Twitter's not going to make its money selling ads. How will they make it big? Peer-to-peer mobile payments.
Twitter users are already trained in this important action. Every time a Twitterer uses the “@,” “d” or even “#” to direct Twitter or annotate the messages it sends through the system,…
With the iPhone 3G around the corner, eBay is buzzing with all sorts of iPhone listings. This guide will tell you how to successfully and safely buy an iPhone on eBay.
The iPhone 3G will not be usable with non AT&T carriers, atleast not for a while. AT&T and Apple decided to only allow people to activate the iPhone 3G in-store, as opposed to from home via iTunes (to keep people from…
Credit card icons are an essential part of every online-shop. They are often used to indicate available payment conditions and purchasing options. The clearer they are presented in the online-shop, the easier it is for potential customers to figure out if they actually can pay online in this shop.
VirtuaLNK Credit Card Icons is a set of 3D Icons which are supposed to “bring a unique appearance to any website and/or documentation”. The icon set includes Visa, MasterCard, Discover, Amex, e-Check and PayPal-logos in…
Google is typically tight-lipped about it the inner workings of its search business, but Udi Manber, the Google vice president who oversees search quality, recently revealed to Popular Mechanics a few interesting tidbits about the way Google works.
“If we find, for a particular query, that result No. 4 should be result No. 1, we do not have the capability to manually change it,” he said. “We have to find what weakness in the algorithm caused that result and find a general…
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If you’re using Apple’s Safari browser, PayPal has some advice for you: Drop it, at least if you want to avoid online fraud.
An emerging technology, EV certificates are already supported in Internet Explorer 7, and they've been used on PayPal's Web site for more than a year now. When IE 7 visits PayPal, the browser's address bar turns green — a sign…
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The money-transfer service earns interest on funds in its custody, but analysts say it’s a drop in the bucket compared to eBay’s larger revenue picture.
Any funds PayPal holds for dispersal are automatically deposited in a corporate bank account, which earns interest, according to Paypal representative Amanda Pires. The money is kept there until it's ready for distribution. PayPal, which…
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