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tkanet

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About tkanet

passionate about mobile payments ...typically for emerging markets. Would have wanted to meet Leonardo da Vinci.

Will be in the Bay Area fron Oct 21st to Oct 25th.

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    Not involved in any of those cited ...but just a question. Who says X alternative is NOT recommended ? Is that not recommended because it is new ? or because it does not comply wit…

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    Comment #1906038

    As far as intimacy and close privacy are concerned...why not just go email. People will upload these "intimate or personal" pictures ...and then later complain about privacy concer…

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    Comment #1904966

    think that Groupon and clones will go through the same strugles. I just fail to understand how "discount only" cn be a business. it just mean someone is paying for the service and …

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    Comment #1901795

    In just a year or so, we will see the same story about the coupons' madness. How valuable is it to get 10% out of a coffee ? if groupon and daily deal makers do not change the mech…

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    Comment #1859821

    I think it is just a matter of "new marketplaces". Paypal benefited from the eBay marketplace ...and found casual online merchants. Generally, marketplaces get hooked with very few…

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    Online to Offline commerce...a new payment battleground.

    Willstream to address this ...but globally. Buy online from the US, Europe ...and let beneficiary redeem in the emerging markets.

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    How are payments startups reacting to Apple's NFC patents

    See tkanet answer at http://www.quora.com/How-is-Square-reacting-to-Apples-NFC-patents

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    Why has no payment startup emerged as a meaningful challenger to PayPal?

    see tkanet answer at http://www.quora.com/Online-Mobile-Payments/Why-has-no-payment-startup-emerged-as-a-meaningful-challenger-to-PayPal

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    Tkanet comments ---Apple's global MVNO strategy with universal SIM.

    http://gigaom.com/2010/10/27/is-apple-about-to-cut-out-the-carriers/