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A leaked document reportedly suggests Amazon is preparing to launch a mobile credit card reader

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by on July 28, 2014 at 5:23 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider

Amazon is preparing its own mobile credit card reader that could go on sale next month at Staples, 9to5Mac reports, citing internal Staples documents that it has obtained. The “Amazon Card Reader” is said to cost $9.99 and will probably connect to smartphones to carry out payments. The Staples documents show that the company has asked its stores to wait until August 12 to put up new signage related to the card reader. News of this card reader comes a few days after Amazon quietly released a new Android and Fire Phone app, Amazon Wallet, that lets you store and organize your gift,…

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JD.com starts taking pre-orders for Microsoft’s Xbox One in China via WeChat

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by on July 28, 2014 at 2:19 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, Product Updates, xbox one

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Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com, although still arguably very much overshadowed by its larger rival Alibaba, is starting to pick up steam through its alliance with Tencent, which gives it access to vastly popular social networking channels in China. JD announced today that it will be exclusively accepting pre-orders for Microsoft’s Xbox One game console in China from today till Wednesday through its mobile QQ and Weixin official accounts. Interested buyers need to place a deposit of CNY499 ($80) to reserve a console, though the full pricing of the Xbox One is still unclear. The latest move taps on JD’s partnership with Tencent…

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Update: Uber seems to have blocked a hack that let you check your user rating

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by on July 28, 2014 at 2:10 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Shareables, uber, uber passenger rating

Uber regulars know that the service’s rating system isn’t just reserved to passenger opinions on drivers — that’s right, drivers themselves give you a rating out of five every time they take you on a trip. That passenger rating is kept between drivers… until now. Update: It looks like the fun is over as Uber is now masking passenger ratings. If you didn’t check yet then your chance has passed. A Medium post from Aaron Landy shows you how to get your rating in four easy steps. (The hack uses a Javascript code — which comes with some risk, as ever.) 1. Go…

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