Hasta La Gadget!

Here is something for those who want to spend some real money on virtual stuff – especially if you own a PC or Mac, and are an avid fan of browser-based games. I am referring to Amazon In-App Purchasing expanding its reach to the aforementioned areas, where you will be able to access your entire slew of Amazon payment options, ranging from saved credit cards to gift certificates for developers to take advantage of. This feature is now ready and kicking, it remains the onus of developers to implement it into their websites.

To better describe Amazon In-App Purchasing, it basically enables “customers to buy digital content from within your apps and games using their Amazon accounts. Customers can purchase virtual currency, characters, expansion packs, subscriptions, and more. This service is available for PC, Mac, Web, Android and Kindle Fire games.”

Just where do you intend to start spending your hard earned dollars on in-game gold, ale, and whores? I can see developers rolling in pools of money already.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Report: Microsoft Looking To Invest $3 Billion In Dell, Intel Launches “Budget-Friendly” Processors,

Making a half dozen attempts to guess your login info or typing each digit of a credit card account certainly can get in the way of following through on impulse purchases, which is exactly how you’d categorize FarmVille cash or a featured flick that you know you may not have time to watch within the month. The solution is carrier billing, eliminating those precious seconds between impulse and reconsideration, and Telefonica has just signed on to offer the service to Facebook, Google, Microsoft and RIM account holders. The partnerships will enable O2 users in Germany or Movistar subscribers in Spain to charge purchases to their mobile phone accounts, for example — in total, 14 Telefonica subsidiaries should be up and running with carrier billing by the end of the year, though some services, such as Google Play and Facebook, have already begun to roll out. Click through to the PR after the break for the full breakdown.

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