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Target sells Farmville tractors (on Facebook gift cards) Facebook, which neither makes nor sells anything physical, takes a big step towards creating a unified online currency by selling gift cards in Target that work for Zynga, PopCap and other 3rd party games. tech.fortune.cnn.com
To Spend Real Money on Fake Money, Go to Target Target has begun selling gift cards for Facebook credits, letting consumers spend real money on fake money to buy gear in online apps and games such as Farmville. www.foxnews.com
Facebook Credits Get Really Real, with Target Gift Cards Target stores announced that they would be the first retailers to sell Facebook credits as gift cards. These cards would be available starting September 5th, in $15, $25 and $50 increments. The gift cards can be redeemed in Target's brick and mortar locations, as well as its online store. Facebook credits can buy you access to [...] Facebook Credits Get Really Real, with Target Gift Cards is a ... siliconangle.com
Giftango helps mobile app developers deliver retailers’ gift cards J.C. Penney and Fandango are among 30 clients offering gift cards through mobile apps via Giftango. www.internetretailer.com
Target First to Sell Facebook Gift Cards in Stores Target will be the first retailer to sell Facebook Credits in its stores come Sunday. The Facebook Credits gift cards will be available in $15, $25 and $50 denominations at all 1,750 Target locations and at Target.com. news.yahoo.com
Online program helps students find majors, careers The Career Center introduced a new interactive career and academic program called Pathways yesterday at their sixth annual open house in University Hall. sundial.csun.edu
Target To Sell Gift Cards For Facebook Games Fans of games on Facebook will soon be able to buy gift cards for the games at Target stores. wcco.com
Bill Gates' favorite teacher Sal Khan, you can count Bill Gates as your newest fan. Gates is a voracious consumer of online education. This past spring a colleague at his small think tank, bgC3, e-mailed him about the nonprofit khanacademy.org, a vast digital trove of free mini-lectures all narrated by Khan, an ebullient, articulate Harvard MBA and former hedge fund manager. Gates replied within minutes. "This guy is ... money.cnn.com
Finally, Some Good News Note: This online column will appear regularly. For its title, Dean Tony acknowledges Malcolm Gladwell who, in his book The Tipping Point, defined "connectors" www.thelobbyist.biz
Consumer Confidential: Jobs picture brightens (sort of), Facebook gift cards Here's your whoppingly Wednesday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: --Some interesting news on the jobs front (no, not Steve Jobs). The latest data suggest that companies have stopped firing people. The only problem is that they aren't... latimesblogs.latimes.com
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