The competition of who comes up with the fastest and more convenient way of paying is intensifying. Google has now launched its new project to install NFC readers in several retailers throughout New York and San Francisco cities. These markets are going to be where Google tests the results of its new service. For those of you who do not know, NFC stands for Near Field Communication and these devices act as kind of credit card readers so you can pay at any location that has it with your phone (Taking in consideration that you have the app for it). Of course, this is still a work in process. For more information about this interesting topic you can click here
Now focusing more in social media it is time to talk about Facebook. This giant of social media keeps revolutionizing the world. This last month Facebook received a patent for a new search engine that combines the regular results of a search engines with the popularity of each result. This will allow you to see which are the most popular links and which ones are not. For the most part, this would aid companies and deals that are popular with the crowd and would make it very difficult for small companies to appear; nonetheless, Facebook is once again providing new ways to make a regular activity more social. For more information you can check out this link
Until next time
Marketing Rocks
Ricardo Chuecos
