Google To Add In-App Purchasing To Web-Based Apps

Google will debut Web-based in-app payments in the Android market in May. The payment system will be enabled through Jambool, a company that Google acquired last August, that owns a payment service called ‘Social Gold.’

Jambool posted a blog explaining this. Here is an excerpt: “We are hard at work developing a web-based, in-app payments solution that combines the simplicity of the Jambool API with the power of the Google Checkout and Google accounts infrastructure. We’re very excited about the ease of use of the new system, with features such as one-click purchasing.

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