Putting a face -- and a fingerprint -- to a name
Bill Conner runs a defense company whose customers are threatened by new forms of global attack every day.
Internet
Nov 14, 2011
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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 ...
Software
May 23, 2011
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Tickets, coupons among uses for tap-to-pay phones
(AP) -- Cell phones are usually used to communicate with people far away. This year, they'll get the ability to do the opposite: communicate with things that are close enough to touch.
Telecom
Feb 21, 2011
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New microchip card for US purchases in Europe
(AP) -- If you've traveled to Europe recently, you may have had the frustrating experience of being unable to use a U.S.-issued credit card for automated transactions, like renting a bike from a stand on the street, paying ...
Other
Dec 10, 2010
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A look at new Android cell phones
Google's Android operating system has come a long way in the past year.
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 7, 2010
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Pay-by-phone catching on with smart-phone set
"I don't have any cash on me" may no longer be a valid excuse with new credit card readers that can be used with mobile phones. In a potential boon to street vendors, mom-and-pop shops and even those who lend a few bucks ...
Telecom
Jun 3, 2010
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US, Europe press China to drop tech security rule
(AP) -- Global technology suppliers face a looming Chinese deadline to reveal the inner workings of computer encryption and other security products in a move the United States and Europe say is protectionist.
Business
Apr 28, 2010
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Smart tablecloth can find fruit and help with watering the plants
Researchers have designed a smart fabric that can detect non-metallic objects ranging from avocadoes to credit cards, according to a study from Dartmouth College and Microsoft Research.
Materials Science
Oct 30, 2020
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Tech can empower refugee communities if they're allowed to design how it works
In Lebanon, around 350,000 Syrian refugees don't have access to enough safe and nutritious food. To stem the crisis, the World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations introduced an electronic voucher system to distribute ...
Social Sciences
Jun 26, 2019
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Crypto currency stunt on Everest linked to Sherpa death
A promotional stunt by an Irish tech company to bury $100,000 worth of a new cryptocurrency at Everest's summit has been linked to the death of a Sherpa guide, the company said Saturday.
Other
May 26, 2018
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