It looks like Google is growing again. The internet giant is ready to expand its social and mobile presence to give big hitters like Facebook and Groupon a little competition. Google’s friend finder “Latitude,” got ‘check-in’ capabilities and perks. Additionally, Google ‘places’ enhanced its program to add hotpot; a place for users to recommend and share services and products they have personal experience with. Since Google was started in 1996, their mission statement hasn’t changed. The company mission was, “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and…
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A cloud computing cure for mobile commerce needed
Technology has boosted mobile device usage and mobile commerce. Yet Osama Bedier, Vice President of payments at Google, says that there are still many barriers that need to be corrected before mobile commerce can become successful. Bedier was in San Francisco, speaking at the Web 2.0 exhibition. One obstacle that was mentioned, was the current payment system; it needs to be digital, along with inventory. One suggestion was to make it all “cloud” based. Cloud computing is a general term for anything that involves delivering hosted internet services. There are…
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