Industry Put On Notice Google’s announcement is reverberating around the industry. Mobile payments startup Square, that uses a dongle to swipe credit cards and not NFC, has certainly been put on notice, especially since competitor Verifone is a partner in the NFC technology. Square announced a payment processing register and card case that will...
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Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Mark Suster (@msuster), a 2x entrepreneur, now VC at GRP Partners. Read more about Suster at his Startup Blog, BothSidesoftheTable. I have often said that what separates real entrepreneurs from pundits and by-standards is a bias towards getting things done versus over analyzing things. My credo has always been JFDI....
So, you’ve decided to start a blog. Good for you. As someone who has started, contributed and edited several over my “Internet lifespan”, it can be a very rewarding experience. These years of experience may not make me an expert (per se), but they do give me some insight on what one should do...
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Google today launched its long talked-about push into mobile payments with the introduction of a new payment platform called Google Wallet based on near field communication (NFC) technology. The company said it will enable tap-and-go wireless payments through NFC-equipped phones and will pair payments with Google Offers to help retailers and merchants strengthen their...
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It was almost exactly a year ago that Diaspora started raising money on Kickstarter. A few weeks later, they had raised $200,000 from nearly 6,500 backers. Why so much excitement? Because Diaspora was aiming to be a Facebook alternative. That hasn’t exactly worked out. At least not yet. But now another startup is about...
Thursday, in a move that puts them in direct competition to Apple’s Mac Store, Amazon announced the Mac Download Store. The Loop reports that the store has 250 of the ‘biggest software and game titles available for Mac. They point out that they even have some titles that Apple’s store does not. One of...
We’re here at Google’s NFC payments announcement, where the search giant has announced a new, important product called Google Wallet (see our comprehensive post on the announcement here). Google Wallet will be launching this summer — it’s currently in field testing — allowing users to tap their phones against NFC-enabled terminals to pay for goods, redeem...