Finding our own little worlds has never been easier
What an author won't do for a book. In 2004, San Jose State University associate professor Andy Wood decided to embark upon an experiment: He would fly from San Jose to New York, rent a car and drive...
View ArticleSmall businesses see mobile payments as chance to lower costs
Urban Bean manager Liz Abene started hunting for a new way to process card payments after the coffee shop's transaction fees skyrocketed. It was costing $60 a month, she said, just to have the credit...
View ArticleChip and pin terminals shown to harvest customer info
(Phys.org) -- For all customers, merchants and restaurant owners making use of card readers for transactions, well, this is not the best of news. Experts have found a security flaw in chip and PIN...
View ArticleMasterCard, Visa plan group focused on security
Visa and MasterCard are forming a group that's intended to help the retail and banking industries come together on more-secure credit card payments.
View ArticleSprint to take lead in cellphone-payment technology
Will that be cash, credit, debit or, um, phone?
View ArticlePayment startup Square rolls out iPad sales app
(AP) -- First, mobile payment service Square made it easier for merchants to accept credit cards anytime, anywhere, with just a smart phone and a tiny, plastic credit-card reader. Now the startup led...
View ArticleLenovo unveils Android Netflix tablets, plus Win 7 model
It's a tough time to announce new tablet computers, after Apple's phenomenal quarterly report, but Lenovo is unveiling three new models taking aim at the iPad.
View ArticleSmartphones take charge: Small merchants expand their sales with mobile...
Coming soon to a garage sale near you: "All major credit cards accepted."
View ArticleHack turns Square into criminal tool
Hackers have shown how to turn mobile payment service Square into a convenient tool for criminals to pump cash from stolen credit card numbers.
View ArticleSquare streamlines payment via mobile 'tabs'
Square, Jack Dorsey's mobile payments startup, was founded on the idea that it could simplify the way the world pays for goods and services.
View ArticleBlackBerry to use key technology by Assa Abloy
Assa Abloy AB, the world's leading lock group, said Tuesday it is collaborating with Research in Motion to include key-card technology in upcoming BlackBerry models.
View ArticleVirgin tycoon Branson invests in Square
Square, a start-up from a co-founder of Twitter, said Tuesday that Virgin tycoon Richard Branson has invested in the mobile payments company.
View ArticleConsumer's guide to downloadable gifts
Remember when gifts were objects, purchased or crafted and wrapped with a bow, then presented with a flourish?
View ArticlePayPal lets shops take payments on smartphones (Update)
Online financial transactions titan PayPal has started to allow merchants across the world to take payments using smartphones in a direct challenge to startup Square.
View ArticlePayPal to expand in Asia after mobile app launch
PayPal Asia-Pacific chief Rupert Keeley said Friday the US company plans to expand in the region over the next 12 to 18 months, after it launched the region's first payments service for smartphones.
View ArticlePayPal taps mobile chief Marcus as president
(AP) -- PayPal's mobile unit chief will become the online payments service's next president.
View ArticlePayPal folds startup into its smartphone wallet
Online financial transactions titan PayPal announced that it has bought a San Francisco startup focused on using smartphone cameras to take credit card payments.
View ArticleRetailers large and small find advantages to mobile payments
The way we pay for things is changing. Those credit-card keypads yielding paper receipts are giving way to a new group of mobile payment devices that merchants say charge cheaper swipe fees, and are...
View ArticleElectronic tickets for smarter travel
Electronic travel tickets are the key to networking different modes of transportation. This week, Siemens presents its eTicketing system at the ITS World Congress in Vienna. The system will demonstrate...
View ArticleReview: HP Sleekbook 15 combines size, style
My experience with Windows 8 has been limited to a few devices, including the Microsoft Surface, so I was happy to get the opportunity to review the Hewlett-Packard Pavilion Sleekbook 15, a fairly...
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