Will Google do an Amazon and one-click-checkout the rest of the web

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While Amazon offers the convenient checkout service to retail-website builders, other retailers are understandably loath to embrace the e-commerce giant’s tools.

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Mobile payments get serious on Google as Wallet evolves to handle travel [UPDATE]

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With mobile e-commerce predicted to reach over $278 billion by 2015, the mobile payments sector is heating up – and Google is at the head of the pack, announcing the next iteration of Google Wallet at the I/O Conference later today.

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Apple iTravel: So what happened to that?

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It was almost three years ago that we all got first sight of what Apple might have in mind if it wanted to launch an assault on the travel industry.

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How to combine the off and online worlds in the hotel industry

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Perhaps now is the time to rethink how to marry the online world with the on-the-ground existence that previously served the travel industry so well.

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How mobile payments and digital wallets will open up new opportunities in travel

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The first person I ever saw using a QR code in an email signature line was Jarad Miller, around the time he was moving into his current role with United Airlines.

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Will Google Wallet revolutionize payments in travel?

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In a word: no. There are too many moving parts, other players with a vested interested and complexity on the technical side.

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