Daily Mail
Apple iTunes accounts hacked to steal money from store credit and gift cards
The frustrated users are claiming on customer forums that their Apple iTunes store credit or gift cards have been spent and their PayPal accounts fraudulently used by others.
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Mashable
Yahoo Chairman Steps Down
Yahoo‘s chairman of the board, Roy Bostock, is leaving the company. Bostock has been chairman since 2008.
Bostock revealed the news to sha…
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AllThingsDigital
PayPal Says It's Full Speed Ahead on Mobile Payments After President Resigns
PayPal's VP of Mobile David Marcus makes the case for why its mobile payments strategy will prevail in a market surrounded by incumbents like Visa, MasterCard and American Express, as well as new entrants like Google.
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TechCrunch
Peter Thiel Invests (Again) In Xero’s $16.6M Round
Online accounting software maker Xero has raised a new $16.6 million round of funding from existing investors — including PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, whose most famous investment, Facebook, just filed for an IPO,
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DerSpiegel
Der Deutsche bei Facebook: Thiel gegen den Tod
Vor Jahren investierte Peter Thiel in ein obskures Start-Up namens PayPal, dann in Facebook. Mittlerweile ist der deutschstämmige Amerikaner Milliardär. Bodenständigkeit ist ihm fremd, der 44-Jährige träumt von Unsterblichkeit.
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circleID
DMARC: New Email Authentication Protocol
A consortium of companies including Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Paypal have announced that they were collaborating and coming up with a new protocol known as DMARC — the Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance.
What is DMARC?
This is very much a summary of DMARC in a nutshell (I will probably write an article about this in the future), but from the website:
A...
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Wired
Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, PayPal Go After Phishers With New E-Mail Authentication Effort
The biggest names in e-mail have teamed up to create a new system for authenticating e-mail senders, which would help prevent fraudulent spam and phishing messages.
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Handelsblatt
Quartalzahlen: Zahlungsverkehr lässt Wirecard immer mehr scheffeln
Der deutsche Zahlungsdienstleister Wirecard macht US-Unternehmen wie Paypal und Western Union Konkurrenz - mit Erfolg: Gewinn und Umsatz legten im vierten Quartal kräftig zu.
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Slashdot
Big Internet Players Propose DMARC Anti-Phishing Protocol
judgecorp writes "Google, Microsoft, PayPal, Facebook and others have proposed DMARC, or Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance, an email authentication protocol to combat phishing attacks. Authentication has been proposed before; this group of big names might get it adopted." Adds reader Trailrunner7, "The specification is the product of a collaboration among the large ...
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BBC
Firms unite for phishing fights
A coalition of 15 technology companies including Paypal and Facebook announce a major initiative in the battle to thwart phishing scams.
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FOCUS
Google, Facebook, Microsoft - Internetbranche kämpft gemeinsam gegen Phishing
Eine Allianz von Internet-Schwergewichten will gegen Phishing vorgehen. Vor allem der Bezahldienst PayPal hat damit zu kämpfen, dass Nutzerinformationen wie Kreditkartendaten oder Passwörter über gefälschte E-Mails abgegriffen werden.Mehr zum ThemaHandy-Test RIM Blackberry Bold 9900 - Kanadische SchlankheitskurGoogle, Facebook, Microsoft - Internet-Branche kämpft gemeinsam gegen Phishing
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Krone
Internetkonzerne bilden Allianz gegen Phishing
Führende Internetkonzerne wie Google, Microsoft, Facebook, PayPal und Yahoo haben sich im Kampf gegen Phishing verbündet. Ziel der am Montag vorgestellten Allianz mit dem Namen DMARC ist, hinter den Kulissen kriminelle E-Mails herauszufiltern, damit sie die Nutzer gar nicht erst erreichen und so dem Passwort- und Kreditkartendatenklau vorzubeugen.
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TMZ
PayPal Founder Elon Musk -- Actress Wife Talulah Riley Files for Divorce
Millionaire PayPal founder Elon Musk's wife has filed for divorce ... TMZ has learned.The British "Pride and Prejudice" actress -- named Talulah Riley -- filed the papers on January 17th, citing "irreconcilable differences" ... one day before Musk…
TMZPayPal Founder Elon Musk -- Actress Wife Talulah Riley Files for Divorce
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Fortune
Three degrees of Reid Hoffman
One day last fall, Reid Hoffman, the social networking guru and founder of LinkedIn, woke up at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, where he breakfasted with Magic Johnson and then spoke to a few hundred HR professionals. On a flight to San Francisco he scarfed down a turkey sandwich while I quizzed him, then sat for the closing interview at the Web 2.0 Summit. While catching up with friends in the gre...
