News tagged with card reader
Small 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 card equipment on the ...
Jan 18, 2012 |
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Consumer's guide to downloadable gifts
Remember when gifts were objects, purchased or crafted and wrapped with a bow, then presented with a flourish?
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Virgin 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.
Nov 08, 2011 |
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BlackBerry 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.
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Square 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.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 07, 2011 |
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Hack 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.
Aug 05, 2011 |
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Smartphones take charge: Small merchants expand their sales with mobile credit card services
Coming soon to a garage sale near you: "All major credit cards accepted."
Jul 22, 2011 |
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Lenovo 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.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 22, 2011 |
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Payment 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 by Twitter co-founder ...
May 23, 2011 |
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Sprint to take lead in cellphone-payment technology
Will that be cash, credit, debit or, um, phone?
Apr 06, 2011 |
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ATM hack promises teller machine jackpot
Computer security researchers are heading to Las Vegas with a software hack that gets bank teller machines to spew out cash jackpots.
Jun 26, 2010 |
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Long-Awaited 'Alex' Android eReader Ready For Pre-Orders
(PhysOrg.com) -- You can preorder the first Alex Reader today... finally! Alex, the first Google Android-powered eReader will ship to preorders in mid-April, five months after its announcement made a huge ...
SanDisk Ships 64GB SDXC Card
SanDisk Corporation today announced that it has begun shipping the 64 gigabyte (GB) SanDisk Ultra SDXC card, the company's highest capacity SD card ever. With its 64GB capacity, up to 15MB/sec read speed and Class 4 speed ...
Feb 24, 2010 |
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Gadgets: Canon PIXMA printer delivers quality prints, easy use
This past week I opened a Canon PIXMA MX870 all-in-one printer, and it did exactly what I would want a printer to do right out of the box: print great quality photos with no hassles.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 12, 2010 |
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Swipe Your Credit Card on a Cell Phone
(PhysOrg.com) -- With a small card reader that attaches to a cell phone, a new company is making it easier for small businesses and even individuals to accept credit card payments. The San Francisco start-up, ...