Monetization

Venmo And Zelle’s P2P Battle Royale
Venmo And Zelle’s P2P Battle Royale
February 01, 2019  |  Digital Payments

The fourth quarter of 2018 was kind to Venmo and Zelle, the two big peer-to-peer (P2P) services that are battling for consumer loyalty and market...

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Amazon Prompts USPS To Monetize The Mailbox
Amazon Prompts USPS To Monetize The Mailbox
December 13, 2018  |  Amazon

Call it the Amazon Effect — of a different sort. News has come that the Trump administration wants to boost the United States Postal Service’s (USPS’)...

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Facebook Brings Subscription Service To Groups
Facebook Brings Subscription Service To Groups
June 21, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook announced that it is testing out subscriptions with a small number of groups to support group admins who lead the communities. “Group admins build...

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WePay Co-Founder: The Power And Peril Of Ecosystems Within Ecosystems
WePay Co-Founder: The Power And Peril Of Ecosystems Within Ecosystems
June 11, 2018  |  Ecosystems

When Facebook announced its intention to get into the dating game a few months back, it managed a rare feat: The company got back to...

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Bringing A New Social Context To eCommerce
Bringing A New Social Context To eCommerce
May 22, 2018  |  Social Commerce

Though the idea of contextual commerce is widely loved, delivering on it is a significant challenge. As it turns out, finding the right context — a...

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How Monetization Will Boost Alexa
How Monetization Will Boost Alexa
May 16, 2018  |  Alexa

As of 2016, two years after the world first met Alexa, the marketplace for her apps was a very small place. According to reporting in CNET,...

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Facebook And Dating: It’s (Not) Complicated
Facebook And Dating: It’s (Not) Complicated
May 07, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

Finding one’s soulmate isn’t easy. In fact, physicist, NASA roboticist and “What If” author Randall Munroe says that, scientifically speaking, it’s impossible. The math behind his...

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Who’ll Win When Facebook Advertisers Flee?
Who’ll Win When Facebook Advertisers Flee?
March 05, 2018  |  eCommerce

Procter & Gamble made headlines last week when its Chief Brand Officer, Marc Pritchard, confirmed that the world’s largest advertiser cut $200 million of digital...

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A Clean, Green, Restroom-Monetizing Machine
A Clean, Green, Restroom-Monetizing Machine
February 27, 2018  |  Mobile Applications

Imagine a coffee shop. In this imaginary coffee shop — let’s call it Mooncheddar — there are tables and chairs, a service counter staffed by...

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