Like the side ponytail craze of the ’80s, the newest trend is turning out to be the mobile wallet — especially as major players like Google , MasterCard, Verizon, Discover and now PayPal board the bandwagon. Our old buddy — best known for its love affair with eBay ( and ripping our own Darren Murph off a solid two large ) — has plans to implement new payment features primarily for (but not limited to) mobile. On the to-do list are things like QR / barcode scans, hyper local deals, fast checkout via NFC, etc. The company is adamant that it’s not “just shoving a credit card on a phone ,” but rather planning to change the whole shopping experience. We’ll know more when PayPal releases more details in early October, and when it launches the pilot product sometime later this year. Until then, check out the semi-cryptic video while brushing up on old episodes of SuperMarket Sweep after the break. Continue reading PayPal to add mobile payment features, hopes to redefine how we shop (till we drop) PayPal to add mobile payment features, hopes to redefine how we shop (till we drop) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …John Boehner took his first swings at the Obama jobs plan today, calling it “a poor substitute for the pro-growth policies that are needed to remove barriers to job creation in America.” Boehner criticized the “host of new tax credits” it proposes, which he complained would “make the tax code…
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Continue reading …Ammo for Jersey Shore haters: The show will get $420,000 to cover production costs for the inaugural 2009 season in the form of a state film tax credit, reports NJ.com . Cue the outrage: “I can’t believe we are paying for fake tanning for Snooki and The Situation,” says…
Continue reading …Aftermarket infotainment and stereo solutions for cars have largely died off here in the US. Innotrends has cooked up an Android-powered box, called Ca-Fi, that might have you wishing this little in-dash computer could find a home in your vinyl-covered panel. The 1.2GHz chip inside pushes Gingerbread to the 6.2-inch touch screen for pulling up directions, playing tunes and performing searches using the integrated 3G radio. Of course, as ExtremeTech points out, the double-DIN slot used by the Ca-Fi has been largely abandoned by car makers (particularly in America). But hey, if you’ve been looking for a way to spruce up that Nova rusting away in your garage, this could be it. We just hope you’re the patient type — Ca-Fi isn’t expected to launch until Spring of 2012 and will be a Europe only affair at first. Head on after the break for one more pic and some PR. Continue reading Ca-Fi is an aftermarket Android car stereo that won’t fit in your dashboard Ca-Fi is an aftermarket Android car stereo that won’t fit in your dashboard originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Men’s Health dubbed Madison, Wisc. the most educated city in its new list of 100 most and least educated cities, noting the Midwestern capital’s “average household has more degrees than a thermometer.” Home to the University of Wisconsin, Madison boasts a highly-concentrated population of academics and students, while unemployment is fairly low compared to national 9.3%
Continue reading …Click here to view this media CNN’s resident expert on drawing political false equivalences ruffled Republican tail feathers for once with this bit of commentary after the CNN/Tea Party debate the other night. Not that I disagree with him either on this point as the crazy was front and center all night. It’s just nice to see the shoe on the other foot for a change. GERGEN: Oh, I think that she made a point that resonated back home with a lot of people on the question of the 30-year-old who was dying being allowed to die and the kind of response in the hall. You will recall in that last debate Governor Perry made this point about executions in Texas and there was this big applause and it got a lot of commentary. My sense is that that exchange also will get some comment out there, Anderson, because what I find so interesting is that people in this hall really did groove on much of what they heard. This is what they wanted to hear from these candidates. There are a lot of people around the country who are just like the folks in this room. And yet there are a huge number of people, an equal number of people who I think were horrified by what they heard in this room. I was getting notes about they ought to keep this people locked up and not let them out. Don’t let them do anything to the country. So, this race is increasingly I think bringing to light and once again how divided and how splintered we are and how hard it’s going to be for anybody to govern when this is over.
Continue reading …Earthquake Facts and Stats Terral’s 9/15 ELEnin Update (TERRAL03) 188 Days – Earthquakes – September 15, 2011 – Debunked? RocioGLP says: RT @ m_shinoda : We’ve had earthquakes roughly every other day since arriving in Tokyo. Even the LA natives are saying, “OK, now that’s just excessive.”
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