economics & Business
Mar 1, 2022
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Six ways satellites make the world a better place
Almost 3,000 operational spacecraft orbit our Earth. This number is growing constantly, thanks to cheaper materials and smaller satellites.
Space Exploration
Feb 9, 2021
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Most people spent CARES act funds on needs, not wants
A new study suggests last year's Economic Impact Payments provided essential support.
Economics & Business
Jan 8, 2021
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