Google’s PayPal Could Be Big

Google’s online payment service could prove to be a gold mine for the search giant, analysts say, as the company begins to allow consumers to use the service to shop on Google Base, an online listings site likened to Craigslist.

With the Google Payments service, the company could create a significant new revenue stream, said UBS Investment Research analyst Ben Schachter. He noted that Google payments service could eventually work with other vendors, just as eBay’s payments service PayPal is used by a variety of merchants.

“In our view, this is a clear shot across PayPal’s bow,” said Mr. Schachter, in a research note.

Google Base is a site where people can post any type of content along the lines of online listings site Craigslist (See Google Expands Search All Over). But unlike on Craigslist, on this site buyers will be able to purchase items with credit cards, thanks to the payments service. For sellers, Google is integrating the processing of transactions with the management of items.

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Israeli Startups Raise $404M

Israeli high-tech startups raised $404 million in the second quarter of the year, according to a report released Monday.

The Israel Venture Capital Research Center quarterly survey reported that the amount represented a 12 percent increase over the previous quarter and is 4 percent higher than in the corresponding quarter a year ago.

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YouTube serves up 100 million videos daily online

YouTube, the leader in Internet video search, said on Sunday viewers have are now watching more than 100 million videos per day on its site, marking the surge in demand for its “snack-sized” video fare.

Since springing from out of nowhere late last year, YouTube has come to hold the leading position in online video with 29 percent of the U.S. multimedia entertainment market, according to the latest weekly data from Web measurement site Hitwise.

YouTube videos account for 60 percent of all videos watched online, the company said. Videos are delivered free on YouTube and the company is still working on developing advertising and other means of generating revenue to support the business.

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Краят на казармата – 1 януари 2008 г.

Задължителната наборна служба отпада напълно от 1 януари 2008 г., ре?и в четвъртък парламентът с окончателното приемане на промени в Закона за отбраната и въоръжените сили. От тази дата армията ще стане изцяло професионална. Според гласуваните разпоредби младежите, които до 31 декември 2007 г. са в казармата или отбиват алтернативна военна служба, ще бъдат предсрочно уволнени.

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p.s. Напоследък зачестиха срещите ми с военното окръжие с цел да се възползвам от една вратичка в закона за доброволно освобождаване, но след близо 2 месеца на разнасяне документи по институции съм меко казано настроен да се откажа от цялата бюрокрация, съпътсваща работата на обикновен гражданин с проядената от молци българска военна бюрокрация…

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Sense of Bulgaria

Слънчо вчера ми прати следния линк: http://senseof.rallybulgaria.com/, където може да разгледате страхотни фотографии от България, под формата на фла?-презентация съпроводена от звуците на Теодосий Спасов и ?сихия. Снимките са наистина спиращи дъха кадри от най-красивите кътчета на Майка България :-)

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България отвори авиационния си пазар

България либерализира възду?ния си пазар за чужди превозвачи и ще премахне пречките, които не им позволяваха да летят по определени линии. Това стана възможно, след като в петък транспортният министър Петър Мутафчиев подписа в Люксембург споразумението за общо европейско възду?но пространство (ЕСAA)

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“Who Killed the Electric Car?”

In 1996, General Motors (G.M.) launched the first modern-day commercially available electric car, the EV1. The car required no fuel and could be plugged in for recharging at home and at a number of so-called battery parks.

Many of the people who leased the car, including a number of celebrities, said the car drove like a dream.

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Официален старт на bgmafia.com

Сюжетът на играта и изобщо идеята за нея се пръкнаха още в края на миналото лято, като интересът към подобен род игри в световен мащаб се оказа невероятен – thecrims, barafranca. Въпреки, че са само текстово-базирани онлайн-игри не им липсваха по над 10хил. играчи онлайн! Та след доста перипетии да намерим подходящ екип за изпълнението на играта попаднахме на 2-ма опитни програмисти от Пловдив, които от опита си с големи бази данни в софтуерния бран? бяха топ-кандидатите за целта. Реално разработката на играта започва някъде в началото на февруари, 2006г. и поставен срок от 2 месеца за старт на играта. Вече бяхме претърпяли едно отлагане запланувано на 15 януари и въпреки това интереса на потребителите не секна. Поредното отлагане на старта бе за 2 април, като и този срок не удържахме. Първата версия на играта се пръкна онлайн към 10 април, като пуснахме само 400 случайно избрани играчи от записалите се за в бета-тестинга.
В следващите 2 месеца де що дупка може?е да има в играта я изнамериха, с което се изчистиха и проблеми в сценария и комуникацията м/у играчите, на което най-силно е заложено в играта – почти няма местенце в играта без свой обособен чат.
За старт на играта последно закованата официална дата бе 5 юни, като този път закъсняхме само с 2 дни от уречената дата :-)
Още преди да се е събудил народа налепих реклама в 3:30ам в де що сайт е под на?а или партньорска опека. По обяд същия ден има?е над 1000 посещения, а до края на деня над 6хил. и близо 5хил. регистрации! Оттам насетне основните ядове са да не стопим лагерите на двата сървъра в/у които е играта – този с sql-базата засега се държи на магия. Очертава се в играта проблем с динамиката и моменталния резултат, който провокира играча да рефре?ва като ненормален, а всяка импресия повлича след себе си десетки процеси и sql-заявки.

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Wal-Mart Quick Facts

* Wal-Mart is the world’s largest retailer. It is the largest corporation and private employer in the United States.
* Wal-Mart is the biggest employer in 25 states. They set the standard for wages and labor practices.
* Wal-Mart employs 1.4 million workers worldwide and over 1 million in the United States. More than half of Wal-Mart’s U.S. employees leave the company each year.
* Wal-Mart has more than 3,000 stores in the US and almost 1,300 International operations.
* The Walton family is worth about $102 billion.
* Wal-Mart topped the Fortune 500 list of America’s largest corporations ranked by sales for the fourth year in a row.
* Wal-Mart is the top U.S. seller of products ranging from dog food to diamonds with sales of $244.5 billion in the fiscal year ended January 2003 up from $220 billion in 2001.
* In 1970, the country’s largest employer was General Motors, with 350,000 workers. Overwhelmingly union, they earned $17.50 an hour plus health, pension and vacation benefits and cost-of-living increases. Today, the country’s largest employer is Wal-Mart, with over 1 million US workers. They earn an average hourly wage of $8.00, with no defined benefit pension, and inadequate health care.
* Wal-Mart was sued 4,851 times in 2000––or about once every 2 hours, every day of the year. Wal-Mart lawyers list about 9,400 open cases,” according to a report published in the August 14, 2001, USA Today newspaper.
* Wal-Mart plans to open only 15 to 20 of the traditional food-and-drug combo stores in 2003, down from previous projections of 20 to 25 outlets. It will open 210 supercenters, the high end of its previous development range for that format.

2006 Shareholders’ Meeting Video – интересно видео, което дава представа за мащабите на компанията и начина, по който постигат статуса който им придават повечето средно грамотни американци…

The United States of Wal-Mart – книга, граничеща с конспирациите, но въпреки това с за?еметяващи нормалното съзнание факти и данни за размера, възможностите и пипалата на една компания.

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