It’s look like that some of mobile operators in UK don’t like Google Wallet system – Vodafone, Telefonica and Everything Everywhere. They prefer to make their own program allowed only in the UK but if Google quit from Wallet, they could use it too in the USA. Although the project is in the beginning, so these companies expect that it could be in use until end of the year.
The Race is already on between Google & Facebook. But Google appears to be focusing on segmentation by organizing around “circles,” allowing an easy way to target particular posts to friends, family, colleagues, etc. In fact you can do this on Facebook as well, but Facebook lists are not as easy to find or edit; nor are they as easy to view as a separate stream.