Omg, nobody proofread that article? Since when did TechCrunch become this horrible at actual...English? Look at these:<p>"What Clinkle doesn’t do is allow instant peer-to-merchant payments via high frequency sounds without a like it was hoping."<p>"Clinkle was shooting for the kind of “Innovation” with a capital I that we laud in Silicon Valley."<p>"The app is certainly slick, with tons of delightful little animation flourishes."<p>Did their writers go full retard?
As relevant as ever: <a href="https://twitter.com/mrgan/status/384780273721696256" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/mrgan/status/384780273721696256</a><p>@mrgan<p>—"I'd like to, uh… "pay with clinkle."<p>—"Excuse me?"<p>—"Uh, pay with… clinkle?"<p>—"Do you need the key to the restroom?"<p>—"Pay… with… clinkle"
Please note actual, accurate headline is "Mobile Wallet Laughingstock Clinkle Finally Launches To Let You Pay Friends And Earn 'Treats'"
You should take a look at Clinkle's Team page: <a href="https://www.clinkle.com/team" rel="nofollow">https://www.clinkle.com/team</a><p>All of the Clinkle team members have <i>quirky and random lol xD</i> photos on mouseover.<p>Except the CFO. He means business.
In general, I like to give new technologies/apps a chance. I have spent some time looking at the payment space and the concept of "treats" is at least interesting. I think the name "treats" undermines what it does.<p>If you swipe their debit card seven times you get one of these "treats". If this caught on, the network effect may arise where people start paying for friends coffees/small gifts. The question is, is the value of rewards that are giftable > credit card's value. Not sure that it is but I'm also not sure that it is not.<p>The comments have been brutal but I wouldn't completely dismiss the concept just yet.
Curious what the author of that article has ever built or created. My guess is nothing. From the looks of his twitter profile, I think that is pretty much confirmed: <a href="https://twitter.com/joshconstine" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/joshconstine</a><p>So easy for those in the pseudo-journalistic world TC and much of the Tech press live in to knock down, destroy and critique.<p>Meanwhile, more talented folks keep building and creating....