Topic: PayPal Inc.

Portrait of the Rapper as a Young Marketer: How K'naan Delivered on Coca-Cola's $300 Million Bet

Coca-Cola bet that an unknown Somali rapper could support its biggest marketing campaign ever. The company was right, and it may have launched a new star. Or not.READ»

• Two Versions of "Wavin' Flag"

Gazelle Boosts Its Bottom Line by Keeping Your Gadgets Out of Landfills

Gazelle, a hot web service benefits its bottom line by keeping your old consumer electronics out of landfills.READ»

BlogWorld & New Media Expo

Twitter dominated talks big and small at last year's BlogWorld -- and the conversation landed in the Guinness Book of World Records. Attendees at the Las Vegas social-media mecca were challenged to tweet the hashtag #beatcancer, and ...READ»

Instapaper Tests Subscriptions, Highlights Sophisticated Future for E-Publishing [Updated]

Instapaper, the handy offline website article reading service, is testing out a subscription model. With recent moves by Amazon, this indicates Web-based e-publishing has a sophisticated, paid, layered future ahead of it.READ»

Now: October 2010

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• Read: How Did I Get Here?
• Protect: Convention on Biological Diversity
• Veg Out: 100th Anniversary of the Cathode-Ray Tube

Going, Going, Gone - Online Auction Sites Catching Fire Worldwide

eBay has long been the leader in online auctions, but the venerable giant is facing rising competition in emerging economies from indigenous companies on a mission.READ»

Spammers Make 57,000 Fake Web Sites a Week

Visa, eBay, and Amazon are some of the big brands that have fallen victim to an onslaught of counterfeit websites by hackers.READ»

If Apple's Ping Is Social, Then Where's My Facebook Friends?

The social music network is empty. Why can't I add friends from other networks like Facebook?READ»

Actress Felicia Day Reroutes Her Career With Web Series "The Guild"

With her groundbreaking series "The Guild," actress Felicia Day took control of her own career -- and shook up the world of Web video in the process.READ»

• Television on the Web Is Redefining Must-See Viewing

Your Smartphone Will Soon Double as Your Wallet

The race is on to transform your smartphone into your wallet.READ»

Creating the Sustainable Bank

Our banking system has suffered a major setback. Meanwhile, smaller banks with environmental and social sustainbility at their core are flourishing. What can we learn?READ»

Did Google Pay $182 Million for a New VP?

Days after Google bought social app developer Slide, its CEO steps into the search giant's top engineering role. READ»

Apple Hires Wireless Payment Guru, Prepare for iPhone Credit Cards

Apple's new executive team hire means one thing: How you pay for things is going to change forever. READ»

Flame On! PayPal Caves to Wrath of Burning Man

PayPal's head of public relations and Burning Man veteran allows temple builders to tap account.READ»

PayPal to Reinvent Micropayments

PayPal's long been the daddy of online payment systems, but it sees a future in facilitating one of the more interesting, and fast-growing online financial tricks: Micropayments.READ»

iFive: Google Sued by Oracle, India's Deadline to RIM, Arctic Trip for Anthropologist, Astronomical Discovery, Twitter Movie

There's no vacation for innovation.READ»

Burning Man Defeats PayPal

Burning Man veterans--including top VCs, entrepreneurs, and the founders of Google--have an extra reason to celebrate today. Not only is it less than a month until they go to the Nevada desert again, but the Burner community just got a Silicon Valley giant to back down.READ»

Google Slides Into Social Gaming

By purchasing the Facebook app maker Slide, Google signals it's ready to enter a much-contested business. READ»

Square Planning Big Mobile Payment Rollout, Could Be Bumped by Newer Tech

A stutter in the rollout of Jack Dorsey's novel Square cellphone credit card system may mean it'll get swallowed soon by emerging tech.READ»

MoneyBall for Startups: Invest BEFORE Product/Market Fit, Double-Down AFTER

VC funds are getting smaller (good), and angel investors are growing (also good), but both need to get smarter and innovate.READ»

Three Steps for Changing Reality

Last Sunday, an article I was reading covered Elon Musk, who made his riches helping to build PayPal and is now CEO of Space X and Tesla Motors. A few years ago, while doing research for my third book, I interviewed Musk. I was struck by the same thing the article covered: does Musk twist reality? READ»

Tesla/PayPal Founder Elon Musk Defends His Finances, Personal Life

Some background: Elon Musk founded both PayPal and Tesla, the former of which was a massive financial windfall. The entrepreneur is also a major player in SpaceX, a private space exploration company that is to figure heavily in ...READ»

Win, Win, Win, Win, Win - We'll Get Ourselves Out Of This Mess Yet

My customer evangelist radar can always detect a not-waving-drowning plea for help between syllables. The unglamorous fact of fundraising life -- unless you're Lance, Haiti+CNN, or Obama on his home run -- is actually raising the funds.READ»

Brother, Can You Spare a Blender? The Scoop on Peer-to-Peer Equipment Rentals

With all the lawn mowers, table saws, and complete collections of CSI DVDs sitting around gathering dust in the shadowy corners of our homes, you would think the idea to rent out unused stuff would have come sooner. Especially as we ...READ»

Four Companies to Watch in the Brave New Commercial Space Mission Era

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launch on Friday did something much bigger than popping a dummy payload into space: it lit a fuse beneath the next era of space exploration, with commercial efforts alongside government ones. The ...READ»