TAKEPLACE: GOOGLE TAKES A PASS AT APPLE

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

GOOGLE TAKES A PASS AT APPLE

Google has thrown down the gauntlet to Apple with a payment service for digital content that features a more generous revenue share for publishers than Apple’s new system.

Eric Schmidt, Google’s chief executive, launched the One Pass service at a conference in Berlin on Wednesday. It will provide a single point of payment for content across websites and mobile applications.

The initial partners are all newspaper publishers, but Google said it could also be used for music or video content. FT

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