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Micropayments Going Mainstream? Not Yet.

Posted by timothy on from the penny-for-your-thoughts dept.

DotEdu writes "Today's NY Times has an interesting article on two new micropayment companies, BitPass and Peppercoin, and the venerable PayPal. More interesting than the companies are the critique: Micropayments are not the silver bullet. You still need to actually have a viable product that you can sell."

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  1. first post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    1. Re:first post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Micropenis. What is it all about... is it good, or is it whack?

    2. Re:first post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I don't know, why don't you tell us what its like to have a micropenis.

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