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Uber has until the end of October to introduce two-step payments in India, or face a ban

Aug25
by on August 25, 2014 at 6:33 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, India, uber

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Uber has until the end of October to change its payment process in India or risk being banned from operating there. That’s because the country’s reserve bank (the RBI) has issued new guidelines that require two-step verification system for certain card payments. A directive relating to Card Not Present (CNP) transactions issued on Friday requires companies which automatically charge customers for goods — such as Uber and other taxi-booking services — to introduce a second, verification step that authenticates a payment before it is made. Uber currently requires all users to provide a credit card to use its service, which it uses…

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WhatsApp reaches 600 million active users

Aug25
by on August 25, 2014 at 2:56 am
Posted In: Around the Web, whatsapp

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WhatsApp leads the rest of the mobile messaging field when it comes to popularity, and now the Facebook-owned service has passed 600 million monthly active users, according to CEO and founder Jan Koum. Now serving 600,000,000 monthly active users. Yes, active and registered are very different types of numbers… — jan koum (@jankoum) August 25, 2014 The app crossed the significant half a billion user milestone in April this year. Tencent’s WeChat app is closest behind with 438 million active users, most of whom are likely in China, while Tango (70 million active users) and Viber (100 million active users) are among…

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Music in the midnight sun: Behind Norway’s edge in online music

Aug24
by on August 24, 2014 at 5:15 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Apps, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider, Investigations, Social Media

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If Capsule.fm has its way, Siri and Samantha will be replaced by Miranda. The first two AI assistants are ubiquitous to Apple users and audiences of the film “Her.” But Capsule.fm co-founder Danielle Reid hopes that Miranda and her co-star, Carl, will pivot the streaming music space. Earlier this year, the German startup launched its new iOS app, The Early Edition (an Android app is in the works). The Early Edition offers more than music suggestions: it creates unique audio narratives from users’ online content. These users listen to headlines from their favorite news sources, their latest email messages, trending…

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