Micropayment
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A Web site for crushes and votes
Insight newsmaker Astute young businessman Ian Lim believes helping video bloggers become stars will also rake in money for a site he's founded.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Business development/management, TV, micropayment, Video, Singapore, Platform, blogging, revenue
Amateur Web content difficult to 'monetize'
Techguide It is difficult to make money out of amateur Web content, such as blogs, podcasts and user reviews, experts agreed last week.
MessageLabs, Symantec team on antispam service
News Symantec technology will help MessageLabs offer better e-mail filtering, the companies say.
Tags: Security applications/tools
S'pore to get new-generation membership card
News Passion ez-link Card conforms with new standard for micropayments and will enable payment for transit services, retail purchases and motoring charges.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, micropayment, Singapore, Card, payment, CEO, managing director, Benefit, director
Google moves toward micropayments for newspapers
News Is it an olive branch for the beleaguered (and Google-bashing) publishing industry, a move to encroach upon Facebook's turf in the micropayment wars, or a bit of both?
Tags: Web 2.0, Google Checkout, micropayment, digital content, payment, Facebook, America, Adobe PDF, credit card, Web 2.0
Can the Internet handle big breaking news?
News Reporters Tom Krazit and Declan McCullagh debate whether the tendency of Web sites to stagger under high demand can be avoided or isn't really something to worry about.
Tags: Domain names, Mobile platforms/communications, Web services, Web servers, Crisis communications, CNN, Google Inc., Akamai Technologies Inc., micropayment, Crisis communications
Facebook payments: Think virtual
News Expect a virtual currency, not a transaction platform like PayPal, sources say. The reasons are complex, but the end game for the social site could be lofty.
Tags: Web 2.0, Socialite, E-business, PayPal, micropayment, payment, Facebook, U.S., strategy, credit card
Mozilla gives add-on developers a tip jar
News Creators of add-ons for Firefox now have a way to get paid for their work, at least through Mozilla's add-ons site.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Business applications, Web browsers, PayPal, Developer, micropayment, Mozilla Corp., Contributions, Mozilla Firefox, pilot program
Amazon sets up payments on smartphones
News New Amazon service will let developers build in one-click payment buttons into mobile applications on smartphones and other devices.
Tags: Mobile commerce, E-commerce, Smart phones, Phone, mobile, Amazon.com Inc., handset, Amazon Payments, Smart Phone, Google Checkout
Wall Street Journal plans micropayments model
News The newspaper plans to launch an a la carte-style payment plan for access to individual articles, according to a Financial Times report.
Tags: Business development/management, Google Inc., micropayment, Advertisement, Associated Press, Newsday, Financial Times, managing editor, revenue, Wall Street Journal
Google bringing pay-per-view to YouTube
News Professional content producers rejoice: Google plans to sell YouTube videos with micropayments and subscription services, CEO Eric Schmidt said Thursday.
Tags: Budgeting/cost control, Video, Sony Pictures, Google Inc., micropayment, Advertisement, YouTube Inc., payment, CEO, financial
PayPal tries rewiring e-commerce with new interface
News eBay-owned service is trying to keep developers from straying to the Amazon fold with a new API that offers more flexibility for new types of online purchases.
Tags: Business applications, E-commerce, E-business, PayPal, eBay Inc., Online Payment, micropayment, Developer, payment service, Amazon.com Inc.
Kachingle to 'sprinkle' dollars to online publishers
News Startup will help people distribute, say, US$5 a month automatically among favorite Web sites, hoping the idea will catch on now that content providers are "desperate enough".
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Site, micropayment, online publisher, economist, Facebook, CEO, Canada, founder
Malaysiakini.com ties up Mtec to offer Web solutions
News MMA 2000 Update Online news media Malaysiakini.com has set up a joint venture with Mtec Sdn Bhd to offer total Web solutions.
New standards could help micropayment companies
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