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Google Wallet users get $5 apology as prepaid service resumes in full after security issues

March 21, 2012
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Following recent trouble with Google Wallet, Google is giving all prepaid users of its mobile payments system a small piece of compensation by adding $5 to their accounts, as members of the Rootz Wiki discovered. The move is part of a wider apology from Google after issues arose last month questioning the security of the…

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Google is allegedly trying to muscle app developers into using Google Wallet exclusively

March 9, 2012
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According to a report by Reuters, it appears that Google wants all of the apps on its Android Market Google Play platform to use its own payment system for in-app purchases. And by want, it reports that Google is nearly forcing developers to do so. Some developers that are using external payment systems such as…

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Google is allegedly trying to muscle app developers into using Google Checkout exclusively

March 9, 2012
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Google is allegedly trying to muscle app developers into using Google Checkout exclusively

According to a report by Reuters, it appears that Google wants all of the apps on its Android Market Google Play platform to use its own payment system for in-app purchases. And by want, it reports that Google is nearly forcing developers to do so. Some developers that are using external payment systems such as…

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Google Wallet users can buy prepaid cards again as one security issue is fixed

February 15, 2012
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Google Wallet users are once again able to buy prepaid cards for the mobile payments service, after Google restored the functionality having temporarily barred the issuing of new cards following a security issue. In an update to a previous blog post, Osama Bedier, Vice President of Google Wallet and Payments, clarified that it has fixed an…

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Google insists Google Wallet is safer than plastic, despite recent issues

February 11, 2012
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Google has issued a response to the recent security issues that were raised with its Google Wallet mobile payments system last week, claiming that the service is safe and even more secure than physical cards. We revealed on Thursday that a team of developers at zvelo had demonstrated how the PIN verification system could be easily overridden on rooted…

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