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Google Wallet and Google Plus Both Receive Updates in Android Market

Tim February 29, 2012 109

It's always a good time when our Google overlords decide to release updates for their apps. Today, you can head on into the Android Market and pick up the latest versions of Google Wallet and Google Plus. The Google Plus update is quite minimal and is just a...

Isis NFC Payment System Receives Official Name, Secures First Banks, and Briefly Discusses Plans for 2012 Rollout

Kellen February 27, 2012 34

Isis - the NFC mobile payment system that was started by Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T - received its first banking partners today, along with a product name and some details on how they plan to roll out. The product will officially be called Isis Mobile...

Wednesday Poll: Galaxy Nexus Owners, Have You Used Google Wallet Yet?

Kellen February 22, 2012 173

After all of the drama that Google Wallet has gone through over the last couple of weeks (security issues and freezing of prepaid cards), we have yet to discuss usage of the app itself. With prepaid cards back for the most part and enough ways to get the app...

Google Wallet Prepaid Cards are Back, Re-Provisioning of Cards has been Fixed

Kellen February 15, 2012 36

After temporarily disabling prepaid cards in Google Wallet, Google has now restored access to them after fixing an issue that allowed them to be re-provisioned. As many of you know, Wallet has taken a beating from the press over the last week, so the least we...

Google Disables Google Wallet Pre-paid Cards Temporarily, Reminds You That the Service is Still Safe Though

Kellen February 12, 2012 40

Poor Google Wallet and the beating it has taken over the last week. First it was a "vulnerability" if your phone was rooted which was then followed by a non-rooted issue that allowed someone who stole your phone to access prepaid funds. To be fair to Wallet,...

Google Comments on Google Wallet Root Vulnerability, Another Supposed Non-Root Security Issue Arises

Kellen February 9, 2012 54

If you missed the story from yesterday about a security vulnerability in Google Wallet for rooted users, please check it out here. For those that are up to speed, we wanted to make sure you saw Google's statement to The Next Web which acknowledges that this...

Report: Google Wallet PINs May Be Vulnerable on Rooted Devices

Kellen February 8, 2012 81

According to malware analytics group zVelo, Google Wallet PINs may be vulnerable if your phone is rooted. From their research and the video demo below, you will see that a simple .apk can be installed onto a rooted phone that can access PIN information,...

Video: Installing Google Wallet From the Market on the Verizon LTE Galaxy Nexus

Kellen February 2, 2012 86

Our instructions for installing Google Wallet to your Verizon Galaxy Nexus were giving people enough trouble earlier that one of our readers made a quick video to help everyone out. He went with the lengthy version that the majority of folks have had luck with...