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Twitter Lets Users Specify Their Locations With Help From Foursquare
March 24, 2015

Twitter has cut a deal with Foursquare to let users tag their tweets with much more specific location information, Twitter announced in a blog post on Monday (March 23). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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Glassjar Startup Wants To Make Group Payments Easier
March 09, 2015

A new group payments app from a startup called Glassjar takes a more businesslike approach to the problem of friends who need to chip in to pay a bill: It literally sends them invoices, according to Tech in Asia. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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WeChat Rings In Chinese New Year With Bitcoins
February 26, 2015

Bitcoin users in China stuffed the cryptocash into virtual red envelopes to the tune of 10 million yuan ($1.6 million) over the Chinese New Year/Spring Festival holiday, Tech in Asia reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Facebook’s Back Door To Commerce — eClassifieds
February 11, 2015

Facebook’s new features that make it a bit easier for users to sell items represent a minor social commerce update. But they’re also a return to an old challenge: how to challenge Craigslist as the king of online classified ads, according to Bloomberg News. Get...

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Facebook Starts Testing NYC Beacons As A Way To Monetize Mobile
January 30, 2015

Facebook plans to test beacons in New York City as a way of connecting its mobile users to the Facebook pages of nearby shops and landmarks, the New York Times reported on Thursday (Jan. 29). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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The Facebook Economy (According To Facebook)
January 21, 2015

Facebook has 1.35 billion users and is responsible for $227 billion in global economic impact and 4.5 million jobs, according to a report the social network commissioned from consulting firm Deloitte. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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A Startup That Gives Thanks
November 27, 2014

Here’s a nice way to share a little holiday spirit: Mobile payments startup HouseTab will donate five meals to Food Bank for New York City each time a new user downloads and registers HouseTab’s iOS or Android app until Jan. 3, 2015 — and the...

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Ebay’s Shopper-to Shopper App Trial In San Diego
November 19, 2014

Ebay’s long history in E-Commerce (its Sept. 1995 launch made it one of the very first E-Commerce companies to launch, although Amazon’s July 1994 launch beat it by more than a year) has always been about consumer-to-consumer purchases. This week, it launched a geolocation-based app...

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Facebook Won’t Be Getting Into Payments On Its Own
October 29, 2014

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out his company’s three, five and 10-year-plans Tuesday (Oct. 28), and none of those plans involved Facebook launching its own payments engine. But that doesn’t rule out Facebook choosing to have a major influence, as Zuckerberg said the massive social operation...