Google Wallet Product Launch

Square’s gone after the clunky old cash register. Now Google’s trying to reinvent how we pay for even more things. It’s just revealed Wallet, the first big-name, large scale rollout of NFC wireless wave-and-pay next generation credit cards.

GOAB iPad App Brings TV Watching Into the Internet Age

Fast Company reports: Syzygy Lab’s concept promises a television-remote app that acts as a TV Guide, social network, and shopping mall all in one.

It’s not just ADD-addled teenagers stabbing at their smartphones while “watching” TV anymore — it’s all of us. (What does refreshing my Twitter feed do to improve my experience of watching 30 Rock? Don’t ask.) Meanwhile, “web TV” experiments like Google TV have gone over like a lead balloon with consumers. Syzygy Lab connects these dots into a concept product that actually makes sense, even if it’s horribly named: their GOAB tablet app will turn your iPad into the interactive smart TV remote of your dreams.

 

The Evolution of Commerce – Google Commerce Search 3.0

New! Google Commerce Search 3.0 is a powerful search solution designed specifically with online and multi-channel retailers in mind.
Improve your shopping experience with fast, intuitive Google search technology.

  • Engage visitors and help them find the right products
  • Power browse and navigation modes on your website
  • Easily implement merchandising strategies
  • Set product boosts and promotions with no custom coding
  • Display local inventory availability with your results
  • Deploy search solution in days, and scale effortlessly
  • Customize, track, and optimize performance

 

tinypay.me – easiest way to sell stuff online.

I didn’t know tinypay.me existed until today. After reading about it on mashable, I checked it out, and was won over by the viral power this new platform possesses. My wife and I run a second business selling a custom dog toy line called MuttPuppet. So I put their challenge of “Start selling in 60 seconds” to the test. Let me tell you, I would have probably hit the 60 second mark if I had all my photos, verbiage ready and waiting. With that said, I threw one product up in under 15 minutes, and it immediately shared it to my twitter, facebook, and linkedin accounts. WOW! So after about 15 minutes, I have this!

We did discover one issue with their store embed option… There is no way at this point to control the width, so it obviously won’t fit in majority of the blogs out there. The Tinypay logo says free, true … only if you don’t sell anything, otherwise they take 5%, but will match your charity donation, if applicable.

Any questions?
-michael

 

Google’s Stealth Approach on Social Media ~ Docs!

A few days ago, the Internet was abuzz with speculation that Google would have a splashy launch of a Facebook rival called “Google Circles” at South by Southwest. That didn’t materialize, with Google disputing that such a feature even existed. Michael Arrington at TechCrunch wrote a post called “Social Is Too Important For Google To Screw Up With A Big Launch Circus,” arguing that with Orkut and Buzz having more or less failed, Google wasn’t eager to swing hard and miss a third time. Rather, he wrote, “I’m guessing we’ll see more small releases over time.”