location based blog: v

Showing posts with label v. Show all posts

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Yahoo! Search BOSS V2 Update Released

Yahoo! Search BOSS V2 launched in April this year, has received a few updates to the service today.

Backlink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DTWB/~3/dw9YXhQkmAU/

Friday, May 27, 2011

New Stuff in Microsoft.Activities v1.8.3 [Video]

Microsoft.Activities is a library of cool stuff for Windows Workflow Foundation (WF4). You can add Microsoft.Activities to your project using NuGet.

New Stuff in Microsoft.Activities v1.8.3 [Video]

Backlink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DTWB/~3/VHB9I48bSz0/

Friday, April 29, 2011

Turns Out Square Isn't Secure Enough For Its Big Fancy New Partner, VISA (V, PAY)

Jack Dorsey

Mobile payments startup Square plans to make all of its dongles encrypt credit card data on the fly, a Square exec said at a conference. This is after Square said in response to accusations from competitor Verifone that it doesn't need to encrypt credit card data.

Square is doing this to conform to Visa's new set of mobile application best practices. Those new best practices were released yesterday, just as it was announced that Visa made a strategic investment in Square. So in other words, Visa made Square add encryption to its dongle.

This must be a bummer for Square, because it has to design and build new dongles all over again. Moreover, we assume that the chips that will be needed to encrypt credit card data will be more costly than what the current dongle has, which should be costly -- Square gives away the dongles and makes money from a commission on each transaction.

Just to be clear: even without encrypting credit card data, Square is by all accounts fully compliant with all industry regulations. So it's not like there's this huge gaping security hole with Square. But their new big and important partner evidently feels that they have to beef up their security.

Now You Should Read: Why Square Will Need To Ditch The Dongle →

For the latest tech news, visit SAI: Silicon Alley Insider. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

Join the conversation about this story »

See Also:

Turns Out Square Isn't Secure Enough For Its Big Fancy New Partner, VISA (V, PAY)

Backlink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/S11NcjpapPw/square-security-encryption-2011-4

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Facebook for BlackBerry Smartphones App v2.0 Lands with Facebook Chat!

RIM today released the beta of the Facebook for BlackBerry smartphones app v2.0. Below are some of the new features of Facebook for BlackBerry smartphones v2.0:

Facebook for BlackBerry Smartphones App v2.0 Lands with Facebook Chat!

Backlink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DTWB/~3/UMM7CHMYJmc/

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Apple's Mobile Payments Revolution May Have To Wait Another Year (AAPL, MA, V, GOOG)

iPhone payment

Apple's mobile payments revolution may have to wait another year.

The Independent (via 9 to 5 Mac) reports that Apple has decided not to include near field communication (NFC) technology in this year's new iPhone after all:

"One source close to the discussions said: 'The new iPhone will not have NFC, Apple told the operators it was concerned by the lack of a clear standard across the industry'. Yet Apple is understood to be working on its own NFC proposition, which would link payments through iTunes. It hopes to introduce the technology in a handset likely to be released next year."

Mobile payments seem like the inevitable future, but Apple is okay to wait if its technology concerns are correct.

It's not like any of its competitors have any promising head-starts. Google, for example, has NFC in a few of its Android phones, but by no means has it caught on for any mainstream uses.

And note that the iPad 2, released this past weekend, doesn't have NFC, either.

Join the conversation about this story »