PayPal to Sue Google over NFC

Google is facing a law suit courtesy of PayPal who claim that the internet search giant stole the technology for turning smartphones into digital wallets.

The argument resolves around a former employee, Osama Beider who PayPal alleges he obtained trade secrets before becoming Google’s vice president of payments in January 2011.

Google have yet to see a copy of the complaint and have therefore declined to comment until a later date.  The technology called Near Field Communications is widely used in Japan, it has recently gone live in the UK, and is set for launch in the US in this summer.

MobileWallet or not, as a user of the Android Operating Systems you should have boughtinto some form of security.  Anti-Spam,Anti- Virus and Anti-theft are all available for less than £20.

The Mobile Wallet Has Arrived

Quick Tap – the system that allows people to purchase items using their mobile phone has been launched in the UK, and its gathering popularity in Europe.  

To use the service, you will need Orange and Barclaycard accounts as well as a handset that is set up for contactless payments.  The service is made possible by Near Field Communication (NFC), the short-range wireless technology that underpins many wireless payment systems.

The NFC enabled Samsung Tocco Lite handset goes on sale Friday 20^th May 2011. 

Among shops signed up to the system are McDonalds, EAT, Pret-a-Manger and some Boots stores, Subway, Little Chef, Wilkinson and the National Trust.