Google and partners Mastercard, Citigroup, First Data and Sprint today unveiled "Google Wallet" and "Google Offers", which will allow US shoppers to pay "by waving their mobile phones at the checkout counter." The service will be made available this summer in New York and San Francisco. (Reuters)
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