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title: "Apple v. Google: The goliath deathmatch by the numbers in 2014 – TechRepublic"
date: "2014-03-30T08:00:14-07:00"
modified: "2014-03-30T08:00:14-07:00"
author: kims
url: "https://dominoresearch.com/apple-v-google-the-goliath-deathmatch-by-the-numbers-in-2014-techrepublic"
categories: iOooohhhEssss, Marketing Strategies, News & Views, The Big G(oogle), The Domino Effect
tags: Apple, google, google wallet, hce, iBeacon, paradigm shift, payments processing
description: Too bad we can’t throw Facebook in the cage with these guys and see who wins the real celebrity death match 😉  As I see it, Apple is making a move to be more like Google and Google is making a move to be more like Apple.  The paradigm shift will likely revolve around payments […]
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# Apple v. Google: The goliath deathmatch by the numbers in 2014 – TechRepublic

Too bad we can’t throw Facebook in the cage with these guys and see who wins the real celebrity death match 😉  As I see it, Apple is making a move to be more like Google and Google is making a move to be more like Apple.  The paradigm shift will likely revolve around payments technology before it’s over – witness the recent Visa/Mastercard announcement of HCE and the ability to sidestep carriers like Verizon to use Google Wallet.  G Wallet has failed miserably to date, but if Google thinks, as we do, that Apple is going to transition Passbook into a payments system, then pushing HCE instead of NFC particularly may put them back on the map going forward.

[http://www.techrepublic.com/article/apple-v-google-the-goliath-deathmatch-by-the-numbers-in-2014/#ftag=RSS56d97e7](http://www.techrepublic.com/article/apple-v-google-the-goliath-deathmatch-by-the-numbers-in-2014/#ftag=RSS56d97e7)