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"Wallet" - Soon to be launched Smartphone by Google

Courtesy: WSJ Google Inc. showed off its plans to create a digital wallet that will allow consumers with Android smartphones to pay for goods and services or receive coupons and offers by waving the device in front of a special reader at the checkout counter.   http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304520804576347422554224968.html?mod=WSJ_business_whatsNews

"How to sell yourself" - Joe Girard

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“How to sell yourself” is a brilliant motivational book written by Joe Girard. Joe Girard is acclaimed as "The World's Greatest Salesman" by the Guinness book of World Records for selling 1425 new cars in a single year. The book starts by saying “ WE'RE ALL SALESPEOPLE ”. The kid who is trying to talk his mother into letting him stay up an extra hour to watch TV is selling. The girl who hints to her boyfriend that she'd rather see a romantic movie than a hockey game is selling. And when he tries to talk her out of the idea and get her on the edge of the ice, he's selling. The teenager who wants the old man's car for Saturday night is selling. And the guy who steps up the voltage as he says good night at his girlfriend's door is selling. Anybody who has ever asked the boss for a raise is selling. Whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever you do and wherever you do it, you're busy selling. You may not have been aware of this, but it's true. ...