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How Apple Pay exposes security flaws in banking

Mar24
by on March 24, 2015 at 1:06 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Apple Pay, Around the Web, fraud, Insider

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David Bozin is the VP of Business Development at Bindo, a New York based unique retail technology company with an innovative iPad POS system and soon-to-be launched online Marketplace. With Apple Pay coming out, it seems as if there is a whole new technology that has just been released. In reality, NFC payments have been around for a while, but Apple is the platform that has enough user adoption that will actually result in mass adoption. Thus far, we have seen just the start, with further tech such as the Apple Watch supplementing further growth. With mass adoption of a…

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How Apple Pay exposes security flaws in banking

Mar24
by on March 24, 2015 at 1:06 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Apple Pay, Around the Web, fraud, Insider

applepayphoto

David Bozin is the VP of Business Development at Bindo, a New York based unique retail technology company with an innovative iPad POS system and soon-to-be launched online Marketplace. With Apple Pay coming out, it seems as if there is a whole new technology that has just been released. In reality, NFC payments have been around for a while, but Apple is the platform that has enough user adoption that will actually result in mass adoption. Thus far, we have seen just the start, with further tech such as the Apple Watch supplementing further growth. With mass adoption of a…

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Microsoft announces Azure App Service; hopes it will serve as the backend for all kinds of apps

Mar24
by on March 24, 2015 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Microsoft wants to be the provider of your app’s next backend with its new Azure service being announced today. Azure App Service is a new option for developers who want to build a backend in a single runtime without the need for additional environments. It offers the ability to build truly cross-platform apps in a single place. “Businesses are constantly looking for better ways to engage with their customers and they are using apps to engage both customers and employees in a better way,” Omar Khan, partner director of program management at Microsoft told TNW. While Microsoft thinks the cloud plays…

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Microsoft announces Azure App Service; hopes it will serve as the backend for all kinds of apps

Mar24
by on March 24, 2015 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Microsoft wants to be the provider of your app’s next backend with its new Azure service being announced today. Azure App Service is a new option for developers who want to build a backend in a single runtime without the need for additional environments. It offers the ability to build truly cross-platform apps in a single place. “Businesses are constantly looking for better ways to engage with their customers and they are using apps to engage both customers and employees in a better way,” Omar Khan, partner director of program management at Microsoft told TNW. While Microsoft thinks the cloud plays…

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India U-turns on ‘Facebook’ anti-free speech law

Mar24
by on March 24, 2015 at 12:23 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, India, Insider, Social Media

India’s Supreme Court has overturned a law that has led to the arrest of several people for comments they left on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. It seems that many of the arrests to date related to posts or emails that were critical of the Indian government, and had, in some cases, resulted in people who simply ‘Liked’ a comment being arrested too. According to the BBC, the court ruled today that the law was “unconstitutional” as it violated people’s right to freedom of expression. The specific part of the law pertaining to social posting was Section 66A, which allowed…

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