Visa Teams With Bank of America to Test Mobile Contactless Payments
Imagine waving your smartphone over a POS terminal at a store or at a gas tank and paying for items from your credit card or directly from your bank account? Contactless payments may not be too far off as Visa is testing that exact same technology with the help of Bank of America and other technology makers…
Read MoreSigned, Sealed, Delivered: AirDropper Requests and Transfers Files to Your Dropbox
Dropbox users we bring you another tool to allow you to maximize your Dropbox account today. Dropbox is one of my favorite apps out crossing over all platforms and I am always looking for creative ways to maximize my use of Dropbox. AirDropper was recently released in beta and requires no sign up or installation. Just authorize AirDropper to access your DropBox and you are off and running. Find out more specifics inside.
Read MoreNewsBlur: The Intelligent Feed Reader
The search for a companion to my heavily used Google Reader has been a very long search. It appears that my search could be coming to an end very soon as NewsBlur has almost all of the elements I will need to make a change for the better. NewsBlur has multiple levels that improves the RSS experience, making it more visual and enjoyable than Google Reader. Learn about the reasons why NewsBlur works so well inside.
Read MoreTopguest Includes Facebook Places Check-ins
Right off the heels of the new Facebook Places announcement, The hotel rewards location service Topguest made sure to let all of us know it too integrates with Facebook’s new location service to allow its users to check-in using Facebook Places and earn real perks and other rewards…
Read MoreIs Groupon the Next Great Retail Marketing Tactic?
In case you missed it, this past Thursday (August 19) Gap released a special on Groupon (which we have recently covered) that gave members $50 of Gap merchandise for only $25. After calculating the revenue made (including the traditional splits the occur within these agreements), Groupon will have reportedly grossed $5.5 million in sales. Find out what can happen next inside.
Read MoreFCC Commissioner Clyburn Wants Wireless and Wire Networks Treated Equally
Federal Communications Commission member Mignon Clyburn has taken an apparent swipe at a net neutrality position held jointly by Verizon and Google. Verizon and Google are proposing that wireless broadband access be exempted from any rules requiring non-discriminatory treatment of Internet traffic. “[A]ny proposal treating fixed and mobile Internet access to broadband differently would be [...]
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