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Google Checkout For Merchants To Be Retired In Six Months As Google Wallet Takes Over

Google Checkout For Merchants To Be Retired In Six Months As Google Wallet Takes Over

By Chris Crum May 22, 2013

Google announced all the way back in November of 2011 that it would be shutting down Google Checkout in favor of a transition to Google Wallet. This week, Google announced that in six months, Google Checkout will officially be dead …

Google Launches Mobile ATM For Wallet Google Launches Mobile ATM For Wallet
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Today, on April 1, Google announced Google Wallet Mobile ATM, a device that lets you get cash from your smartphone, ATM style. This image pretty much says it all: Google explains in a blog post: The mobile ATM device easily …

Google Launches Zavers Coupon Offering For Retailers Google Launches Zavers Coupon Offering For Retailers

Google announced a real-time new digital coupon offering today called Zavers by Google, which the company says enables retailers and manufacturers to reward loyal customers with relevant coupons. Retailers can use the product to extend their existing incentive programs. “Unlike …

Google Hangout Discusses Google Wallet APIs Google Hangout Discusses Google Wallet APIs

Earlier this year, Google launched some new Google Wallet APIs. Since then, the company has been trying to educate developers on how to best take advantage of them. That continues with this recent Office Hours hangout Google uploaded to its …

Google Wallet APIs Discussed In New Developer Video Google Wallet APIs Discussed In New Developer Video
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Google put out a new Office Hours video for developers about Google Wallet APIs. Among other things, Peng Ying talks about Google Wallet for Online Commerce. “The idea is that right now, purchasing something on the mobile web is something …

Google Wallet Just Made The Checkout Process Easier Google Wallet Just Made The Checkout Process Easier
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Google announced that starting today, users will no longer have to enter their credit/debit card numbers, billing addresses or other payment-related information on certain sites that accept Google Wallet for payments. Google is quick to cite the “97% of mobile …

Google To Launch Google Wallet For Web Content Google To Launch Google Wallet For Web Content
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Update: Google has officially launched this product now. You can check it out here. It looks like Google has again let some news slip a little earlier than intended. A blog post on Google’s Commerce blog came through the RSS …

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Google announced today that it is releasing a new, cloud-based Google Wallet app that supports credit and debit cards from Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. “To support all credit and debit cards, we changed our technical approach to storing …

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Google has made some changes to the Google Wallet for Digital Goods API (formerly known as the In-App Payments API): new pricing and subscriptions. “First, we’ve heard feedback from developers that 5% transaction fees are great for microtransactions but not …

More On Google’s Save To Wallet APIs More On Google’s Save To Wallet APIs

At Google I/O, Google demonstrated the new Save to Wallet Google Wallet APIs. We posted about it here, but here’s the video of the session again, in case you haven’t seen it: Google has put out a blog post about …

Google Wallet API Session Video From Google I/O Google Wallet API Session Video From Google I/O

Google has been uploading lots of Google I/O session videos to YouTube. In one of those sessions (below), Google introduced new Google Wallet Cloud APIs. “There have been exciting developments in the world of Payments at Google as we move …

Google Is Now Getting Serious About Local Businesses Google Is Now Getting Serious About Local Businesses
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Google has big plans for local businesses, and making billions for itself in the process. Google announced a major Google+ push into local search last week, when it revealed Google+ Local, which effectively turns Google+ business pages into the new …

PayPal Adds 15 Stores to Offline Payment Solution PayPal Adds 15 Stores to Offline Payment Solution

PayPal has just announced on its blog that it’s outfitting 15 new U.S. brick and mortar retailers to use its offline payment and shopping solutions. The stores include Abercrombie & Fitch, Advance Auto Parts, Aéropostale, American Eagle Outfitters, Barnes & …

Galaxy Nexus On Sale: Free Google Wallet Galaxy Nexus On Sale: Free Google Wallet

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A month ago we reported a rumor that the popular Samsung Galaxy Nexus would be coming to Sprint on April 15th. With the 15th having now come and gone, that rumor was plainly wrong. But apparently it was pretty darn …