Kuwait automates billing system

Kuwait has rolled out an electronic payment system through which its citizens can pay for all their utility and legal bills, states Kuwait Times.

The system facilitates payment via the Internet as well as through mobile and automated machines.

General manager of KNET, Abdullah Al-Ajmi, says: "The Kuwaiti government began this project in 2007 and formed a team to perform online payment of government services, in cooperation with KNET.”

Following the roll-out of the Google Apps Marketplace, more than 40 companies have introduced applications for business processes, e-billing, and customer relationship management, reports BTN Online.

The Google Apps Marketplace is a platform designed for small and mid-size enterprises to acquire Web-based applications that integrate with Google-built Apps, including Gmail, Calendar and Docs.

TripIt president Gregg Brockway, who founded online travel company Hotwire, says the influence of an apps marketplace like Google's depends on corporations' growing need to have interoperable and integrated technology systems.

ProfitPoint has signed a partnership deal with Aria Systems to provide game publishers a billing platform to manage subscription fees and virtual goods, says Marketwire.

Vaden Landers, ProfitPoint CEO, says: "Integrating our new Snap platform with Aria's proven billing solution lets us offer new capabilities to Aria's installed base and gives both companies an attractive offering for both new and established game publishers."

The gaming market is now estimated to be worth more than $10 billion annually by the Entertainment Software Association.