Internet Freedom vs. Government
TC: Twitter’s new policies demonstrate the complicated relationship between Internet freedom and government; http://eicker.at/2o
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Gerrit Eicker
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Gerrit Eicker
Google Wallet
Google launches Google Wallet on Sprint: checkout wirelessly via Citi MasterCard, Pepaid Card; http://eicker.at/GoogleWallet
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Gerrit Eicker
Europe is Online, Britons Lead
Ofcom: Britons, a nation of early technology adopters, spend more online than any other European country; http://eicker.at/UK
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Gerrit Eicker
Social Media Referrers
AT Internet: On average Facebook accounts for more than 1% of visits, 13 times greater than Twitter; http://j.mp/agYBDj
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Gerrit Eicker
AT Internet: “As part of this study, we only took into consideration 12 leading French news websites audited by AT Internet solutions. – For overall traffic, after all different traffic sources have been considered for French news websites, the average share of Facebook as a referrer was 1.3% from the 6th to the 12th September 2010 and only 0.1% for Twitter. … By way of comparison, let’s take an in-depth look at the web giant: Google. By taking the same number of websites into consideration, Google’s share was 40.6% in France, in other words 30 times greater than Facebook.”
pC: “For Twitter, that rate is consistent with what Hitwise found in the U.S. in March, when it said Twitter sends 0.14 percent of clicks to news and media sites, making it number 39 on the list of traffic-givers. But Facebook’s impact is less pronounced in France. – In May, Facebook was the number-seven referral giver to UK newspaper websites, according to the industry’s Newspaper Marketing Agency …, but Twitter wasn’t even included in the list of 19.“
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Gerrit Eicker
Kiva en Francais
Open source Kiva platform, which can be replicated in other languages: Kiva en Francais; http://j.mp/9FB9qf
Gerrit Eicker
Retouched Advertising Pictures
Lawmakers in Britain and France propose ways to signal when advertising pictures have been retouched; http://j.mp/njz53
Gerrit Eicker
France Goes for Advertising
Sarkozy announced financial aid for the country’s newspapers, doubling government’s adspent; http://tr.im/c9v3
Google: “In May we announced Google Wallet – an app that makes your phone your wallet – with Citi, MasterCard, Sprint and First Data. With Google Wallet, you can tap, pay and save using your phone and near field communication (NFC). – We’ve been testing it extensively, and today we’re releasing the first version of the app to Sprint. That means we’re beginning to roll out Google Wallet to all Sprint Nexus S 4G phones through an over-the-air update – just look for the ‘Wallet’ app. … Google Wallet enables you to pay with your Citi MasterCard credit card and the Google Prepaid Card, which can be funded with any of your existing plastic credit cards. As a thanks to early adopters, we’re adding a $10 free bonus to the Google Prepaid Card if you set it up in Google Wallet before the end of the year.”
Google: “Google Wallet is a mobile app that will make your phone your wallet. It stores virtual versions of your existing plastic cards on your phone, along with your coupons, and eventually, loyalty and gift cards. Our intention is that Google Wallet will be an open mobile wallet holding all the cards and coupons you keep in your leather wallet today. … NFC is a wireless technology that enables data transmission between two objects when they are brought within a few inches of each other. Smartphones enabled with NFC technology can exchange data with other NFC enabled devices or read information from smart tags embedded in posters, stickers, and other products. … Google Checkout is a service that enables merchants to accept and process online payments. Google Wallet, on the other hand, is a mobile app that enables users to tap and pay at physical, brick and mortar stores. … The Google Prepaid Card allows you to use Google Wallet even if you don’t have an eligible Citi MasterCard. It is a virtual card powered by MasterCard and Money Network. You can fund this prepaid card with any of your existing plastic credit cards. And since it’s purely virtual, you won’t get a physical plastic card in the mail. You can tap and pay immediately after funds are added.”
TC: “Bummed by the limited launch? Don’t be. This somewhat-cautious approach is really the only way they could do it: NFC is still a relatively new technology, with a complicated network of partners, and, most importantly, involves your money. Google is really the first company with the power to move the world towards NFC – but even for them, it’s going to be something of an uphill battle, and they’ll have to take things one small step at a time. – Fortunately, Google also just announced their next (small step) huge leap: support for Visa, Discover, and American Express cards.”
pC: “For the moment, Google Offers is only available in cities in the U.S. That means the purchase of the Daily Deal site could give Google an easy route to ramping up the service in Europe as well. … In May, when Wallet and Offers were announced by Stephanie Tilenius, Google’s VP of commerce, she described how Wallet would be about more than just payments, and would also be used for loyalty programs, check-ins and other transactions. … Google is not the only one working in these areas: on the deals front it is already competing against dominant Groupon, big LivingSocial, and fast-rising Amazon, among many others.”