PayPal Says It’s Full Speed Ahead on Mobile Payments After President Resigns

PayPal’s VP of Mobile David Marcus makes the case for why its mobile payments strategy will prevail in a market surrounded by incumbents.
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Here’s How PayPal Is Pitching Mobile Payments to Major Retailers (Slideshow)

Check out the photos from a recent visit to PayPal’s San Jose headquarters, where AllThingsD got an exclusive peek at the company’s brand-new “Shopping Showcase.”
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The Mobile Coupon Is Broken and Procter & Gamble Has Found a Solution

Procter & Gamble thinks it has found a solution to distributing coupons on mobile phones.
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MasterCard Defends Google Wallet Ahead of Its Official Launch

Google will officially launch its mobile payments service any time now, which will let a small subset of Android smartphone users tap and pay for items at a limited number of stores.
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PayPal’s Response to Google’s Payment Plans: A Wallet in the Cloud (Offers Not Included!)

PayPal unveiled its plan for mobile payments space for the first time yesterday. In an interview, PayPal’s president explained why he believes the space will take off “faster than you ever imagined.”
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Apple’s iPad Already Replacing Cash Registers by the Bushel

Mobile devices — and especially Apple products — have become fairly mainstream at U.S. retail locations. Today, Pacific Sunwear announced a significant deployment of mobile devices in its stores.
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Square Launches Payments System That Makes Registers and Wallets Obsolete

Square has launched a new cash register for merchants and a new mobile wallet for consumers to make paying for cups of coffee and other retail goods extremely simple.
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PayPal Acquisition Hints at Company's Approach to the Mobile Wallet

EBay-owned PayPal said in February it will conduct several pilot programs over the next year to enable consumers to use their PayPal accounts–at the register. Today, it announced an acquisition that may help them get there.

‘With This App, I Thee Wed…’

Several wedding-planning applications for mobile devices let brides- and grooms-to-be reach for an iPhone to manage the process, from finding the dress to registering for gifts to editing the guest list.

A New Social Network Where Inquiring Minds Run Wild

Katie takes a look at Quora, a question-and-answer site that encourages thoughtful—even long-winded—discussions.

Is My Email Address My Identity?