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Amazon Launches Checkout Online Payment Service

In a move that rivals online payment leader PayPal and sidels up next to (and possible out-runs at launch) Google Checkout, Amazon has announced the launch of their new online payment system aptly named: Amazon Checkout. The kicker that makes this service have longer legs out of the gate than Google’s offering is that every single [...]

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Reevoo: Independent Product Review Site for Shoppers

When I am in the market to buy something, reviews are a critical thing for me… the more the merrier. This is true to the extent that I won’t even shop at an e-tailer that doesn’t provide reviews or represents them poorly; and I find myself more inclinded to shop at stores that do make [...]

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New Credit Card Cross-Sell-Like Scams Used by Vendors

12 Angry Men did an awesome write-up on a new type of “scam” used by shady marketing companies to automatically opt-you-in to very small month reoccurring charges that you are most likely to not notice on your credit card using some trickery of how credit card data is handled in a typical HTTP session. Here [...]

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