The T-Mobile, AT&T story continues produce interesting details. When the deal was first announced, AT&T was planning to spend $39 billion for T-Mobile USA. While AT&T is prepared to pay that price, it may not have to pay that amount.

While we wait for more phones to ship with NFC chips to usher in the age of retail purchases with mobile phones, carriers have to make do with the technology that’s currently available to them. The next best thing is to let customers purchase certain items on their phones and place the charges on their mobile phone bill. T-Mobile will soon allow customers to charge digital items to their T-Mobile bill.

Would you like a hot tall skinny upside down with whip caramel macchiato with your Droid? Starbucks announced the Starbucks for Android app allow customer to pay for drinks, check balances on cards and track progress toward free drinks. The move finally brings some parity for Starbuck drinking Andriod users as iPhone users have enjoyed more »

Word is coming out of the UK that Apple will be passing on adding NFC (near field communication) as a way to make purchases until at least iPhone 6. According to sources, NFC isn’t ready for a mass-adopted phone. Despite this assertion, Android is brewing in NFC compatibility so manufacturers and carriers can begin implementing more »

Square, the company behind those cute little credit card swipers that plug into the earphone jack on smartphones now claims they are processing over $1 million per day according to a tweet from the company co-founder. Reportedly, the company raised $27.5 million in funding recently. The company was also featured in yesterdays Apple iPad 2 more »

Visa is testing NFC payments in four European countries using the iPhone with an NFC radio attached. The test is part of the growing acceptance of contactless payment solutions. Users can make payments in stores, on public transport and receive exclusive digital coupons. According to a Visa survey, 87% of iPhone users would use an more »

Can you feel it? The fight for who gets the coupon into your hand is well afoot and it is shaping up to be epic. If you love tech, the simple thing of merging the virtual world with the brick and mortar one, is pushing limits and pushing developers and engineers to get there first. more »

eBay has given Skype one more year to prove its viability and relevance to eBay’s online auction service. Skype was acquired by eBay with the hopes of the VoIP company helping boosts its online commerce business. However, since its acquisition, Skype failed to live up to eBay’s expectation of bringing more tie-ins between Skype and more »