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Google rolled out a mobile payments system for its Android phone this week, with observers widely expecting Apple to do the same, but recent privacy snafus and infrastruction challenges question the technology's viability.

The Google has released Google Maps 5.5 for Android based devices to make it easy to attain information about a certain destination, a report said

Can any good come out of Microsoft's $8.5 billion Skype buyout? No. Microsoft will run Skype to the ground, and here are three major reasons why

Daily deal site Groupon is being threatened by Google Wallet and Google Offers, services that combine coupons and discounts and payments at the time people buy things through their phone.

Say goodbye to swiping since tapping is in as Google's anticipated NFC-based mobile payment platform Google Wallet is here to revolutionize the way payments are made.

Google launched its much awaited NFC-enabled mobile payment platform, Google Wallet, which enables users to make payments at the point-of-sale (POS) by merely waving the phone.

Jefferies & Co. expects four potential negative events for Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) shareholders in the next 6 to 12 months. The brokerage reiterated its underperform rating on shares of the BlackBerry maker with a price target of $35.

Google unveiled its much anticipated mobile payments system -- Google Wallet -- in New York on Thursday, promising to change for ever the way people use money for transactions. In the past few thousand years, the way we pay has changed just three times—from coins, to paper money, to plastic cards. Now we’re on the brink of the next big shift, Google stated.

According to Google website, Google Wallet is designed and engineered to enable safe payments, going beyond the security level of traditional wallets and cards.

Amazon today launched a Mac application store, pitting the company against Apple's own five-month-old Mac App Store.

Microsoft announced an update for its Windows Phone 7 OS under the moniker Mango which will be rolled-out this fall bringing a deeper integration between native services and apps.

Google Wallet, a mobile payment system on Android-based Sprint smartphones, is expected to be unveiled at a media event in Google's New York office, at 12 p.m. today.

Amazon said it will offer a repeat of Monday's blockbuster Gold Box Deal of the Day under which customers can purchase the Lady Gaga Born This Way MP3 album today for $0.99 and get 20 GB of free Amazon Cloud Drive storage.

Google will unveil a new payment system tomorrow, a move the company hopes will pit the search-giant against companies like Visa and Mastercard.

Microsoft's latest mobile platform Windows 7 Phone (code-named Mango), which boasts of 500 new features and support, could soon become a threat to Google's Android and Apple's iPhone OS.

Windows details its web-based app store; similar to the one introduced by Google in February.

Google's long awaited mobile wallet or Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled smartphones which will make processing payments with a mere wave of the phone near a point-of-sale a reality is due to be unveiled on Thursday.

Microsoft, in a report, has given reasons as to why Mango is superior to Windows Phone 7.

Opera Software has released Opera Mini 6 for Apple’s iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone, a report said

Amazon has introduced a cheaper version of the Kindle 3G ebook reader with an ad-supported version. The pricing of this new ebook reader will be $164.

Japan's Sony needs to assert control over Sony Ericsson if the handset joint venture is to recoup market share and relevance in the cut-throat world of mobile devices.