Google Glass was a common sight as software savants shared visions of games, weather reports, news and more delivered to the Internet-linked eyewear.

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

May 16, 2013 not rated yet 1

Most financial transactions on the Internet are safeguarded by a cryptographic technique called public-key encryption. Where traditional encryption relies on a single secret key, shared by both sender and ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Feb 18, 2013 5 / 5 (6) 3 |

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

Mar 15, 2012 3 / 5 (2) 4

Silicon Valley star Sean Parker said Facebook would have to blunder in a big way for Google's social network to steal its crown.

Technology - Internet

Oct 18, 2011 not rated yet 6

Google on Thursday will launch a mobile payment platform that lets people use smartphones to pay at shops as easily as they use a credit card, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Technology - Business

May 25, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 3

Online financial transactions giant PayPal on Wednesday showed off a mini-program that lets people exchange money by touching together a pair of Google smartphones.

Technology - Software

Jul 13, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 0

Online financial transactions powerhouse PayPal released an application on Thursday that lets friends send one another cash at leading social network Facebook.

Technology - Internet

Nov 17, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Google on Friday announced that it has bought hot online networking application maker Slide as part of a drive to "make Google services socially aware."

Technology - Internet

Aug 06, 2010 3 / 5 (2) 0

Online financial transactions titan PayPal announced that it has bought a San Francisco startup focused on using smartphone cameras to take credit card payments.

Technology - Business

Jul 18, 2012 not rated yet 0

The ranks of cell phone subscribers will swell to five billion people this year thanks to the growth of smartphones in developed nations and mobile services in poor nations, a UN agency said Monday.

Technology - Telecom

Feb 15, 2010 4.4 / 5 (12) 5

Startup Virtual Piggy is rolling out a way for parents to give children online allowances to spend on games, iPod accessories or other stuff tailored for Internet-loving youngsters.

Technology - Internet

Mar 10, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

Instances of the so-called tail wagging the dog abound. Add to that club mobile-money services, the idea that you can make financial transactions of all kinds using only a cellphone.

Technology - Telecom

Mar 12, 2012 not rated yet 1

The mobile phone may soon be someone's ticket to board any transit system in the world.

Technology - Business

Dec 07, 2010 5 / 5 (1) 1

Online scams including identity theft schemes, "advance fee" and "romance fraud" cost Americans some $485 million in 2011, a report prepared for the FBI said Thursday.

Technology - Internet

May 10, 2012 not rated yet 2

The French finance ministry has shut down 10,000 computers after a "spectacular" cyber attack from hackers using Internet addresses in China, officials and reports said Monday.

Technology - Internet

Mar 07, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 2