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Google Offers adds new partners, new cities

, Mar 14th 2012 Discuss [0]

The number one search engine provider today announced that Google Offers, which you may know as "not Groupon or LivingSocial," has secured a couple new partnerships that it hopes will make the platform a bit more viable in this competitive space. The daily deal site market is incredibly crowded, and only a couple are actually in the mainstream lexicon, so Google has an uphill climb. Read The Full Story

Google offers $25 in exchange for your privacy [UPDATED with Google statement]

, Feb 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you're willing to let Google track you like a hawk over an extended period, the online search giant is willing to pay you $25. That is, $5 for signing up and then $5 in monthly installments if you continue to feel like you don't deserve any privacy on the Internet. Oh, and that's not in cash either. It's paid in a series of Amazon.com gift cards. It's not exactly break-the-bank kind of money, but it is probably incentive enough to draw in a pretty significant user base. Read The Full Story

Google Wallet to hit vending machines starting in NYC, Chicago, D.C., and San Francisco

, Dec 1st 2011 Discuss [3]

Google Wallet will soon be heading to a vending machine near you. The NFC-enabled payment system lets you make purchases with a simple tap of your smartphone. It can also deliver coupons and rewards directly to your phone. Terminals with NFC support will be deployed to the vending machines starting in NYC, Chicago, D.C., and San Francisco. Read The Full Story

Google Wallet app delayed until Friday

, Sep 21st 2011 Discuss [0]

Google Wallet was officially launched on Monday, but it looks like the full app won't be available to download until Friday. The mobile payment app was to be installed via an over-the-air update, originally to be completed by tonight. But now a Google spokeswoman has confirmed by email with Computerworld that the downloads won't complete until Friday evening. Read The Full Story

Google Wallet confirmed to launch on Nexus S 4G

, Sep 19th 2011 Discuss [0]

Reports earlier this morning tipped that Google's NFC-based mobile payment service called "Wallet" would be launching first on the nation's third largest carrier sometime today. And indeed, Google has confirmed now that the Wallet app will begin rolling out to Nexus S 4G handsets via an over-the-air update. Read The Full Story

Google Wallet Activation Confirmation spotted early in San Francisco [and New York]

, Sep 19th 2011 Discuss [0]

It appears that at least one coffee shop has decided to forgo the big bang reveal of today's launch of Google Wallet by placing their official "tap here" signs on their Vivo paypass-capable machines. All you've got to do is Tap and pay with your NFC-enabled credit card OR your smartphone using Google Wallet - adding that you should simply go to Google.com/wallet for more information if you're not already in the know. We know from earlier today that the launch is very likely for later today and of course that the NFC-based mobile money service will be popping up imminently one way or another. Read The Full Story

Google Wallet tipped to hit Nexus S 4G today

, Sep 19th 2011 Discuss [2]

Google Wallet, the wireless payments system the search giant unveiled back in May, could well officially launch today according to a new leak. A document reportedly being sent to Google's payment partners, and leaked to TechCrunch, suggests that the NFC-based mobile money service will be enabled for the Nexus S 4G sometime on September 19. Read The Full Story

Google Offers Beta daily deals hitting 5 new markets

, Sep 7th 2011 Discuss [1]

Google Offers Beta is expanding to five new markets, with the first daily deals in those markets redeemable starting tomorrow. The service was first launched back in June in Portland, the Bay Area, and New York City. Now it will be adding Austin, Boston, Washington D.C., Denver, and Seattle. Read The Full Story

The Dealmap Acquired by Google

, Aug 2nd 2011 Discuss [2]

Google has today acquired Dealmap, a start-up whose main function is to aggregate discounts from hundreds of group-buying sites. This acquisition may well prove to add on to Google's recently launched service in Google Offers or may stay a completely separate entity tied in to Google through simple check-ins. The terms of the deal have not yet been disclosed, but it is known that Dealmap will join Google's local incentives and commerce group. Time to take on Groupon after all? Read The Full Story

Google Shopper iPhone App Gets Map-Based Offers

, Jul 26th 2011 Discuss [1]

Google just released an update to version 1.5 for their Google Shopper iPhone app, which now integrates Google Offers. The app makes it easy to find more information on the products in front of you while you shop. It recognizes cover art, barcodes, and supports voice and text search to bring you relevant local versus online pricing, reviews, videos, and other specs. And now, it will also let you find deals nearby while you're on the go. Read The Full Story

American Express and Facebook Launch Link, Like, Love Deals Platform

, Jul 19th 2011 Discuss [1]

This deals platform goes by the name "Link, Like, Love." It's the greatest thing since sliced bread. It's going to destroy all other credit cards and deals programs. They'll never know what hit em. This is a deals program that you set up with your credit card in which you "like" deals on the internet then instantly get the deals you've liked when you use your credit card to purchase the goods or services that are involved in the deal. That's powerful. That's a Google Offers killer - isn't it? Let's have a quick talk on what this new platform means for everyone from small business owners to MasterCard. Read The Full Story

The Daily Slash: July 12, 2011

, Jul 12th 2011 Discuss [0]

Boy have we got some tidbits for you today. More TouchPad posts than you can shake a stick at, T-Mobile’s expanding their 4G network and their stranglehold on the Android world with a sweetest phone ever award being given to its new myTouch 4G Slide, and wouldn’t you know it, we’ve got some Apple news! So just sit back and kick it while we hook you up with a couple ah links that’ll have you reading all night long, and all day long, and all the livelong afternoon long.

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