Mashable! - NYT Paywall, Google Mobile Payments & Facebook Movies: This

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. We're keeping our eyes on four particular stories of interest today.

New York Times Paywall Launches Today

The New York Times subscription paywall will go into effect in the U.S. and worldwide beginning 2 p.m. today.

Google To Begin Testing Mobile Payments

Google Inc. is partnering with MasterCard Inc. and Citigroup to enable Android smartphone owners to make purchases by waving their devices at checkout counters, sources have told the WSJ.

Warner Bros Adds More Titles to Facebook Movie Rental Service

Warner Bros. has added five new titles to its $3 Facebook movie rental service: Inception, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Yogi Bear and Life as We Know It.

Widespread Wi-Fi Coming to London Underground by 2012

The London Underground is inviting telecom companies to bid for a contract that will bring Wi-Fi to 120 of London's stations by June 2012..

Further News

  • Group messaging startup GroupMe has launched GroupMe Featured Groups, a new feature that enables brands to both create and engage in group messaging conversations about them.
  • All 21 tracks of Snoop Dogg's latest album,
Doggumentary, were released on the artist's MySpace page this weekend.

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