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| Google Wallet drops Citi exclusivity, now supports all credit cards Posted: 01 Aug 2012 11:06 AM PDT  The Google Wallet service has just gotten an update, and it’s the most important update yet. When Wallet originally launched, users could only add a Google Prepaid Card or Citi MasterCard for NFC payment, leaving basically everyone else in the dust. Of course, you could add funds to your Google Prepaid Card with whatever card you liked, but that was often viewed as complicated or defeated the purpose of a truly-integrated wallet. Today, Google has announced on its Wallet site that users of the Wallet app could now add any Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover Card to use for mobile payments. The move obviously is huge as it allows any phone with NFC and access to the Wallet app the ability to replace all the credit cards in your wallet at all retailers that support NFC. The updated Google Wallet also moves security to the cloud as opposed to local device storage, allowing for synced preferred payment methods and a single online management hub for all online and in-store payments from your Google Wallet account. The update also allows you to disable Wallet on individual devices, should you lose or sell your Android phone. Here’s hoping Google is actively working on bringing support for Google Wallet to more devices. Will you actually be using Google Wallet more now that it supports all major credit cards? Sound off in the comments.
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| Ask the founder of the OUYA game console anything Posted: 01 Aug 2012 09:09 AM PDT  Nearly 50,000 people have already backed the Android-powered OUYA game console, but you still have seven days left if you want to pledge $99 and get a system and controller at launch. The affordable little console boasts a growing list of features like a Tegra 3 processor, support for OnLive, VEVO, and Twitch.tv, games from Square Enix and other developers, and it will be very hacker friendly. I’m a sucker for Kickstarter projects and I think OUYA has real potential as a budget console, so I went ahead and pledged. If you are still unsure about the device, make sure you head over to reddit this afternoon at 10 AM PT (1 PM ET) where the founder Julie Uhrman will be answering questions from fans.  Get your limited edition OUYA console during the last week of Kickstarter funding. During the last week of funding OUYA will offer a special limited edition console and controller that feature a brown brushed metal finish. In order to cover the small production run, this limited edition console and controller will be priced at $140. Unfortunately the estimated ship date for OUYA is not till March 2013, but the extra time will allow them to build up their launch titles. Head over to the Kickstarter project page for additional details. Let us know if you already pledged to OUYA in the comments below.
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