In a recent announcement, Venmo, the popular mobile payment service owned by PayPal, revealed that it will no longer be accepted as a payment method on Amazon starting January 10, 2024. Amazon users were notified via email, with the company specifying that while Venmo debit and credit cards will still be accepted, the direct integration with the payment service will … [Read more...] about Amazon discontinues Venmo as a payment option
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You can now pay for audiobooks and e-books from iBooks via Paypal
Apple has just made purchasing digital content from iBooks a little bit easier for people who do not have a credit card. The company has just incorporated Paypal for users in Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the United States. Until now, Apple has only allowed users to buy digital content with either a credit card or gift … [Read more...] about You can now pay for audiobooks and e-books from iBooks via Paypal
Snapchat Joins Mobile Payment Game with Snapcash
I am pretty sure that Snapchat's new payment option, Snapcash, is either the best idea I have ever heard... or the worst. We are all familiar with the send and expire nature of Snapchat, and how easy it is to communicate with your friends quickly and easily. Thanks to a deal with Square Cash, you can connect up your debit card (as long as you are at least 18 years old), type in … [Read more...] about Snapchat Joins Mobile Payment Game with Snapcash
Paypal to Become Separate Entity in 2015
In 2002 PayPal became a wholly owned subsidiary of eBay and has been used to facilitate payments on the e-commence site. Due to the increasing pressures of the modern economic reality with Apple Pay, Alipay and Square, eBay and Paypal have agreed to part ways and Paypal will now be its own publicly traded company in 2015. Devin Wenig, president of eBay Marketplaces, to … [Read more...] about Paypal to Become Separate Entity in 2015
PayPal Updates Include Loyalty Cards, Faster Login
In the land of virtual wallets, PayPal is arguably the best known and most used service. Now with a series of updates made to their Android app, using PayPal from your smartphone or tablet is even easier and more convenient. First on the list of changes was the addition of a quick login feature that lets you associate your account directly to your telephone number --so … [Read more...] about PayPal Updates Include Loyalty Cards, Faster Login
PayPal App Released For Android Wear
Wearables are among the hottest topics at this year's Google I/O conference, with apps designed to work with them being some of the most exciting developments. One of the first to emerge is the availability of PayPal on your wrist, letting us check in to pay at participating stores, redeem offers, and receive payment notifications. PayPal has long been a friend to Android … [Read more...] about PayPal App Released For Android Wear
PayPal Backs Down from eBook Ban
After a firestorm of angry protests and a grassroots petition campaign, PayPal has reversed its previous ban on using the online payment method to sell ebooks that contain themes of rape, incest, or bestiality. PayPal had initially informed ebook distribution platform Smashwords that it would have to remove approximately 2,000 “offensive” ebooks or risk losing PayPal as a … [Read more...] about PayPal Backs Down from eBook Ban
Authors Strike Back Against PayPal’s Censorship of Smashwords
Smashwords, the popular online ebook distribution platform that recently celebrated the uploading of the 100,000th title to its catalog of digital editions, found itself embroiled in some controversy over a request from PayPal that it remove nearly 2,000 titles that the online payment company considered inappropriate or offensive. Failure to do so would result in the … [Read more...] about Authors Strike Back Against PayPal’s Censorship of Smashwords
Kobo Opens up PAYPAL as a Payment Option Online
A few days ago Kobo ushered in a new way to do business online via PAYPAL. This makes paying for ebooks, e-readers, screen protectors, and other items much easier online. This is true especially for the European and international market where PAYPAL is one of the only viable payment options. Kobo has been dealing with credit cards and online gift cards for some time. … [Read more...] about Kobo Opens up PAYPAL as a Payment Option Online
The Ever-Changing Future of Digital Books
E-books and e-readers arrived on the scene with Project Gutenberg in the 1970s, though not in the form that they are recognized today. Once the modern-era e-book appeared, publishing pundits swore it was the end of the printed word. Predictions about doomed brick-and-mortar bookstores and bankrupt printing houses circulated among those in the industry. At the same time, other … [Read more...] about The Ever-Changing Future of Digital Books