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May 25, 2011 05:35 pm GMT
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Google Commerce Chief: We're Making A Huge Bet On NFC As A Company
Today, at TechCrunch Disrupt, editor Erick Schonfeld took the stage to interview Alex Rampell, TrialPay; Stephanie Tilenius, VP of Google Commerce and Payments, and Lewis Gersh, Metamorphic Partners; addressing online to offline mobile commerce. The panel was particularly interesting considering Google's reported announcement regarding its near field communications and mobile payments service announcement this Thursday.When asked about NFC and its potential, Tilenius said that the technology is an important opportunity for Android, telling the audience, "we're making a big bet on it as a company. There is a lot of potential there." She added that there is a ton of activity around NFC in international markets, giving the example of a successful trial of the technology that Starbucks ran in London.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/IMJ78uD2ewo/
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