Tag Archives: micropayment

How to make readers pay for news

September 13, 2009 – 8:43 pm

TweetAn idea is gaining momentum: online readers must open their wallet. In recent weeks, several suggestions for moving from wish to implementation have popped up. The latest one comes from Google. The company proposes to give a boost to its not-so-successful Checkout service by harnessing it to online newspapers interests. Quite a change here. Only [...]

Edited by Frédéric Filloux | Posted in newspapers, online publishing | Comments (19)

The Facebook Micropayment System

August 31, 2009 – 8:09 am

TweetThis week’s question: Will Facebook launch a so-called “PayPal killer”, a micropayment system for members to pay for goods real or virtual? To me, this is a Flat Earth debate, meaning there is no debate, Facebook is ideally placed to become a powerful payment system player. First, a bit of history: the Minitel. Once upon [...]

Edited by Jean-Louis Gassée | Posted in social networks | Also tagged | Comments (7)

Paid news on Mobile. Why it could fly.

August 9, 2009 – 11:55 am

TweetThis week, I downloaded the iPhone application of the British newspaper the Independent. It’s a new breed of app, taking advantage of the new features embedded in the third iteration of the iPhone OS. For a daily newsmedia, Push Notification is the most interesting new feature, combined, in this case, with an offline reader. On [...]

Edited by Frédéric Filloux | Posted in journalism, online publishing | Comments (36)