spost-blog

[spost-blog]

bradfranklin: May 11 6:30p - LA Web Professionals Group (in santa monica) - Adobe CS 5.5 Launch w Rick Miller #webDev #laDev @webtw http://t.co/WTM4FUZ

[spost-blog]

bradfranklin: Your Talents Will Be Recognized & Suitably Rewarded - Chinese fort-une cookie. Well, half of it's true. Free is not a business model

[spost-blog]

Facebook Follows Our Advice, Buys Beluga

. Facebook Follows Our Advice, Buys Beluga http://gigaom.com/2011/03/01/facebook-follows-our-advice-buys-beluga/ How Google Can Beat Facebook: No, It’s Not on the Web http://j.mp/ih1G0C advancing its communications play, focusing especially on synchronous interactions created by Beluga and other apps that are location aware and allow people to share experiences.

[spost-blog]

Part 2 -- Facebook Follows Our Advice, Buys BelugaGigaOM

Beluga, a group text messaging mobile app, is all about this kind of interactivity, with its ability to bring contacts together and let people share information and communications in real time. It was started ironically by three former Google employees, Ben Davenport, Lucy Zhang and Jonathan Perlow. Here’s what Om said last month on the power of Beluga and other messaging services such as Yobongo. What’s common between these two apps is their ability for synchronous messaging. This messaging can, in turn, become the under-pinning of what I earlier called interactions. Ability to interact on an ongoing basis anywhere, any time and sharing everything, from moments to emotions – is what social is all about. From my vantage point, this is what Google should focus on. If not — you know it very well — Facebook will.

[spost-blog]

QR_code apps AAPL, GOOG, RIMM

AAPL -- UpCode 2d QR_Code Reader iPhone app. http://j.mp/gT4MTK GOOG -- RIMM -- BlackBerry App World - QR Codes http://j.mp/dFBUWM App site for QR codes per model http://j.mp/eVJ6vs

[spost-blog]

bradfranklin: -- 10 Key Considerations for Your Mobile Web Design Strategy #webDev #mobDev #cmpDev #i66dev http://t.co/x10gUWC

[spost-blog]

bradfranklin: -- Browser Testing for Mobile Web Applications « Mike Brittain #i66dev #mobDev #webDev #appDev #sjPrototype http://t.co/xREP8cq

[spost-blog]

Starbucks Card Mobile Is a Hit: 3 Million People Pay Via Phone App

. Starbucks Card Mobile Is a Hit: 3 Million People Pay Via Phone App $SBUX http://i66.in/gXcwHV

[spost-blog]

Starbucks Card Mobile Is a Hit: 3 Million People Pay Via Phone App

. Starbucks Card Mobile Is a Hit: 3 Million People Pay Via Phone App $SBUX http://i66.in/gXcwHV

[spost-blog]

bradfranklin: @ericjackson -- http://t.co/grUNQvD

[spost-blog]

Tinychat Lets Anyone Put A Group Video Chat Toolbar On Their Website

. Tinychat Lets Anyone Put A Group Video Chat Toolbar On Their Website http://i66.in/eAf6LO

[spost-blog]

Tinychat Lets Anyone Put A Group Video Chat Toolbar On Their Website

. Tinychat Lets Anyone Put A Group Video Chat Toolbar On Their Website http://i66.in/eAf6LO

[spost-blog]

Apple abandons mobile payment plans for iPhone 5

. Apple abandons mobile payment for iPhone 5 http://i66.in/ffraE2 Aaron Greenspan, founder of mobile payment Co FaceCash Apple abandons mobile payment plans for iPhone 5 http://i66.in/ffraE2 Aaron Greenspan, founder of the mobile payment company FaceCash, confirmed the NFC delay to VentureBeat this morning. He said that Apple told him a month ago that the technology would not make it into the next iPhone

[spost-blog]

Google moves forward with NFC mobile payment tests while Apple backs down

. Google moves forward with NFC mobile payment tests while Apple backs down $PAY $NXPI http://i66.in/dRUKpl

[spost-blog]

Google Is Said to Ready Test of Payment System in New York, San Francisco - Bloomberg

. Google Is Said to Ready Test of Payment System in New York, San Francisco - Bloomberg http://i66.in/hL679M Verifone $PAY $GOOG $NXPI http://i66.in/hL679M

[spost-blog]

Google Is Going To Test Mobile Payments (GOOG, AAPL)

. Google Is Going To Test Mobile Payments http://i66.in/h5SBL8

[spost-blog]

Mail article test - Dwolla Spots location-based payment app arrives tomorrow

Dwolla Spots location-based payment app arrives tomorrow The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) There has been a lot of talk of future iPhones using Near Field Communications (NFC) for payments, but if Dwolla has their way, Apple won't need to add that capability to upcoming hardware. On Wednesday, March 16, Dwolla Spots will be added to the App Store. As seen in the video accompanying this post, the app provides a list of locations near you that take Dwolla payments. When you arrive at a location, you simply enter your PIN number and the amount you want to pay to the merchant, and you're done. A receipt is sent to you, and the merchant receives notification of the payment. What's great about Dwolla Spots is that it totally eliminates the need for special hardware. There's no need for merchant to have a way to swipe a credit card (like a Square dongle or one of the many "sleds" made for credit card apps), nor does the iPhone need to have NFC built in. Online merchants can also use the service through what are called HUB pages, or through an API that connects the service to most shopping cart solutions. Dwolla charges a flat US$0.25 fee per transaction no matter how large the transaction is, which is excellent for merchants. According to Jordan Lampe, Director of Communications for Dwolla, the company already has a big following in the Midwestern U.S., and with the app becoming available, it's likely that adoption of Dwolla will increase rapidly. Continue reading Dwolla Spots location-based payment app arrives tomorrow Dwolla Spots location-based payment app arrives tomorrow originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Source | Permalink | Email this | Comments Dwolla Spots location-based payment app arrives tomorrow http://i66.in/hYiYDR Dwolla - site http://i66.in/fboSik Sent with Reeder