正当苹果欲将迪士尼、索尼等潜在目标收入囊中的传言仍在大行其道时，谷歌也一头卷入其中，据TechCrunch网站报道，苹果和谷歌双方目前正与计费服务专家Boku公司进行谈判。

Google VS. Apple

报道称Boku总裁兼董事长马克·布里托（Mark Britto）及联合创始人罗恩·海尔瑟（Ron Hirso）在过去三周中已和苹果iPhone高管们进行了“多轮谈判”，并多次与谷歌工程主管迈克尔·莫里（Michael Morrissey）进行高层次的会晤。

如果Boku对双方都有难舍的利益，那么这就将演变成苹果和谷歌的一场竞标比赛。

有关消息表示，双方之前在收购AdMob一案时已有过交手，结果是谷歌出价7.5亿美元，成功将苹果排挤出局。

据TechCrunch所称，Boku与大西洋两岸的运营商之间的紧密联系，应该是苹果和谷歌看中的利益所在，并估计Boku的收购价格应该在2.5亿至4.5亿美元之间。

Boku今年1月的市值达1亿美元，6月份向Android平台推出了应用内置付费系统，在Android应用内置付费市场的竞争对手包括贝宝（PayPal）、万事达信用卡（Mastercard）、Zong和RubyCoins等。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译）

Rumour: Apple and Google gearing up for Boku bidding war

Payments specialist could be picked up for $250 million 

Though the press has been happy to talk up giants such as Disney and Sony as potential buyout targets for Apple, its next move may well have a more logistical ring to it.

That’s if Google doesn’t get there first, of course.

TechCrunch reports both parties are currently in talks to buyout payments specialist Boku, which launched its in-app payments system for Android back in June.

Talking the talk

The website alleges Boku president and CEO Mark Britto and co-founder Ron Hirso have held ‘multiple talks’ with Apple’s iPhone executives in the last three weeks, while the firm has also engaged in high level meetings with Google’s director of engineering Michael Morrissey.

If interest is upheld on both sides, a bidding war could well be on the cards.

The two parties previously locked horns – if speculation is to be believed – over the purchase of AdMob, which eventually ended up in Google’s hands for $750 million.

Any move for Boku – which TechCrunch claims may well have caught both Apple and Google’s attention due to its close relationship with carriers on both sides of the Atlantic – is likely to come in somewhat below that fee, with a figure in the range of $250 million to $450 million currently being touted.

Boku, which was valued at $100 million back in January, competes in the in-payments market on Android with PayPal, Mastercard, Zong and RubyCoins, amongst others.（source:pocketgamer）