Thursday, May 26, 2011

PayPal Payouts with Facebook Credits

Developers signing up for "Facebook Credits" as a currency will have the option to use PayPal as a payout option, Facebook says. When signing up for Facebook Credits for the first time, developers can add an existing PayPal account as well

Adding PayPal offers more flexibility and choice for payouts and makes it even easier to monetize apps with Facebook Credits. It also raises the issue of what "currency" or "money" is, or could be. In the same way that airline miles now are a form of currency, so "credits" or "tokens" or other mechanisms could emerge as a supplemental form of "money," both in the mobile and online spaces.

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First Amendment Free Speech Protections Apply Only to Government, at the Federal Level, Not Private Firms

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