Your google play purchases with the orange bill

France would experience a decrease in online counterfeiting, estimates a recent study. And would be an exception when, across the Atlantic, the anti-pirate combat association is gray. Though.

Google Play: Purchases directly on the phone bill

From now on, Google Play adds the possibility of making its purchases with invoicing directly carried out on the monthly invoicing of its mobile phone. The company is pleased to announce this new payment tool for the purchase of digital books, films or music.

05/03/2012 at 5:48 PM by Clément Solym

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In the United States, only customers of the T-Mobile, AT&T or Sprint service (but soon) will therefore be able to obtain Android applications, changing their purchases on the phone score. This solution also exists for Japanese customers at Docomo and SoftBank.

The service is also valid in Germany, Italy or Spain, as well as in Korea, or in the United Kingdom.

No date announced for the rest of Europe, and France even less, but obviously, a tool that simplifies purchases and almost makes you forget that we could ruin in purchases, with a few clicks … (see on Google + ))

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