Tag: payment
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Android Pay is Now Available in the UK
It seems Google’s contactless payment service Android Pay has come to the UK a lot sooner than expected! Earlier today, Google tweeted “Download #AndroidPay today from @GooglePlay. Now available in the UK” – with this announcement a link to the Google Play Store page for the app was also included. Similar to the main competitor Apple…
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Whatsapp is Now Subscription Free – But There’s a Small Catch
WhatsApp has announced that it will be making a change to its business model and will be going subscription free from today onwards. However, there is a small catch which is being introduced in place of the minimal annual fee. Jan Koum the CEO of Whatsapp, the popular Facebook-owned text-replacement service which currently tallies up…
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Download Festival-Goers Left Beerless After Cashless Cock-up
Thousands of revellers hoping for food and booze after the long trek to this year’s Download found themselves out of pocket when the festival’s new cashless payment system failed on day one. The unhappy campers started arriving at the Donnington site on Wednesday, looking forward to a weekend of metal from the likes of Slipknot,…
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Coin Electronic Card Finally Released
Wireless payments methods are being increasingly adopted as services like Apple Pay make it onto worldwide markets. However, there’s more than just NFC features that go straight from phone to the checkout. Physical cards are also coming out, such as Coin, a wireless ‘smart card’ that holds all your payment information. The Coin is a single…
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Halifax Trialing Heartbeat Payment In UK
There’s a lot of reasons why we’re all unique. Our DNA, the patterns in our eyes, our fingerprints – all these and more make up a sort of personal set of biological credentials that we all carry with us wherever we go. Another one of these unique features is our heartbeat. Our cardiac rhythm, as…
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Disney World NFC Payment System is Truly Magical
Disney has come up with another magical way of incorporating tech into fantasy by bringing a wireless payment system to Walt Disney World. They’ve been trialling it over the past year at the Orlando, Florida resort in a $1-billion scheme called MagicBands. MagicBands are colourful and waterproof wrist worn gadgets that allow little kid and big kid…
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Google Confirms Android Pay Feature
Payment systems are another new feature in emerging tech today – Apple’s Apple pay, contactless card payments in the UK, software systems from various payment companies and phone app developers, they’re all on the list of up and comers in the new interconnected internet and mobile payment world. Android meanwhile, pretty much the biggest phone platform,…
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Apple Music Streaming Rumors Fly
Apple is set to release a streaming service for music, to rival Spotify, at some point during this year, allowing users to access tracks via the internet as opposed to downloading song files directly. For mobile devices with limited storage the system is a welcome addition, especially if you’re connected to the internet via wi-fi…
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Contactless Card Pay Limit To Rise To £30
The UK has had access to contactless card payment for ages now, and it’s really, really fun. With a tap of your card and a corresponding beep from the machine, pin entry is made obselete. It’s quick, easy, and it feels really really futuristic. However, a £20 limit has been imposed on the technology since…
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Google Pays Out Following App Lawsuit
The in app purchases problem in the tech industry has bubbled to the surface again this week, as Google has joined the list of companies having to pay out big money refunds for unauthorized purchases made on their app store. Growing pressure from courts and in the media has seen the problem coming to the…
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NFC Pay System CurrentC Hacked Already
Here’s another cautionary tale from the tech industry, especially for the slew of up and coming startups and companies involved in the NFC payment business that’s set to explode in early 2015 (along with just about every other new tech phenomenon, it’s been a busy 5 years). SEE ALSO: Naim Launches the mu-so its First…
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WWE Network Billing Revised – No Commitment, Netflix Style Payments
WWE today announced a change in its payment structure for the WWE network and also gave some hope for potential UK subscribers. While addressing the company’s overall third quarter earnings World Wrestling Entertainment revealed the total number of subscribers to the on-demand grapple fest that is the WWE Network is currently 731,000 with 182,000 of…