Blog entries tagged 'B2B'

Google patents SMS payments system

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Over the years, with the advent of digital subscriber lines on Cell phones we all have stories of how you can use the IR port on your phone, or now Bluetooth to make payments. In February 2006 Google filed a patent for a "text message payment" system.

The abstract discusses a "computer-implemented method of effectuating an electronic on-line payment" while the patenttalks about how the system will work and why it is useful:

The payment process may occur [...]

Set your content free to get more leads

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By Marc Osofsky

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Optaros' VP of marketing explains why B2B companies need to scrap registration, and add search and syndication to their lead-generation strategy instead.

Nearly every company offering products and services to other businesses (B2B) uses the same strategy to generate leads from their websites: namely, create some content (whitepapers, podcasts, etc.) and fo [...]

Mobile banking set to soar in US - report

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The number of US customers using mobile banking services is set to surge in the next few years and will rise from 1.6 million in 2007 to 35 million by year-end 2010, according to Boston-based research consultancy Aite Group.

The number of customers taking up mobile banking will jump from 1.6 million in 2007 to 9.5 million in 2008, according to the research. The number is set to double in 2009 to 21.1 million users before hitting 35 million users in 2010.

Aite [...]