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Preview: Loop lets you pay with your smartphone on existing credit card readers

Apr01
by on April 1, 2014 at 1:10 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets

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Paying for goods at retail stores with our phones has been talked about for years, but mobile payment startup Loop is close to making it a reality. Its upcoming offerings, the $39 Loop Fob attachment and $99 Loop ChargeCase, will still be external to your phone when they arrive in late April, but the firm is working with manufacturers to include its technology in smartphones for as little as $1 per device. Loop works by using a transmitter to generate a small magnetic loop that can be used on traditional point-of-sale systems in lieu of swiping a credit card. To…

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Mobile survey app Loop is now on Android to let companies create in-person polls on the go

Apr01
by on April 1, 2014 at 12:47 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Updates, survey

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Survey-making app Loop, previously available only for iOS devices, has now landed on Android in 135 countries and 34 languages. Loop lets companies create surveys entirely on a mobile device — without having to visit a website at all — and survey customers in-person. After a company downloads Loop onto an Android tablet or smartphone, it can choose among survey and question templates or create its own. Subsequently, it can survey people right on the spot — by presenting customers with the mobile device so they can respond immediately without having to download a separate app, scan a code or pull…

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LinkedIn sends cease and desist to Sell Hack, which lets you see anyone’s email address on the service

Mar31
by on March 31, 2014 at 9:06 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Social Media

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A new tool called Sell Hack claims it allows anyone to see the email address of a LinkedIn user. We contacted LinkedIn about it this morning and the company responded in the evening to say the company’s legal team is delivering a cease and desist letter to Sell Hack “as a result of several violations.” “LinkedIn members who downloaded Sell Hack should uninstall it immediately and contact Sell Hack requesting that their data be deleted.” Krista Canfield, LinkedIn’s Senior Manager of Corporate Communications, told TNW in a statement. “We advise LinkedIn members to protect themselves and to use caution before…

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Roundup: All of Google’s jokes for April Fools’ Day 2014

Mar31
by on March 31, 2014 at 8:43 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

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Every year, Google tries to outdo itself for April Fools’ Day. The company’s various divisions pull together more jokes than any other tech firm we know, and it gets difficult to keep track of them all. As a result, like last year we’ve put together a roundup. Google Magic Hand First up, Google Japan has introduced the Magic Hand, a new input method for smartphones. In short, you no longer have to operate your own mobile device: the magic hand does all the hard work. The nonexistent device weighs just 800g and can be attached to any keyboard. There are…

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Google+ now shows the total number of profile, post and photo views on pages

Mar31
by on March 31, 2014 at 8:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Product Updates

In an effort to shrug off its “ghost town” reputation, Google today updated Google+ with total content views for profiles and pages. On any page, you’ll notice the new figure underneath the user’s profile photo, just next to where their follower count is displayed. It includes the total number of views for their posts, photos and profile page. Clearly, this is a move to prove once and for all what the level of user engagement is like on Google+. Of course, that number will fluctuate depending on how many followers you have, how often you publish and the popularity of…

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