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Google To Launch “Virtual Wallet”

Posted on May 25, 2011May 24, 2011 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

There are several reports that Google will be launching its “Virtual Wallet” mobile payments system on Android phones this week.

Tagged google, nfc, payments

Google Advisor: Financial Comparisons

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Google has been testing various financial comparisons in its search results for a while, and today it has rolled out the results of those trials into a single site; Google Advisor.

Tagged comparison sites, google

Google Business Photos

Posted on May 9, 2011May 8, 2011 by Rob Lewis - 2 Comments

Google has launched a new service which it hopes will help them show even more detail on businesses in their search results and map listings.

Tagged Business, google, marketing

Google Launches Its “Groupon Killer”

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Rob Lewis - 6 Comments

It’s no secret that Google has been looking to get itself into the daily deal/group buying phenomenon, openly courting Groupon at the end of last year, but falling short of a deal to buy them.

Tagged deals, google

Google Buys BeatThatQuote.com

Posted on March 7, 2011March 7, 2011 by Rob Lewis - 3 Comments

There was quite a surprise announcement in the financial comparison site industry today with the news that Google has bought BeatThatQuote.com for £37.7m.

Tagged Business, comparison sites, google

Phone Scammers In Google Search Results

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

The Guardian has the details of another new telephone scam, this time involving the search results on Google and Premium Rate phone numbers.

Tagged google, scam

Google Maps Dropping Property Listings

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Rob Lewis - 3 Comments

Google has decided to drop the property listings from Google Maps worldwide from February 10th.

Tagged google, Property

Estimate Fuel Costs With Google Maps

Posted on January 24, 2011February 16, 2017 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

Google Maps has added a new feature which will estimate how much you’ll spend on fuel when making a journey.

Tagged google, Money Saving, travel

Google Expands Financial Comparisons In The U.S.

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

Google has expanded the number of financial comparison ads which are triggered on certain search terms in the US.

Tagged google

Google Mobile Payments Launching In 2011?

Posted on January 4, 2011January 4, 2011 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

A few high-profile sites have been reporting on a BusinessWeek article which seems to confirm that Google is looking into its own mobile payment service using NFC technology.

Tagged google, mobile, nfc, payments

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