News tagged with american express

Geneticists publish largest-ever study on African genetics revealing origins, migration

African, American, and European researchers working in collaboration over a 10-year period have released the largest-ever study of African genetic data--more than four million genotypes--providing a library of new information ...

Biology / Other

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Experimental mathematics: Computing power leads to insights

In his 1989 book "The Emperor's New Mind", Roger Penrose commented on the limitations on human knowledge with a striking example: He conjectured that we would most likely never know whether a string of 10 ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (20) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Twitter co-founder takes aim at mobile payments

(AP) -- Jack Dorsey revolutionized online socializing by co-founding Twitter in 2006. Now he wants to transform the way people exchange money.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 30, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Yahoo appoints 3 to board in response to investor

(AP) -- Internet company Yahoo has appointed three members to its board of directors, gearing up for a proxy fight with one of its largest shareholders.

Technology / Business

created Mar 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

American Express, Twitter team up on retail deals

(AP) -- American Express card holders can use the Twitter online messaging service to get exclusive discounts and other deals from more than a dozen retailers under a partnership announced Tuesday.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twitter unveils self-service advertising system

(AP) -- Buying ads on Twitter is about to get easier for small businesses as the online messaging service adds a key piece to its moneymaking model.

Technology / Business

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

4 personal finance technology trends for 2012

(AP) -- If you're one of the holdouts still paying bills with checks, tracking your accounts with pen and paper or clipping coupons from the newspaper, 2012 could be the year you take the digital plunge.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

US tech firms lead list of best multinational workplaces

US technology companies, led by Microsoft, topped a league table of the world's 25 best multinational workplaces released Thursday by a New York-based human resources consultancy.

Technology / Business

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

American Express to offer coupons via Facebook

(AP) -- American Express is jumping into the daily deals arena.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

American Express checks in with Foursquare

American Express and Foursquare announced a partnership on Thursday to provide discounts to AmEx cardholders who use the location-based service to "check in" from participating shops and restaurants.

Technology / Business

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

American Express makes digital wallets

American Express on Monday launched an online financial transactions service that it claims goes beyond what others provide in a market dominated by PayPal.

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Twitter co-founder launches new venture: Square

Square, a new venture from a co-founder of Twitter, launched Tuesday with a free application that allows anyone to accept credit card payments on a mobile device.

Technology / Software

created May 11, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Why is late-life depression harder to treat?

Scientists have found an important clue in the quest to understand why people who suffer from depression in later life are harder to treat and keep well in the long term.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pioneer of online job search starts over again

(AP) -- Bill Warren founded an early online job board in the 1990s, helped kick-start an industry and was president of Monster.com, one of the leading Internet career sites. But these days he's not very happy ...

Technology / Business

created Feb 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0