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Daily Mail
Millionaire PayPal founder Elon Musk divorces actress wife Talulah Riley
Millionaire PayPal founder Elon Musk is divorcing British actress Talulah Riley. The couple, who had been married for one year, had been separated for six months before they decided to get divorced.
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New York Times
EBay Reports Stronger Earnings, Fueled by PayPal
The results exceeded expectations, and revenue projections for the year are on course.
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Les Echos
PayPal s'attaque au commerce traditionnel
Les revenus du spécialiste du paiement en ligne ont progressé de 28 % à 4,412 milliards de dollars en 2011. Fort de 106 millions d'utilisateurs, PayPal compte accélérer sa croissance en imposant ses solutions de paiements dans le monde physique.
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manager magazin
Gewinn vervierfacht: Skype-Verkauf spült Milliarden in Ebays Kasse
Für Ebay ist das vergangene Geschäftsjahr glänzend gelaufen: Der Marktplatz floriert, die Bezahltochter Paypal wächst und wächst und aus dem Verkauf der Skype-Bteiligung regnet es im Schlussquartal noch einmal Milliarden Dollar. Nur der Ausblick für 2012 drückt ein wenig auf die Stimmung.
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FTD
Online-Handel: Weihnachtsgeschäft beschert Ebay volle Kassen
Der Online-Marktplatz floriert: Immer mehr Menschen kaufen im Internet ein, die Bezahltochter PayPal wächst und für den Verkauf der Beteiligung an Skype gab es Milliarden.
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Reuters
EBay results top estimates but outlook is cautious
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - EBay Inc reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on solid growth in its online marketplaces and an increase in transactions processed through its PayPal electronic payments business.
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physorg
EBay reports higher 4Q earnings, revenue (Update)
(AP) -- EBay reported on Wednesday that its net income grew sharply in the fourth quarter, helped by a gain from the sale of its remaining investment in Skype. Its results beat Wall Street's expectations, boosted by strong holiday sales at its namesake website and growth at PayPal, its online payments business.
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La Voix du Nord
La Bourse de Paris ouvre en hausse grâce à la Chine
La Bourse de Paris a ouvert en hausse mardi (+1,09%), dopée par de bons chiffres d'activité en Chine qui lui permettent d'atténuer les difficultés de la zone euro et la dégradation de la note du Fonds de secours européen (FESF) par l'agence Standard and Poor's.histoires liéesDéploiement fibre optique: partenariat entre Orange et Bouygues TelecomIngenico signe un accord avec PayPal aux Etats-Uni...
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Los Angeles Times
Monster Mash: George Clooney to make movie on art looting
Prestige project: George Clooney said he is planning to make a movie about the art experts who landed at Normandy to rescue art looted by the Nazis. (Los Angeles Times)
Art heist: Burglars broke into the National Art Gallery of Athens and stole Pablo Picasso's "Woman's Head" and Piet Mondrian's "Mill." (AFP)
Acrimonious: New York's City Opera ...
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Barrons
Few Yahoos for New Yahoo! CEO
PayPal veteran Scott Thompson has been dealt a lousy hand at the flagging Internet concern.
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Times of India
Yahoo dangled $27 million pay package to get new CEO
Yahoo dangled a $27 million pay package to lure its newly hired CEO Scott Thompson away from PayPal.
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AP
Yahoo dangled $27M pay package to get new CEO
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo dangled a $27 million pay package to lure its newly hired CEO Scott Thompson away from PayPal....
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Huffington Post
PayPal, Home Depot Experiment Brings In-Store Payments To Retailer
By Alistair Barr (Reuters) - EBay Inc's PayPal unit is testing in-store payments with Home Depot, one of the largest retailers in the United States, as the online payments provider moves to expand into the physical world of brick and mortar. A pilot program for PayPal's new point-of-sale, or POS, technologies is being run in five Home Depot stores and involves a "s...
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Liberation
Yahoo se paie l’ex-président de PayPal
Retour sur . Les déboires financiers du portail internet américain
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Irish Times
Struggling Yahoo hires former PayPal chief to lead turnaround
YAHOO, THE struggling internet media company, announced its new chief executive would be Scott Thompson, the president of PayPal, the online payment service owned by eBay.
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CNN
Today in Tech: Can Netflix be the next HBO?
