Bloomberg – 2/23/15: Google Inc. has acquired technology and patents from Softcard, a mobile-wallet service backed by the three-biggest U.S. wireless providers, as the Web company takes on Apple Inc. to offer more payment features on smartphones. AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. and T-Mobile US Inc. will work with Google to pre-install the Google Wallet application on newer Android phones, the Mountain View, California-based company said in a blog post Monday. As part of the deal, Google is acquiring assets from Softcard to improve its payments service.
Click here to read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-23/google-buys-softcard-s-technology-gets-deal-with-u-s-carriers

Subscribe to the comments for this post?

Share this on Facebook

Share this on LinkedIn

Email this to a friend?

Share this on del.icio.us

Add this to Google Reader

Share this on Technorati

Seed this on Newsvine

Share this on Blinklist

Share this on FriendFeed

Add this to Google Bookmarks

Post on Google Buzz

Post this to MySpace

Share this on Plaxo

Submit this story to Propeller

Add to a lense on Squidoo

Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon

Share this on Tumblr

Buzz up!