GigaOm's report[1] links to an article that suggests Google have been planning a micropayments system for "news and media companies" since 2009: http://www.niem

GigaOm's report[1] links to an article that suggests Google have been planning a micropayments system for "news and media companies" since 2009: http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/09/google-developing-a-micropayment-platform-and-pitching-newspapers-open-need-not-mean-free/ http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/09/google-developing-a-micropa... [1]: http://gigaom.com/2011/02/16/google-pitches-one-pass-micropayment-system-to-publishers/ http://gigaom.com/2011/02/16/google-pitches-one-pass-micropa...