Google wallet launches, PayPal sues

An NFC mobile payment system from Google was announced last night under the imaginative name of Wallet. The idea, according to PayPal’s lawyers, was stolen. The same contactless payment idea already testing in America, rumoured to be under devlopement by Amazon, and being planned in banks worldwide. Good luck with that lawsuit PayPal.

Wallet will allow Android 2.3+ NFC-capable smartphones like the Nexus S to make contactless payments using a Mastercard and Google Prepaid card systems. But Google has taken it a step further by introducing Google Offers that delivers location-based deals that should leave Groupon worrying. But with no release date confirmed they might not have to start quivering just yet. Want the full Google keynotes? Watch below.

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Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home