Google News!! - 060702

Apparently google's new payment system may give Amazon's payment system a run for its money =)

Rafe Needleman blogs that it (Google Checkout) is a very real threat to Amazon's Amazon Payments

So its not just Paypal feeling the heat =)


Google is also backing FON, a spanish company:


"Spanish firm FON began a push this week to create a global wireless Internet community made up of people that could earn cash by turning home or business Internet connections into "hot spots."

FON said on Monday it would practically give away one million Internet routers that would let hot spot owners share in small daily fees charged to roaming computer users.


Mr Crid Yu of Google's Head of Sales in HK reveals:

"Internet search giant Google is looking to diversify its offerings for advertisers and will be focusing on mobile phones.

"I think mobile has the most advertising potential," said Mr Crid Yu, Google's head of sales for Hong Kong and South-east Asia. "Mobile is an important area for Google and we are pushing partnerships worldwide." "

The routers would be available in Europe for five euros or in the United States for five dollars, according to the Madrid-based company. "

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The Infocomm Development Authority reported that in March, Singapore's mobile penetration rate reached 100.8 per cent, with the number of mobile phone subscriptions at 4.38 million — an indication that some Singaporeans own multiple mobile phones.



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