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Google May Be Testing Mobile Payment Service

Google Mobile Payment

First Posted: 03/15/11 02:40 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:40 PM ET

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Bloomberg:

Google Inc. (GOOG) plans to start testing a mobile-payment service at stores in New York and San Francisco within four months, letting shoppers use their phones to ring up purchases, two people familiar with the project said.

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Google Inc. (GOOG) plans to start testing a mobile-payment service at stores in New York and San Francisco within four months, letting shoppers use their phones to ring up purchases, two people famili...
Google Inc. (GOOG) plans to start testing a mobile-payment service at stores in New York and San Francisco within four months, letting shoppers use their phones to ring up purchases, two people famili...
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AllyCat7
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05:30 AM on 03/17/2011
They need to reintroduce their online payment system (Google Checkout, I believe). PayPal needs some fierce competition. They're getting e v i l.
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frank day
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09:57 PM on 03/16/2011
This is a technology that I'll be one of the last persons in line to adopt.

Let other people be guinea pigs to work out the kinks.
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ethical-slice
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01:39 AM on 03/16/2011
ahh, so now we have it....AT&T wants to charge more money as they expect the usage for man credit card companies to increase in the near future.
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delta7777
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11:35 PM on 03/15/2011
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I would sure like to see some competition/alternatives to paypal
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NightflyLester
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05:16 PM on 03/16/2011
... or Chase and Bank of America
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