Analysis PayPal Compares its New Transaction Tool to the Electrical Outlet PayPal announced what it calls the first global payment platform open to outside developers today. The company said it believes the move will make PayPal a bigger business than eBay and help foster a future where online payment capabilities are like electrical outlets - ubiquitous, enabling, financially and technologically fecund. It's an… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
Trends 15 Top Privacy Policies, Analyzed We all know no one reads privacy policies. What do the top websites really include in them? In its mission to get anonymous public data, The Common Data Project a New York City-based non-profit, is on a mission to eliminate the barriers that privacy policies pose. In a new report, they analyzed ten of the most popular Web properties on the… Enterprise Steven Walling View comments
Features The Favorite iPhone Apps of Five Geek Rock Stars Apps on the iPhone are a big deal, but there are so many of them that it can be hard to find the good ones. It's fun to compare your own selections with favorites from friends and we thought it could be fun as well to see what some well known geeks around the web say are their favorite apps. Below you'll find app recommendations from the… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
Products Oracle Gets Real-Time, Acquires GoldenGate Software Today, Oracle has acquired GoldenGate Software. GoldenGate is a vendor of real-time data integration software, designed to do fast, log-based transactions of data in the enterprise. For a company best known for its enterprise databases, buying technology that facilitates speedy access to data is a brilliant move. With a decoupled architecture… Enterprise Steven Walling View comments
Facebook Facebook Relents, Lets You Change Your Username Last month, Facebook finally announced that they would allow users to pick out custom usernames for use in vanity URLs that read www.facebook.com/username. At the time, users were advised to "choose wisely" because the username they selected would be stuck with them for life. That didn't stop some Facebook users from picking out names that were… Social Sarah Perez View comments