Kevin Spacey's House of Cards isn't the only series coming exclusively to Netflix. Also: Yahoo lands a new CEO, PayPal president Scott Thompson.
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Barrons
YHOO: Jefferies Cuts To Hold, New Direction Risky
Following news yesterday that Yahoo! (YHOO) named former eBay (EBAY) executive Scott Thompson as CEO comes the stock’s first ratings change, from Jefferies & Co.’s Youssef Squali, who cut his rating to Hold from Buy, writing that the attempt to grow the company under Thompson promises to be “a long, costly and risk endeavor.” Squali [...]
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siliconindia
Will Scott help Yahoo! Score?
Scott Thompson former CTO at eBay’s PayPal, has been added to Yahoo’s growing list of quickly-changing CEOs
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Times LIVE
Yahoo grabs PayPal’s Thompson for CEO
Yahoo named PayPal President Scott Thompson as its chief executive, hoping the well-regarded Internet technology and e-commerce expert will replicate his success at eBay Inc and turn around the struggling company.
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Mail & Guardian
PayPal's Scott Thompson to pick up the pieces at Yahoo!
Struggling internet company Yahoo! has appointed the president of PayPal, Scott Thompson, as its new CEO, replacing the ousted Carol Bartz.
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USA Today
Yahoo names PayPal exec Scott Thompson as CEO
Troubled Internet pioneer chooses PayPal president Scott Thompson as chief.
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WSJ
Yahoo recurre al jefe de PayPal para enderezarse
Nombró un nuevo presidente ejecutivo que tendrá la tarea de enderezar la compañía alrededor de su principal negocio de publicidad en línea, pero quedan sin responder algunos de los mayores interrogantes sobre el futuro de la atribulada empresa de Internet.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Yahoo's hire is slap for eBay
Scott Thompson ran the highly successful PayPal before jumping to internet search engine
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Daily Telegraph
Yahoo names PayPal boss as its new CEO
INTERNET giant Yahoo has named PayPal's Scott Thompson as its new chief executive, saying he will recharge growth but also leaving open the possibility of selling off assets.
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THE AUSTRALIAN
PayPal boss to run Yahoo
YAHOO named a new chief executive who is tasked with turning around its core online advertising business.
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Barrons
EBay Stock a "Buy It Now" Deal
Though Scott Thompson, president of eBay's PayPal unit, will join Yahoo as CEO, eBay's stock should attract higher bids over time.
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Technology Review
An Encouraging Sign From Yahoo
Hiring its new CEO away from PayPal indicates that the Internet company still believes it can thrive on its own.
One of Silicon Valley's longest-running stories is the plight of Yahoo, a company whose future has been doubtful or questionable for something like seven or eight years now. Here is a site that just can't figure out how to prosper from an enormous audience, which outranks Facebook's ...
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Gizmodo
PayPal Smashed Some Lady's Antique Violin, and Can Smash Yours Too [Wtf]
Buying and selling stuff online can be stressful, since you're always guarding against getting ripped off. Luckily, intermediaries like PayPal are in place to mediate disputes. Which apparently means having your antique violin smashed open to see if it's fake, then not compensating you in any way. More »
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FOX
Yahoo Names Paypal Exec as New CEO |
Le Figaro
Yahoo a enfin trouvé son nouveau patron
Scott Thompson, jusqu'alors à la tête de PayPal, remplace Carol Bartz, débarquée en septembre. Le scénario d'une revente est pour l'instant écarté.
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MarketWatch
MarketWatch First Take: Is Yahoo still a media company?
Yahoo Inc.’s new chief executive may be respected on Wall Street for his leadership of PayPal, but his lack of background in the media or advertising industry is fueling concerns among investors.
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Heise
PayPal-Chef übernimmt Yahoo-Spitze
Der angeschlagene Internet-Dienstleister bekommt nach rund vier Monaten Führungslosigkeit wieder einen Chef: Scott Thompson wechselt vom Online-Zahlungsabwickler PayPal zu Yahoo.
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perez hilton
Comedian Angelo Bowers Killed By Drunk Driver In L.A.
Heartbreaking.
We are very sad to report that comedian Angelo Bowers (above, right) was killed on Monday night by a drunk driver.
His comedian friend Josh Adam Meyers (above, left) was also injured in the accident, and he's currently in critical condition.
The Los Angeles comedy community has been showing their support by tweeting their condolences, and setting [...]
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Le Figaro
Un nouveau patron pour Yahoo!
