Who Will Win at Mobile Payments? Google or Square?

As it becomes clearer that we will be moving away from cash and increasingly toward some form of mobile payments, the big question is who will be the industry leaders. After Google and Square made their respective announcements this week, do either of them have a chance?
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Pandora Pre-IPO Numbers Getting Bigger and Bigger

Here’s some red meat for investors thinking about buying into Pandora’s IPO: Go-go growth numbers for the company’s first three months of 2011.
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YouTube Is Six Years Old and Huge: Three Billion Views a Day

And users are now uploading two days worth of video to the site every minute. That’s up 100 percent in the last year.
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Microsoft Looks to Mango to Make Windows Phone a Better Communicator

Among the more than 500 new features in the Mango release of Windows Phone are several aimed at making Microsoft smartphones into social butterflies.
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Microsoft Peels Back Details on Windows Phone “Mango”

Microsoft this morning shared the full details on Mango, the first major update for Windows Phone 7, due out later this year. The company is set to offer details at a New York event that kicks off at 7 a.m. PT. AllThingsD is monitoring a Webcast and will have live coverage here.
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Ballmer: Windows Phone Has 500 New Features We’ll Tell You About Tomorrow

Microsoft is planning to talk a lot about the next version of Windows Phone on Tuesday, but that didn’t stop CEO Steve Ballmer from offering up a few details during a chat with developers in Tokyo.
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Exclusive: France Telecom CEO on Apple, Android and How You Can Kiss Your Unlimited Plan Goodbye

In an extended interview, the head of France’s largest telecom firm talks with AllThingsD about the wireless landscape, offering a pointed take on everything from phones and tablets to the need for tiered pricing. And yes, his company is working with Apple on a standard for smaller SIM cards that could pave the way for a slimmer iPhone.
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Mac Sales Outpace Market… Again

There’s really no other way to say this: The Mac is kicking ass. Not only is its growth outpacing that of the broader market, it’s doing it in virtually every segment from government to enterprise.
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China Mobile's Four Million iPhone Users Still Waiting for Official Apple Deal

Five years after beginning talks with Apple, China Mobile, China’s largest wireless phone operator, is still negotiating to add the iPhone to its smartphone lineup. It’s been slow going, to be sure, but some progress has been made.

Toronto's Fuse Powered Nabs $2 Million for Mobile Game Publishing

Fuse Powered has raised $2 million in seed funding from BlackBerry Partners Fund and NFQ Ventures, we have confirmed.

Bitly Gets a New Boss

Apps for Androids

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