Thursday, May 26, 2011

Google's New York event, May 26th 2011

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What we know so far:

Partners:  ViVoTech, Verifone, MasterCard, CitiGroup
Pilots: New York and San Francisco
NFC Phone: Sprint
Stores: Macy's American Eagle Outfitters, Subway, 

Do you know what this means!  It means that if you happen to be one of the 37 individuals who use Sprint as your carrier, invested in an NFC Mobile Device, live in New York (or San Fran) and shop at Macy's...(or Subway) you can buy a $5 foot long with the wave of your phone!  

PC World has a "What to Expect at Googles NFC Event" Article... http://www.pcworld.com/article/228715/google_wallet_what_to_expect_at_googles_nfc_event.html



Want to watch the event via a live blogger?  Go here...

IN NEWS

Confirmed: Google Wallet NFC payment system launches tomorrow, retail partners in tow

Posted by Nilay Patel on May 25, 2011 7:57 pm | 49 Comments
We’d already guessed that tomorrow’s Google event would be all about contactless payments, and we can now confirm that the system will be called Google Wallet and launch later this summer. We can also confirm that Google’s lined up several retail partners including The Container Store to get things off the ground — it sounds like special NFC readers will arrive in stores sometime around September 1st, and customers will be able to pay just by tapping their phones against them. That’s all we know for sure right now — but we’re sure to find out far more about device support and additional retail partners tomorrow during our liveblog.

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