"We know and value Swift's technology platform and people, and we believe their talent and capabilities will further strengthen our overall merchant value proposition," PayPal's Darrell Esch wrote in announcing the deal.
It is then that I realize how fast the world has turned and what was new yesterday is now blurred by the swift acting technology that changes, it seems, by the hour.
The swift spread of technology also provided a spur.
If anything, swift advances in technology — computerized trading strategies unleashed on a global landscape — have made it harder for watchdogs to simply recognize the risks building within markets, let alone deliver effective action.
He envisions that the crafts projects, the baking ideas and the housekeeping tips that fill the company's archives will take fresh forms, thanks to swift advances in technology that are already moving material across cellphones and other sources in other countries.
Mr Icahn wants Apple to increase and accelerate a share buy-back programme that is currently set to return $60 billion to shareholders by the end of 2015.Another reason that tech firms make tempting targets for shareholder activists is that swift changes in technologies can trip up even the mightiest.
"Other sports have been swift to adopt video technology," said BBC Radio 5 live's Richard Conway, who was in Belfast to cover the meeting.
It eliminates possibility of Loss of Cooling Accident (LOCA); moreover the technology allows swift removal of heat produced during normal or accidental conditions.
Last May, the organizers of a Swift concert used AI technology to surreptitiously scan the faces of concertgoers.
Some of us pray nightly for the swift evolution of wave-power technology, offshore wind farms, electric cars, improved water harvesting, and home insulation.
