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Social networks and the future of money

Social networks have created new forms of money already and, as I spend more time playing with these virtual currencies, I can see how they may become the future of money, from a retail and consumer viewpoint anyway. For example, last November, I wrote about the threats of money laundering in virtual worlds. At the…

More smart cards than humans

There was a nice little press release from research firm IMS this week headlined, “Smart Card Global Domination Nearing Completion”. The report is all about the fact that there will be over seven billion smart cards issued in 2009. The human race won’t reach seven billion people until 2011, so there will be more smart…

Now, even my friends are phishing me

I received an email last week that totally blindsided me. It read: “Thank you for your reservation with SouthWest Airlines. Below are details of your flights: Wednesday, August 27th 2008Nonstop, BUF-MDW 398 Depart Buffalo (BUF) at 10:25 AMArrive in Chicago (MDW) at 11:05 AM Monday, September 8th 2008Nonstop, MDW-BUF 1753Depart Chicago (MDW) at 4:30 PMArrive…

Now, even my friends are phishing me

I received an email last week that totally blindsided me. It read: “Thank you for your reservation with SouthWest Airlines. Below are details of your flights: Wednesday, August 27th 2008Nonstop, BUF-MDW 398 Depart Buffalo (BUF) at 10:25 AMArrive in Chicago (MDW) at 11:05 AM Monday, September 8th 2008Nonstop, MDW-BUF 1753Depart Chicago (MDW) at 4:30 PMArrive…

Now, even my friends are phishing me

I received an email last week that totally blindsided me. It read: “Thank you for your reservation with SouthWest Airlines. Below are details of your flights: Wednesday, August 27th 2008Nonstop, BUF-MDW 398 Depart Buffalo (BUF) at 10:25 AMArrive in Chicago (MDW) at 11:05 AM Monday, September 8th 2008Nonstop, MDW-BUF 1753Depart Chicago (MDW) at 4:30 PMArrive…

Amazon land a blow against PayPal and co

As I've been talking about the internet this week, it's noteworthy that Amazon have just launched two new simple payments services. Checkout by Amazon allows you to take all the payments functionality that Amazon offer –auto calculation of payment, shipping and taxes, promotion codes, customer feedback reviews – and place these on your own website. Amazon Simple Pay…

Amazon land a blow against PayPal and co

As I've been talking about the internet this week, it's noteworthy that Amazon have just launched two new simple payments services. Checkout by Amazon allows you to take all the payments functionality that Amazon offer –auto calculation of payment, shipping and taxes, promotion codes, customer feedback reviews – and place these on your own website. Amazon Simple Pay…

Amazon land a blow against PayPal and co

As I've been talking about the internet this week, it's noteworthy that Amazon have just launched two new simple payments services. Checkout by Amazon allows you to take all the payments functionality that Amazon offer –auto calculation of payment, shipping and taxes, promotion codes, customer feedback reviews – and place these on your own website. Amazon Simple Pay…

Amazon land a blow against PayPal and co

As I've been talking about the internet this week, it's noteworthy that Amazon have just launched two new simple payments services. Checkout by Amazon allows you to take all the payments functionality that Amazon offer –auto calculation of payment, shipping and taxes, promotion codes, customer feedback reviews – and place these on your own website. Amazon Simple Pay…

Amazon land a blow against PayPal and co

As I've been talking about the internet this week, it's noteworthy that Amazon have just launched two new simple payments services. Checkout by Amazon allows you to take all the payments functionality that Amazon offer –auto calculation of payment, shipping and taxes, promotion codes, customer feedback reviews – and place these on your own website. Amazon Simple Pay…

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