App of the Week: Google Wallet/Android Pay

As purchasing becomes a more mobile activity, online payment providers are tailoring their apps to better service smartphone users.

The Google Wallet app was recently relaunched to compete in this mobile-first environment, where apps like Venmo and Square have made the transfer of money a simple and sleek experience.

The new Google Wallet accomplishes this need, enabling users to send and request money on iOS devices by connecting a U.S. debit card or bank account. And with the Google Wallet Card, users can make purchases wherever Debit MasterCard is accepted.

For Android users, Google also unveiled Android Pay, which will replace the old version of Google Wallet as the payments solution built specifically in that operating system and to work with other Android apps.

Google Wallet is available for iOS and Android Pay is available for Android. 

Missed any of the previous Apps of the Week? View them here:

• Evernote -- productivity workspace
• Instapaper -- reader
• Keeper -- password manager
• CamCard -- business card manager
• Mailchimp -- e-mail marketing
• Cozi -- calendar management
• Dropbox -- file storage
• TripIt -- travel management 
• SalesVu -- POS solution 
• ClassPass -- mobile gym membership program
• Ten Types of Innovation -- newsfeed/interactive roadmap for innovation
• Slack -- chat and messaging
• EasilyDo -- digital assistant
• Calm -- relaxation and meditation assistant
• MiFlight -- crowdsourced flight tracker 
• Any.do -- task management 
• Snagajob -- hourly employment marketplace
• Accounting Today's Tax Break -- accounting-related games and notation
• LinkedIn Pulse -- professional news feed
• Triage -- email organizer
• GoodReader -- PDF reader 
• Dashlane -- password management
• 30/30 -- task manager
• AroundMe -- local search
• Wolfram Alpha -- computational knowledge engine
• Intro -- digital business cards
• Surpriise -- giving platform
• CloudMagic -- email manager
• Sunrise Calendar -- calendar and scheduling
• Things -- task management suite
• Quip -- collaboration and productivity suite
• Bizzaboo --  event planning and networking 
• Doodle -- meeting scheduler 
• Due -- reminder alerts
• getAbstract -- subscription reading service
• Wunderlist -- list making and sharing
• SuperBeam -- document sharing
• Addapt -- address book updater 
• DocuSign -- electronic signatures
• CamScanner -- mobile scanning
• Car Locator -- travel and transport
• Zoom Cloud Meetings -- online meetings
• LectureNotes -- note-taking
• Indeed Job Search -- job listings
• Roambi Analytics -- data presentation and analysis
• LastPass -- password management/security
• Feedly --content aggregation
• WiFi Finder -- finding connection hotspots
• Accounting Balls -- accounting education
• CM Security Heartbleed Scanner -- anti-virus/security
• Fantastical 2 -- calendaring
• Workflowy -- list-making and note-taking
• Conojo Whiteboard -- whiteboard and collaboration tool
• Contactually -- contact management/CRM
• World Clock -- time and date info
• Dispatch -- e-mail management
• Pocket -- saving Internet content
• Gneo -- to-do lists
• SwiftKey Keyboard -- typing/keyboard app
• Clockwork Tomato -- organization/time-tracking app
• Google Keep -- note-taking app
• Dragon Dictation – dictation/transcription app
• Todoist – to-do lists/task organization app
• Secret! – encryption app
• WhatsApp Messenger -- smartphone messenger
• FolderSync – document and file storage
• Cloud Print -- printer access app
• Tempo Smart Calendar -- scheduling app
• Penultimate -- note taking/sharing app
• EchoSign -- eSignature app
• Jump Desktop -- remote desktop app 
• Tweetbot -- Twitter app 
• Boxer -- email app
• PrintCentral -- digital document printing app
• Save2PDF -- PDF creation app
• PDF Expert -- PDF editing and management app
• Scout GPS -- navigation app
• Timesheet -- time tracking app
• Cloud On -- MS Office app 
• Super Note -- note-taker and reminder app
• Air Display -- dual monitor app
• Stickyboard 2 -- iPad whiteboarding app
• Digits Calculator -- calculator app with editable calculations
• LogMeIn -- computer remote control app
• Chrometa 4.0 -- phone time and email capture app
• Scanner Pro -- scan-from-a-mobile-device app