Scott Thompson, jusqu'alors à la tête de Paypal, remplace Carol Bartz, débarquée en septembre.
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New York Times
PayPal Executive Named Chief of Yahoo
The Yahoo board said Scott Thompson, who has been running the online payments unit of eBay since early 2008, would replace Carol Bartz, who was dismissed in September.
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Telegraph
New Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson joins from PayPal
Yahoo! has appointed Scott Thompson, the former Paypal president, as its new chief executive, in a bid to make the service 'relevant' again to the Google and Facebook generation.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Video: Yahoo taps PayPal's Thompson as CEO
Yahoo has named Scott Thompson, president of eBay Inc.'s PayPal division, as its new CEO.
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TheDomains
Yahoo Names PayPal President Scott Thompson As Its New CEO
Today Yahoo announced that PayPal President Scott Thompson is its new CEO and will start on Monday. In hiring Thompson Yahoo gets someone who has never ran an online media company or an online advertising company or really anything that Yahoo does (see below for his work history) “Scott brings to Yahoo a proven record [...]
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The Guardian
Yahoo search for CEO ends with PayPal boss Scott Thompson
Internet giant fired CEO Carol Bartz in September and has struggled to compete with rivals Facebook and GoogleYahoo has tapped PayPal boss Scott Thompson as its new CEO, effective January 9, the troubled internet giant has announced.Yahoo fired Carol Bartz, its last chief executive, in September and has been undergoing a strategic review as the business has struggled to compete with Google and ...
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sueddeutsche
Paypal-Chef Scott Thompson: Ebay-Manager soll Yahoo retten
Yahoo holt sich einen Chef bei Ebay: Scott Thompson soll den Internet-Pionier Yahoo aus der Krise führen. Er leitete bisher Paypal, den erfolgreichen Bezahldienst des Online-Auktionshauses. Sein neuer Chefsessel ist ein heißer Stuhl.
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AP
Yahoo names PayPal exec as its CEO
NEW YORK (AP) -- Yahoo Inc. has named Scott Thompson, president of eBay Inc.'s PayPal division, as its new CEO, the fourth one in less than five years for the struggling Internet company....
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FT
Yahoo names PayPal executive as CEO
Scott Thompson, president of Ebay’s online payments business, to start next week
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ElPais
Yahoo! tiene nuevo líder
El rumor llevaba circulando toda la noche y se confirmó a poco menos de media hora de arrancar la sesión bursátil en Wall Street de este miércoles. Yahoo! tiene nuevo consejero delegado. Se trata de Scott Thompson, presidente del popular sistema electrónico de pagos PayPal, controlado por el portal de subastas eBay.
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Times of India
Yahoo names PayPal executive as its CEO
Yahoo Inc. has named Scott Thompson, president of eBay Inc.'s PayPal division, as its new CEO.
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FAZ
Internet: Ebay-Manager Thompson wird neuer Yahoo-Chef
Der schwächelnde Internet-Konzern Yahoo hat nach monatelanger Suche einen neuen Vorstandsvorsitzenden. Scott Thompson, der bisherige Präsident des Ebay-Bazahldienstes Paypal, soll das Unternehmen zu alter Größe führen.
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Irish Times
Yahoo appoints new chief executive
Yahoo has appointed Paypal president Scott Thompson as its new chief executive, almost four months after it fired former CEO Carol Bartz.
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BBC
Paypal's Thompson to head Yahoo
US web portal Yahoo names Scott Thompson, president of online payments firm Paypal, as its new chief executive.
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BoingBoing
PayPal: if you don't like the violin you bought, smash it and we'll give you your money back
Just when you thought PayPal couldn't get any stupider, well, they get stupider. Erica sold an antique violin to someone who paid $2500 for it over PayPal. The buyer disputed the authenticity of the violin -- which had been authenticated by a top luthier -- and PayPal instructed him that he could have his money [...]
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DailyTech
Yahoo Appoints PayPal President as New CEO
Yahoo chooses PayPal head Scott Thompson as Yahoo CEO
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Yahoo names PayPal executive new CEO
Struggling Internet company has been without a permanent CEO since it fired Carol Bartz in early September
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Reuters
Yahoo poised to name CEO: AllThingsD website
(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc is poised to name a new Chief Executive, web site AllThingsD reported, citing sources close to the situation, and named PayPal president Scott Thompson as the likely candidate.
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dlisted
Who Worked It Better?
