Kevin Harrington

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  • Royal births and social media

    A modern baby is about to be born. And I’m pleased to note that tradition regarding the announcement is to be maintained along with the use of modern media methods. According to the BBC the Royal birth will be announced as follows: An official announcement signed by key medical staff will be driven to Buckingham…

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    Royal birth announcement

  • The GAAFers

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    BRIC, MAVINS and PIIGS Back in 2003 the acronym BRIC was used by Goldman Sachs when talking about the economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China combined. The report speculated that by 2050 these four economies would be wealthier than most of the current major economic powers. In 2010, the Business Insider used the acronym…

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    GAAFers: Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook

  • Ah, the modern world

    Yahoo and Facebook have settled their patent row and formed an advertising alliance. via BBC News – Facebook and Yahoo settle patent and form ad alliance.

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  • Social gifting: the new buzzword in e-commerce

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    Social gifting is the subject of lots of events, seminars and conferences. “Brick-and-mortar retailers are all looking for new, more efficient ways to drive sales into stores without diluting their brands … we wanted to really see how retailers can leverage the megatrends of smartphones and social networks,” said Hjalmar Winbladh, chief executive of Wrapp.…

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  • Boku, the new rival to PayPal?

    This should be interesting to follow: PayPal, the online payments company owned by eBay Inc, just got a new rival in the race to develop a mobile payment service that can be used in physical stores. Boku Inc, a big online mobile payments company backed by venture capital firms including Andreessen Horowitz and Benchmark Capital,…

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  • P2P payments through Facebook

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    The ability to send money to a friend using Facebook is here, now. PayPal have released an application that allows the sending of money P2P accompanied by a greeting card if the sender so wishes. How to send money to friends through Facebook If you forget birthdays until Facebook reminds you, or you constantly fear that your…

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