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Facebook goes Bango for mobile payments through carriers

Facebook now supports mobile payments through carriers, thanks to a partnership with Bango.

The mobile payments company today announced its Facebook partnership, saying that folks who use the social network's mobile app can now purchase digital goods through carrier billing. Users will be asked to confirm a purchase, and then the charge will show up on their carrier bills, according to Bango.

Bango's payment service is available only in the U.S., U.K., and Germany at the moment. The company promises to make it available elsewhere in the coming months.

By going with Bango, Facebook might increase … Read more

Bango makes mobile Web downloads easy

A company called Bango is trying to make it easier to get content onto your mobile phone.

On Thursday, the company, which specializes in providing back-end technology for mobile Web sites, introduced a link that users can put on regular Web pages to link their content to mobile phones.

The Bango Button, which is free for download on the company's Web site, is designed to be used with blogs and social-networking sites. The way it works is that a user puts the icon or "button" on a Facebook page, which then enables friends who visit the page … Read more