Say Hello to Gifts, Facebook’s New Mobile Revenue Stream

With a new potential source of revenue, Facebook is finally addressing its mobile monetization problem.   Facebook on Thursday unveiled Gifts, the company’s major initiative into the world of social gift giving and e-commerce.It’s exactly what it sounds like. Users can choose, mail and pay for real-world, physical gifts — not the lame virtual ones [...]

Online identity theft up 200% since 2010

See on Scoop.it – ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet Summary: Following the recent slew of attacks against various websites that resulted in millions of user accounts being compromised, comes this little statistic: fraudsters traded 12 million pieces of personal information online in just Q1 2012.         Read more: http://www.zdnet.com/online-identity-theft-up-200-since-2010-7000001170/   See on [...]

Hacker Reckz0r Claims to Have Breached 79 Banks

See on Scoop.it – Technology In Media Customer names, addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addressed have been published online, but credit card numbers were withheld. See on www.esecurityplanet.com

Calculate This! 100 Financial Calculators Every Entrepreneur Needs

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Woo Hoo… all what we need in our business to be updated with our financial matters. [note mg]   Many entrepreneurs don’t have the luxury of having a separate accounting department, instead doing their own number crunching. It’s not always easy, but you can make it less difficult by making use of the huge number [...]

PayPal Payments Lets Small Business Take Your Money Any Way They Want

Via Scoop.it – Internet Billboards Internet News PayPal Payments offers the ability to take in-person payments as well as accept payments online and using mobile devices. Via mashable.com

How to Reduce Your Mail to Almost Nothing

I love the posts from this guy. When he say “Personal Development for Smart People” he has probably right. If you’re in struggle with your junk mail, this post will give you some insights to change that. [note MG] It’s been estimated that the average American will spend about 8 months of his/her life opening [...]

TODAY’S LEADERSHIP MANTRA: Procrastination.

Why do today what can be done tomorrow? It’s a question that arises every day of the life of a procrastinator and can put him in some very complicated situations. I like this quote from Christopher Parker who says: “Procrastination is like a credit card: it’s a lot of fun until you get the bill.” [...]

MasterCard Shows the Future of Mobile Payments Is In Your Senses

Via Scoop.it – Enterprise Social Media The future of mobile payments has the potential to invade your senses. MasterCard is showing off what could be the next wave of innovation in payments this afternoon at an event in New York City.   OK, this one could have some unintended consequences: “Think about sitting in front [...]

All the Details You’ll need To Recognize About Fair Credit Score

It really is critical for you to be knowledgeable about the credit score scale and understand what exactly is fair credit score and how crucial it’s to know your standing. If you’re having a bad record, then you ought to repair your credit score to restore it. All the banks along with other lending institutions [...]

Airline Miles Credit Cards – Examining Which Kinds Are Good For You

When evaluating airline miles credit cards, it is really very likely you will discover the large numbers of choices can be to some degree too much to handle. As a result, you might be asking the right way to go about filtering out the duds and choose the best airline miles credit cards. Here I’m [...]

Pageonce Raises $15 Million, Aims To Make Your Smartphone The ‘Wallet Of The Future’ | Tech News

Via Scoop.it – internetbillboards Do you like your wallet? Too bad. Pageonce, the one-stop shop for managing your financial accounts, wants to turn your smartphone into the wallet of the future. Though, the last time I checked, Apple wasn’t planning to offer the iPhone in leather. Or snakeskin. We’re still getting excited over the fact [...]