News tagged with credit card readers

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

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

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

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

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 2.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 weblog

Gadgets: Card reader helps you shop safer online

NetSecure Technologies SmartSwipe credit card reader is a new device to help Internet shoppers or small business owners.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 back the 3,000 miles ...

Technology / Other

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0