Google today said it has forged a deal with Softcard, the mobile payments app owned by the three biggest wireless carriers, to install Google Wallet on their phones–giving the less-than-popular app a big boost against a surging Apple Pay. Source:…

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TechFragSK Telecom wins patent suit, ban on Viber in KoreaTelecompaper (subscription)KakaoTalk has an estimated 37 million local users in the country of 50 million people. Source: http://www.telecompaper.com

Apple Pay accounts for more than $2 out of $3 of purchases using contactless mobile-phone payments. Source: http://www.vancouversun.com

Google has sealed a deal with several mobile telephone operators to promote their payment systems through the mobile app Google Wallet, just a few months Source: http://www.gizbot.com

Updated at 3:15 p.m. Neiman Marcus and Capital One have created a mobile wallet for the luxury retailer’s credit card customers who use Apple iPhones. Customers can make in-store purchases… Source: bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com

The LG Watch Urbane LTE runs on the LG Wearable Platform, which traces its roots back to the beloved old mobile operating system. Source: http://www.cnet.com

A new poll suggests that the mobile payments market is ripe for the taking. Source: americasmarkets.usatoday.com

App and all wallets to go dark ‘in the near future’ Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk

There are predictions that another 1 billion people will connect to the web by mobile in 2015. Here are another 7 mobile marketing trends and predictions. Source: http://www.jeffbullas.com