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  • Now Samsung Has Its Own Wallet App

    Now Samsung Has Its Own Wallet App

    Samsung has unveiled a new digital wallet app in beta.

    Everyone is calling the App “Apple’s Passbook on Android”. Google, of course, already has some Passbook-like features in Google Now, not to mention Google Wallet.

    Samsung says, “Samsung Wallet is a convenient mobile app which allows users to store and manage event tickets, boarding passes, membership cards and coupons all in one place.”

    Yeah, it sounds pretty much like Passbook.

    “By using Samsung Wallet API, partners can integrate their Associate Apps and Samsung Wallet in the way that they can add their tickets and coupons to Samsung Wallet,” the company says. “The easy to use, time and location based push notification feature of Samsung Wallet will alert partner’s relevant coupons and tickets to users, providing increased access to partner’s Associate Apps, not to mention real-time updates on membership card points and changes to boarding passes. Samsung Wallet also adopts a co-marketing coupons that provides optimal marketing effect to partners. As more and more users enjoy Samsung Wallet, the same will happen to Associate Apps, enabling a win-win commerce ecosystem.”

    The Verge points to this video from the demo at Samsung Developer Day:

    Earlier this week, MasterCard announced its new MasterPass digital wallet, in addition to a new partnership with FourSquare on offers.

    On March 14th, Samsung will announce the Galaxy S IV. The company announced the Galaxy Note 8 mini-tablet the other day.

  • Square Launches Gift Cards, Includes Passbook Integration

    Square announced the launch of Square Gift Cards, which can be redeemed with the company’s Square Wallet offering or Apple’s Passbook.

    Square Wallet is the company’s app that lets users pay for things. Passbook, if you’re unfamiliar, is a feature added to the most recent version of iOS, which lets users access boarding passes, movie tickets, retail coupons, loyalty cards, etc. from one place on their iPhone or iPod Touch.

    Square Gift Cards from Square on Vimeo.

    CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted:

    “I just sent my parents a gift to their favorite bookstore, Left Bank Books in St. Louis,” Dorsey said in the announcement. “It’s incredibly fun to give my friends unique and meaningful gifts, treat them to their favorite neighborhood places, all from my couch.”

    Square has a quarter of a million local businesses in the U.S. accepting gift cards.

  • Apple Announcement: Passbook Comes to iOS 6

    Among its numerous announcements today, Apple unveiled an app called Passbook for iOS 6 during its keynote at the Worldwide Developers Conference.

    Apple touted it as a way to get all your passes – boarding passes, tickets, store cards, movie tickets, etc. – all in one app. On its new iOS 6 page, Apple describes Passbook:

    Your boarding passes, movie tickets, retail coupons, loyalty cards, and more are now all in one place. With Passbook, you can scan your iPhone or iPod touch to check in for a flight, get into a movie, and redeem a coupon. You can also see when your coupons expire, where your concert seats are, and the balance left on that all-important coffee bar card. Wake your iPhone or iPod touch, and passes appear on your Lock screen at the appropriate time and place — like when you reach the airport or walk into the store to redeem your gift card or coupon. And if your gate changes after you’ve checked in for your flight, Passbook will even alert you to make sure you’re not relaxing in the wrong terminal.

    Here are a couple screenshots:

    Passbook

    Passbook

    What do Twitter users think about Passbook?

    iOS 6 ships this fall. I’m sure we’ll get plenty more reaction once people actually get to use it.