Monthly Archives: July 2014

Credit Card Offers Are Everywhere, But That May Not Be a Good Thing – Motley Fool

Credit Card Offers Are Everywhere, But That May Not Be a Good Thing Motley Fool Lenders have been bombarding American households with credit card offers this year, with nearly 1 billion mailed in just the first quarter of 2014 – up year over year…

Source: www.fool.com

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Banking on voice biometrics – Business Standard

Banking on voice biometrics
Business Standard
Biometric identification isn’t a new phenomenon, just ask the Babylonians. They inked their contracts with a fingerprint.

Source: news.google.com

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What happens in 60 sec on Facebook, Twitter, Google, Instagram, Tumblr and Pinterest

According an infographic from Qmee in 60 seconds, 293K statuses are updated on Facebook, WordPress bloggers share 1.8K new blog posts, web users download 15K songs, and Instagramers upload 67K photos.

“We all know activity on the Internet on a daily basis moves at lightening speed, but there’s something about having the numbers in front of you that makes it just a little bit more fascinating.”

This infographic looks at what happens in just one minute on social web…

Source: www.digitalinformationworld.com

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The Top 25 Socially Engaged Companies on LinkedIn Invest in Employee and Customer Relationships – Brian Solis

LinkedIn and Altimeter Group published a joint report on the value of corporate social media and its role in customer and employee engagement. To do, we formed a baseline of companies that were actively engaged on a platform we could effectively study.

After eight months of research, we assembled a list of the Top 25 Socially Engaged Companies based on how they use LinkedIn to engage employees and customers in the following areas:

1. Content marketing

2. Employee engagement

3. Talent and recruitment

4. SalesLinkedIn and Altimeter Group then conducted targeted and controlled surveys to gather insights into how employees feel about their company’s use of social media.

The results of both studies were visualized in one infographic entitled, “Relationship Economics.” ….

Source: www.briansolis.com

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6 Things You Can Do Today To Improve Your Pins on Pinterest

Pinterest is the ultimate social network for word-of-mouth marketing. People can pin items they want to buy or save for later purchases, and their followers then see these pins when they log in to their accounts and check their home feed.

Users can also send pins directly to their friends and family members. Talk about expanding your potential customer base!

Your business can harness the power of the pin by following this simple checklist to optimize your pins on Pinterest and get them in front of more potential customers….

Source: maximizesocialbusiness.com

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The Modern Wallet: Mobile Payments are Making Life Easier – The FINANCIAL

The Modern Wallet: Mobile Payments are Making Life Easier
The FINANCIAL
The FINANCIAL — Digital is starting to transform how consumers pony up cash for their everyday purchases.

Source: finchannel.com

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Forget the mobile patent wars – these IT giants have patented the belly of … – Register

Forget the mobile patent wars – these IT giants have patented the belly of …

Source: www.theregister.co.uk

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Migrating to Mobile Payments – BankInfoSecurity.com

Migrating to Mobile Payments BankInfoSecurity.com “Mobile payments are going to grow rather quickly in an area that not a lot of people are looking at, with the accelerating growth of mobile POS to augment stand-alone POS in retail stores,” he says…

Source: www.bankinfosecurity.com

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Mobile security company XRomb announces patent for entering payment card … – Mobile Payments Today

Mobile security company XRomb announces patent for entering payment card …

Source: www.mobilepaymentstoday.com

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The Biometrics market in Europe is expected to grow at a CAGR of 17.25 percent … – WhaTech

The Biometrics market in Europe is expected to grow at a CAGR of 17.25 percent …
WhaTech
The analysts forecast the Biometrics market in Europe will grow at a CAGR of 17.25 percent during the period 2013-2018.

Source: www.whatech.com

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