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mobile payments

  1. Android News

    Google announces a new mobile payments application called Hands Free

    Unlike Android Pay or even Google Wallet, Hands Free is a way for people to pay for products and services without even pulling out their phone. The app is currently in beta and limited to the South Bay area of San Francisco, but having the app installed will let you get an alert if you are near...
  2. Android News

    The SD Association wants you to make mobile payments with a memory card

    The SD Association is a non-profit group that sets memory card standards for other companies to use. They've just announced the SmartSD. A microSD card with some code in it that will let any device that uses it to make mobile payments. Not only that, but they feel it can be used for...
  3. Android News

    NYC mayor says by the end of the year, you'll be able to pay for parking with your smartphone

    New York City mayor Bill de Blasio says they have plans to upgrade all 85,000 parking meters within the city to new units where drivers can simply pay with their smartphone.
  4. Android News

    Coin Partners with MasterCard to Bring Mobile Payments to Fitness Bands

    Coin is going to be making compatible hardware for fitness devices from Atlas Wearables, Moov, and Omate(for starters) that will let you process mobile payments(handled by MasterCard) with your fitness band.