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Pokemon Visa cards from Japan comes with other goodies
Japan respects their creations and gives them their dues. So what if it is the dear old Pikachu? Visa is bringing in a cool new wave of credit cards themed around Pokemons. The design is simple and has a beaming Pikachu all over it. The first 500 people to sign up will receive a Pokemon…
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Karl Marx credit cards for the communist in you
East Germany may be no more, but the faith in communism and hate of capitalism is still very much present in East Germans. More than a third of customers at Sparkasse bank in Chemnitz opted for the picture of a bronze bust of the bearded 19th century German-born philosopher, bank spokesman Roger Wirtz said. Marx’s…
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Square integrates New York cabs with iPads enabling credit card payments
Cabs in New York will soon receive a dash of technology with Square’s newest brainchild. As part of a test-run, 30 cabs in New York will be fitted with iPads encased in metal housings that sport credit card readers. These will enable payments made via cards to New York cabs for those who prefer carrying…
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Video: CM1 Credit Card-sized phone is devoid of features/frills
There are those who want the most sophisticated phone to make calls and those who can survive with the ability of messaging and calling. For the latter kind, we have this exciting CM1 Card phone that’s pretty much the same size of a credit card. The quad-band GSM device weighs an astonishing 38 grams, and…
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Credit card for the blind is yet a concept
Though we have great news for those who are visually impaired we miss out on the opportunity of seeing it shower its blessing on them. This is because the technology is still in its conceptual days. We hope that it spills out into the commercial arena so that it can benefit the visually challenged. The…
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Special credit cards hide numbers, access multiple accounts
You really need to use this if you are someone who’s got a wallet that’s bigger than your butt itself. The main reason often happens to be the innumerable credit cards and debit cards that you harbor. A new technology by Dynamics Inc. from Pennsylvania brings about a single credit card that, both, hides your…
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Bank of America and VISA will test cellphone payments
The Bank of America Corp and Visa Inc. will tie up to make payments via smartphones more easy to use, thus putting an end to carrying cash and headed out to departmental stores. The two giants will tie up to run a program that’s likely to run from September through the end of the year…
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Mophie’s iPhone Credit Card Reader makes spending your money fun and simple
For the iPhone users or should I say connoisseurs, who love finding new and exciting ways to spruce up their device and enhance it’s usage, the Mophie credit card reader and app will be just what the doctor ordered. Mophie has been devising and developing iPhone accessories for awhile now and you if you do…
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Swipe you card on your computer with SmartSwipe
I was really looking forward to something like this. A card swiper that connects to your computer via USB, it saves you the trouble of entering all those lengthy details and making it appear as if you are at the store. Once you swipe your card, the device, called SmartSwipe encrypts your card data and…
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The Linux Foundations launches a credit card to support the ‘cause’
Open Source is the way of life for an increasing number of developers, third party application clients and well, some businesses too. However, this was just in words until this outstanding move by Jim Zemlin and his team at the Linux Foundation. They have come up with an affinity Visa Platinum credit card for those…
