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04-30-2014, 08:30 PM
PayPal's New Logo Will ** Longer Be Confused With a Parking Sign
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PayPal, the ecommerce giant owned by eBay (http://mashable.com/category/ebay/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), is adding a second "P" to its logo, in part to alleviate confusion with other single-"P" signs like "parking."
The new identity, designed by fuseproject (http://www.fuseproject.com/), will be more legible and recognizable than the company's previous logo, which was last updated in 2007.
See also: 10 Weirdest Things for Sale on eBay (http://mashable.com/2012/07/22/weirdest-things-ebay/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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PayPal President David Marcus said the company had implemented so many new services over the past couple of years — including, most recently, a "mobile-first (http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/08/paypal-is-rolling-out-its-new-mobile-first-website-globally-with-less-words-more-images/)" website — that the time seemed right to reintroduce the company to consumers. "This is a conversation starter to tell the story about what PayPal can do," he said. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/30/new-paypal-logo/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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PayPal, the ecommerce giant owned by eBay (http://mashable.com/category/ebay/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), is adding a second "P" to its logo, in part to alleviate confusion with other single-"P" signs like "parking."
The new identity, designed by fuseproject (http://www.fuseproject.com/), will be more legible and recognizable than the company's previous logo, which was last updated in 2007.
See also: 10 Weirdest Things for Sale on eBay (http://mashable.com/2012/07/22/weirdest-things-ebay/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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PayPal President David Marcus said the company had implemented so many new services over the past couple of years — including, most recently, a "mobile-first (http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/08/paypal-is-rolling-out-its-new-mobile-first-website-globally-with-less-words-more-images/)" website — that the time seemed right to reintroduce the company to consumers. "This is a conversation starter to tell the story about what PayPal can do," he said. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/30/new-paypal-logo/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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