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| Disruptive Technologies Change Long Distance | | Five Evolving Trends to Watch |  Rivka Gewirtz Little |  | | | Prepaid Voice over IP (VoIP) and mobile VoIP forever changed the way long distance is bought and sold, especially internationally. But that disruption is far from over. As these technologies mature, service providers are becoming more innovative than ever before in their applications. | | | MORE [+] | | COMMENT [0] |
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| | | Social Payments Drive Ecommerce | | What’s Next? | | Arlene Hauben |  | | | One of the most important social network evolutions will be a uniform payment system to pay for digital and physical goods. Right now, there are contending platforms - credits, points, checkout baskets, and PayPal - creating confusion for the consumer. | | | MORE [+] | | COMMENT [0] |
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| | | | | 5 Minutes With Michael Hafer | | Senior VP, Global Prepaid, Western Union | | Arlene Hauben |  | | | Mike Hafer, Senior Vice President, Global Prepaid, has been with Western Union for ten years, engaged in product development and marketing. Western Union’s money transfer network extends in every corner of the globe with 500,000 agent locations. Almost anyone, anywhere can send a money transfer, pay bills, obtain and reload a prepaid card, or pick up funds through Western Union. | | | MORE [+] | | COMMENT [0] |
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| | | | | Product Review | | Vonage Mobile | | Rivka Gewirtz Little |  | | | The first time I signed up for a VoIP service, it was two decades ago. Back then, I received a pile of ads in my mail box that promised to cut the price of my long distance phone service in half. I fished out an offer and called an 800-line to activate an account but then every time I went to make a phone call, I had to dial another line to have my calls routed over IP. | | | MORE [+] | | COMMENT [0] |
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| | | | | Gift Cards Evolve | | Integrate Value Added Programs | | Arlene Hauben |  | | | Did mothers get what they wanted for Mother’s Day? A survey from CashStar, conducted by Harris Interactive, found Moms prefer personalized eGifts and gift cards over perfume and jewelry. | | | MORE [+] | | COMMENT [0] |
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| |  | | | Mobile Wallets Today | |
By Dave Kaminsky, Analyst, Mercator Advisory Group's Emerging Technologies Service
The numerous capabilities provided by a mobile wallet result in a convergence point among a great number of industries.
The "mobile wallet" is today's land grab. Payments industry players, mobile telecommunications companies and a range of others from advertising, data collection/analysis, security, social networking, retailing, and more, have jumped in with "wallets" of various types. The major players in all of these fields have been designing their own mobile wallets, believing that the expertise they possess in their particular field will be what sets their wallet apart from the others.
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