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Title: 2013-06-21 Does Google Wallet’s slow adoption bode badly for bitcoin?
Post by: siennamar on June 22, 2013, 10:38:25 AM
http://www.coindesk.com/does-google-wallets-slow-adoption-bode-badly-for-bitcoin/

In May, Google announced to its merchant partners that it would be retiring Checkout. Google Checkout was designed as a platform for online payments, but as a competitor to PayPal it wasn’t getting enough traction. The company’s plan is to merge Checkout into Google Wallet. The idea always has been for Wallet to be – via Android – a replacement, well, for your physical wallet.


Title: Re: 2013-06-21 Does Google Wallet’s slow adoption bode badly for bitcoin?
Post by: r3wt on June 22, 2013, 10:40:06 AM
http://www.coindesk.com/does-google-wallets-slow-adoption-bode-badly-for-bitcoin/

In May, Google announced to its merchant partners that it would be retiring Checkout. Google Checkout was designed as a platform for online payments, but as a competitor to PayPal it wasn’t getting enough traction. The company’s plan is to merge Checkout into Google Wallet. The idea always has been for Wallet to be – via Android – a replacement, well, for your physical wallet.

now we know why google is developing that quantum computer


Title: Re: 2013-06-21 Does Google Wallet’s slow adoption bode badly for bitcoin?
Post by: bb999 on June 22, 2013, 01:57:42 PM
http://www.coindesk.com/does-google-wallets-slow-adoption-bode-badly-for-bitcoin/

In May, Google announced to its merchant partners that it would be retiring Checkout. Google Checkout was designed as a platform for online payments, but as a competitor to PayPal it wasn’t getting enough traction. The company’s plan is to merge Checkout into Google Wallet. The idea always has been for Wallet to be – via Android – a replacement, well, for your physical wallet.

Credit cards have become so ubiquitous, it is hard to get people to change a habit.  Particularly if they don't see an immediate benefit but do see an immediate hassle to setting it up.