79 blog results for "micropayment"

Rafe Needleman interviews two experts on the business of online humor: Ben Huh, CEO of the Cheezburger Network, and Ryan Dolan, previously in business development at The Onion.

Posted in Reporters' Roundtable Podcast by Rafe Needleman

If you're in the mood to give a little something back this holiday season, you can do it with some social-donation sites. We take a look at some of those in this roundup.

Posted in Webware by Don Reisinger

A few months ago Mozilla gave add-on developers a tip jar as a way for them to get paid for their creations. But is anyone making any money off the program?

Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn

BlackBerry-maker RIM has announced a string of software updates for developers, which translates into better, more powerful applications for ordinary phone owners.

Posted in Crave by Jessica Dolcourt

After what seems like an eternity, an awesome free streaming-music service has come along. But will it be taken away just as quickly as it's stumbled into one reporter's life?

Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy

As part of its "Zong Plus" offering, the mobile payments company will let members use regular credit cards, and offers a loyalty program with which to do so.

Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy

Twitter's "suggested users" list is a Who's Who of Twitter celebrities, featuring the likes of Al Gore, Lance Armstrong, Ashton Kutcher, John McCain, Martha Stewart, and others with millions of followers.

Posted in Matter/Anti-Matter by Tim Leberecht

E-book prices can be a little outrageous, but Fictionwise is helping to soften the blow by giving you a full refund (in your special debit account) on all New York Times bestsellers.

Posted in The Cheapskate by Rick Broida

Still in a close rivalry with competitor Boku, Zong has partnered with two subscription services so that members can bill their payments to their cell phone bills.

Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy

Executive Marissa Mayer plans to demonstrate a Google Labs project that displays screen grabs of Web stories in a Google News-like format, rather than just headlines.

Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit