Tag: PAYMENTS

Right on cue, Google has launched in-app payment support for Android applications. Developer testing began last week, and now many popular apps -- like the ones pictured above -- can begin charging users for add-on functionality, content, or whatever the heck else they feel is worthy of additional bits of your pocket change. If you were wondering, Google will take the same 30% cut that Apple ...

PayPal has (very) quietly released an application for Nokia Symbian smartphones, which is now available to download from Nokia's Ovi Store. It only seems to be downloadable if you're in the U.S. or U.K. at the moment, but support for more countries is probably on its way -- after all, the Ovi Store is perhaps the most global of all smartphone app stores. The PayPal app for Symbian is free, ...

Google may jump into the mobile payment arena with a service that would let you check out at brick-and-mortar stores by waving your phone at the register, according to a report from Businessweek. The service could launch in 2011, and it would use near-field communication (NFC) technology to let customers pay by waving their phones up to 4 inches away from a checkout station. Google chief Eric ...

Flattr offers a handy way to support the people, places, and things you enjoy without having to pull out your wallet. It's a very slick micropayment service, which lets users tip people they normally couldn't -- such as independent bloggers or digital artists whose work they enjoy online. But with the introduction of their new Android app, users can now easily donate via Flattr in the real world. ...

Awhile back we reported that Google is really trying to push its Google Checkout payment processing service by offering a $10 coupon to everyone who signs up. They're still offering the coupon, and they've even dropped the if-you-spend-$30-or-more requirement, and today I decided to bite the bullet and grab my sweet, sweet coupon. But I was a little annoyed that Google doesn't tell you up front, ...

After literally years of rumors, Google has launched its much-talked-about e-commerce payment system, Google Checkout. The idea is simple: Google holds on to your credit card and shipping information, and when you find something you want to buy at a Google Checkout affiliate, completing the transaction is a one-step process. "The goal here is to make it be one nanosecond from the time the customer ...

What do you do when you own the world's biggest auction site, VoIP network, and online payment service? Hook 'em all together, of course. Today there's a bunch of news floating around about Skype being integrated with both eBay and PayPal. First is a little screenshot from Random Good Stuff that shows two new PayPal functions in the upcoming Skype 2.5, one for sending money via Skype and one for ...

We've heard it referred to as Google Wallet, Google Checkout, Google Payments, and now GBuy. Google has long been rumored to be working on a payments system to rival eBay-owned PayPal, and according to Forbes--which calls it GBuy--Google will be launching its online payments system on June 28. Unlike Google Payments, which was integrated into Google Base, GBuy will be intended for merchants who ...

There's a lot of speculation about Google going around about today (not that that's different from any other day). First, Inside Google is reporting a scoop from a "quality tipster" that Google recently sent out a notice to beta testers about a system that would allow users to make purchases from "high-quality merchants" through their Google Accounts. According to Inside Google, the notice ...

Google has been accepting payments from a lot of people for awhile now, most notably AdSense advertisers and, more recently, people buying episodes of MacGyver on Google Video. Last week they added payments to Google Base, allowing sellers to collect money from buyers through Google, which some see as a shot directly across the bows of eBay and Craigslist. Nik Cubrilovic at TechCrunch has a review ...