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Topic: PayPal Inc.

  
TECHNOLOGY   |  Comment

Time to Pay Up, Pal

Click Here: Making payments just got easier.READ»

AVATARS   |  Comment

Avatars and Online Identity

Avatars are important! I believe as online communication increases and as virtual worlds become more commonplace, the avatar we choose to be, becomes part of our online identity. We buy books at Amazon, music from iTunes; we buy ...READ»

Online Identify Theft More Common Than You May Think

It's not too surprising to note that online identity theft is actually a much worse problem than you might think.READ»

Amazon’s Latest Coup: Thinking Small

No, you haven't time-warped back to 1995. With its new Flexible Payment Service, Amazon is single-handedly monetizing the Web services you'd never thought profitable -- and revolutionizing the Web all over again.READ»

These Guys Will Make You Pay

Lots of Internet startups have tried to reshape finance. PayPal Inc. has pulled ahead of the pack by getting three things right: it built an easy-to-use system around email, it learned quickly from its mistakes, and it didn't invent a new currency.READ»

EDUCATION   |  Comment

Where and when is the next KIVA.ORG going to happen

I've asked the question everywhere, I'll ask it here. In order to answer, you need to understand what makes KIVA.ORG unique. Kiva is funded by tax deductible donations and grants.  Loans do NOT pay interest, except in the ...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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Chapter Seven: From Ecology to Economy

Big Business and the Disconnect from ValueREAD»

My 7th job in the year

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SEOBusiness: Kudos- Domain stats followed by good old fashioned sales strategies

Kudos - SEOBusiness: Domain stats followed by good old fashioned sales strategies I thought that your comments on Good Old Fashioned Sales Strategies was excellent.  Maybe the only point I thought you missed was that ...READ»

Now Hiring

A CFO is a CFO. But for the growing number of techies who toil at making products and services more user- friendly, job titles are more fungible -- and more confusing. Are these people designers, or engineers?READ»

TechCrunch50: Yammer.com, the "Twitter for Companies"

I am following TechCrunch50 (TC50), the event for startups put on by popular tech blog TechCrunch. A friend of mine, Ryan Coleman, engaged me in discussion about Yammer.com by asking me what I thought of it. What is Yammer? ...READ»

Entrepreneurship: Direct Mail Isn't Dead Yet

A new service called Leadstash is boasting that it can make professional-quality direct mail campaigns that are financially feasible for even the smallest of small businesses. The company claims a database of over 50 million American ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Innovation: Customers Miss REVOLUTIONARY Credit Card News

Is it because we do not like to be anonymous? A new kind of credit card launches in September and it’s not all over the news. Founded by AOL’s Steve Case and an impressive team of experienced veterans of the credit card and ...READ»

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INNOVATION   |  Comment

Innovation: Customers Miss REVOLUTIONARY Credit Card News

Is it because we do not like to be anonymous? A new kind of credit card launches in September and it’s not all over the news. Founded by AOL’s Steve Case and an impressive team of experienced veterans of the credit card and ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Innovation: Customers Miss REVOLUTIONARY Credit Card News

Is it because we do not like to be anonymous? A new kind of credit card launches in September and it’s not all over the news. Founded by AOL’s Steve Case and an impressive team of experienced veterans of the credit card and ...READ»

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Ning's Infinite Ambition

It isn't just a site where users can build their own social networks -- Ning is a model of how to create a perpetual growth machine.READ»

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OBOPAY   |  7 comments

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»

HUMOR   |  1 comment

TGIF!

While you're considering such weighty issues as whether you work for a bad company, whether men really work harder than women, or whether you agree with the 66% of managers who told Accenture they want to take a hike from their ...READ»

The Myth About Creation Myths

Introducing our new column exploring how and why ideas succeed or fail. This month: the power and perils of a great backstory.READ»

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PALM   |  9 comments

Is Palm Driving Developers Underground?

An angry rant by a prominent developer describes Palm's app store as developer hell: fees, paperwork, and a PayPal account are required. But as counter-rants have pointed out, Palm is letting unofficial app stores thrive. Is Palm ...READ»

E-COMMERCE   |  Comment

EBay Heads East

As the Chinese adapt to life online, American consumerism is taking a great leap forward.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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BET   |  1 comment

Gimmick or Genius?

A new gaming site lets gamers place wagers on their games, but is this enough to keep the website afloat?READ»

Avi Karnani
ADVICE   |  15 comments

Next-Gen Investing

Giants like Fidelity and hot startups such as Thrive are developing new technologies to soothe bewildered investors.READ»