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Viral Loop Chronicles Part 1: Forget Everything You've Heard About Book Publishing

Viral Loop Chronicles Part 1: Forget Everything You've Heard About Book Publishing

Part 1: Today's Author, Yesterday's Business Forget everything you've heard about book publishing. For instance, recently at a party to celebrate the publication of my latest book, a number of people asked, "Is your ...READ»

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Amazon Brings One-Click Buying to Mobile Apps

Amazon's patented one-click purchasing has been the boon companion of plenty of impulse purchases. Now the retailer is looking to bring the one-click experience to mobile phones for businesses that use its PayPal competitor, Amazon ...READ»

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Mobile Payments Are Taking Off. But Which One to Use?

Mobile payments system Boku just announced that it will work with a bevy of social networks and gaming sites. But competitor Zong, was recently chosen to pilot Facebook's virtual currency, called Credits. Both sites will face ...READ»

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Pay With Facebook? No Thanks.

Facebook has begun testing a proprietary payment system with three of its applications. You can now use these apps--which include GroupCard, PackRat, Birthday Calendar and Facebook's own credits ...READ»

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One Possible Future For Twitter: a Vehicle for Charity Micro-Payments

There's a rumor that the majority of first posts from newbies on Twitter goes something like "Just trying to work out what Twitter is for!" It's undoubtedly a successful invention, yet sometimes it feels like a solution in ...READ»

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Why Does Tesla Get All the Love? It's Selling California, Not Cars

Yesterday, Tesla Motors fulfilled its stereotype as a Silicon Valley startup by botching the unveiling of its second major product launch, the four-door Model S sedan. The feverish response to the news--from Digg co-founder Kevin ...READ»

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Pay By Cellphone? Sounds Great. So Why Don't We Do It?

Obopay is an payment system that works on your cell phone--kind of like a mobile PayPal. The service is cheap, easy to use, and fantastically convenient. Not only that, it's well-backed; today Nokia [NOK] announced it would funnel ...READ»

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