On the left is a Photoshop artiste's rendering of Lil' Kim Jong-Il, and on the right is a hot bitch who pretty much knows it won this battle without even clenching its anal glands and moving its paw. Kim tried to win this shit by getting a ho to Photoshop her arms until they looked like two twigs harvesting skunk testicles on them. (Seriously, Kim's arms are what a dick looks like when it does ...
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Irish Times
Ebay buys ecommerce firm
Ebay said today it bought BillSafe, a purchase and invoicing technology provider with clients in Germany, and will combine it with its PayPal online payments service, in a move to strengthen its e-commerce capabilities in Northern Europe.
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DieZeit
Computer: PayPal übernimmt Spezialisten für Kauf auf Rechnung
Berlin (dpa) - Der Zahlungsanbieter PayPal verstärkt sich beim Kauf auf Rechnung. Die Tochter der Handelsplattform Ebay übernimmt komplett den deutschen Dienstleister BillSafe, an dem sie bereits sei...
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NZZ
PayPal will Groupon Konkurrenz machen
Unternehmen hat 103 Millionen Nutzer
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science blogs
Paul Allens Plan: Aus der Luft ins All [Geograffitico]
Milliardäre erobern das Weltall: Jeff Bezos finanziert mit seinen Amazon-Milliarden ein neues Trägersystem, Elon Musk (ehemals PayPal) hat mit seiner Firma SpaceX bereits erfolgreich seine Falcon-Raketen eingesetzt, Richard Branson plant den Weltraumtourismus. Und auch Paul Allen, Mitbegründer von Microsoft und der Geldgeber des ersten privaten Raumflugzeugs, Spaceship One, will nun ernsthaft s...
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Rolling Stone
Louis C.K. Sells Over 110K Copies of Stand-Up Special in Three Days
Louis CK has revealed that his new comedy special Louis CK Live at the Beacon Theater has sold over 110000 copies since Saturday pulling in a gross of more than $500000 The comedian released the special exclusively through his website and charged his fans $5 via PayPal for two downloads...
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Nikkei
Gree Partners With PayPal In Step Toward Global Expansion |
CNN
Paypal backs down, donates to blog Regretsy's Secret Santa fund
PayPal has backed off an online spat with humor blog Regretsy after getting withering Web feedback for shutting down a drive to buy holiday gifts for children in need.
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Orf
Die nächste Phishing-Welle rollt
Derzeit erhalten viele Konsumenten E-Mails, die vermeintlich vom Zahlungsdiensteanbieter Pay-Pal kommen, warnt die Arbeiterkammer (AK). Dort heißt es, dass aufgrund ungewöhnlicher Kontobewegungen das Konto eingegrenzt werden müsse. Dazu müssten die Kontodaten erneuert werden. Die AK rät rät dringend, auf derartige E-Mails nicht zu antworten und auch den Links nicht zu folgen.
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APA-OTS
PLANSEE Express - Onlineshop für Halbzeuge und Standardprodukte bietet Zahlung per PayPal =
Wien (OTS) - Ein weiteres Zeichen in Richtung Online -
Kundenservice setzt PLANSEE in der Metallindustrie. PLANSEE,
Weltmarktführer bei pulvermetallurgisch hergestellten
Hochleistungswerkstoffen, bindet den renommierten Zahlungsanbieter
PayPal in den weltweiten Onlineshop ein.
PLANSEE ist ...
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Hoy
Anonymous se viste de Robin Hood
Venezuela, Turquía, CIA, Paypal, Visa, Iglesia de la Cienciología... Estos son solo algunos de los países, instituciones o empresas que han sufrido en forma de ciberataques la ira de Anonymous. A esta lista se unen ahora los bancos.
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Irish Times
PayPal to create 1,000 jobs in Dundalk or Limerick
GLOBAL ONLINE payments giant PayPal is the firm behind the plan to create around 1,000 jobs in either Dundalk or Limerick.
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WirtschaftsWoche
Online-Überweisungen: Facebook steigt ins Geldgeschäft ein
Facebook-Nutzer können Freunden auf dem sozialen Online-Netzwerk künftig Geld überweisen. Dafür setzt Facebook auf das Ebay-Tochterunternehmen Paypal.
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Wired
DIY Space Low Tech Standard Solutions
Acting far away from any public tax paid or government approved project we are bound and required to find alternative financial means. So we do. There is a unique freedom to spend money on rockets and capsules that were given to Copenhagen Suborbitals on a voluntary basis ensuring us against an angry public mob who [...]
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