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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Openbucks: Use Gift Cards to Make Virtual Goods Purchases
Openbucks is a new firm that allows users to buy gift cards from a number of companies and then use the stored value to buy things on online sites. Subway, CVS, Citgo, Sports Authority, Hess and Circle K are participating gift card suppliers.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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