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 ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Consumer's guide to downloadable gifts

Remember when gifts were objects, purchased or crafted and wrapped with a bow, then presented with a flourish?

Technology / Other

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.

Technology / Business

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

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.

Technology / Business

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 05, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2

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."

Technology / Telecom

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

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

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

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 ...

Technology / Software

created May 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sprint to take lead in cellphone-payment technology

Will that be cash, credit, debit or, um, phone?

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.

Technology / Other

created Jun 26, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (20) | comments 5

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 ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 17, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

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 ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Feb 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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

created Feb 12, 2010 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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, ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 weblog