News tagged with card reader

PayPal taps mobile chief Marcus as president

(AP) -- PayPal's mobile unit chief will become the online payments service's next president.

Technology / Business

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

PayPal 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. ...

Technology / Business

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

PayPal 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.

Technology / Business

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 4

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