Google Wallet floundering, company explores options  Posted by
Raven Lovecraft  In an environment where mobile payment
technology is getting all the buzz, Google has seen
disappointingly poor results.  In just the last couple of
months, Paypal has wildly expanded its reach in the mobile
market. It's now possible for users to send money between phones
through NFC swiping, customers can pay for their purchases at
Home Depot retail locations with their Paypal accounts, and the
company now offers a mobile credit card reader to deposit funds
into their account in a real-life point-of-sale environment.
Google, meanwhile, has seen very little traction on Google
Wallet, and now it is thinking of how to rebrand itself.  For
starters, users are now given a $5 credit if they buy a Google
Wallet prepaid card. Google is also considering a much bigger
change wherein it will split revenue in a way that's much more
generous for everyone involved.  Google Wallet faces a lot of
problems, not the least of which is just how lim