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Re:Paypal Adds Innovative ‘Bump’ To Mobile Payment Suite by aero142 on Wednesday March 31, 2010 @12:47PM (#1232303)
One advantage is that I don't have to have your contact information, and I don't have to type out your email address.
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Re:Paypal Adds Innovative ‘Bump’ To Mobile Payment Suite by devinj on Wednesday March 31, 2010 @12:56PM (#1232329)
So then have the "bump" action exchange contact information. Why limit it to something that has been solved for centuries? Transferring money to people you don't know is traditionally done with cash. Transferring contact information is generally more painful.
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Re:Paypal Adds Innovative ‘Bump’ To Mobile Payment Suite by jamiequint on Wednesday March 31, 2010 @01:22PM (#1232411)
It does, that is the first/primary function of the app. This is just talking about a PayPal implementation of their API.
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