HCM City awards winner: Media's top 19 technology stories: The 19 best articles on information and communication technologies published in the Vietnamese media over the last two years were honoured at the second HCM City ICT Press Awards yesterday.
Sai Gon Giai Phong (Liberated Sai Gon) newspaper's Ba Tan and Tien Dat won the first prize with a story on how to minimise the negative impact online games have on young people.
MMPI announces: Cleveland medical mart tenants mostly small
MMPI announces: Cleveland medical mart tenants mostly small: Developers of Cleveland's $465 million medical mart complex on Friday unveiled a roster of 58 likely tenants.Cleveland's four hospitals have signed letters of intent to lease space in the mart, a showplace of medical technology slated for the northeast corner of St. Clair Avenue and Ontario Street. So have area universities, nonprofits and small businesses, as well as two large firms, Mentor-based Steris Corp. and Elyria-based Invacare.
Mobile Technology - near-field communications - Swipe your phone
Swipe your phone: Mobile Technology - near-field communications: Google’s new smartphone, the Nexus S, launched at the end of last year, features a technology that could eventually transform the payments industry.
Imagine the next time you’re standing at a checkout point at the supermarket. Imagine paying for your groceries simply by bringing your mobile phone next to a payment terminal and having the money debited off your account.
It’s not as far-fetched as it sounds. Companies such as Google, Nokia, Visa and MasterCard are all working at building near- field communications (NFC) — a short-range wireless technology, not dissimilar to Bluetooth, that can be used to make electronic payments quickly and without hassle.
Imagine the next time you’re standing at a checkout point at the supermarket. Imagine paying for your groceries simply by bringing your mobile phone next to a payment terminal and having the money debited off your account.
It’s not as far-fetched as it sounds. Companies such as Google, Nokia, Visa and MasterCard are all working at building near- field communications (NFC) — a short-range wireless technology, not dissimilar to Bluetooth, that can be used to make electronic payments quickly and without hassle.
Google oppointe Mobile Payments Specialist with NFC Chops
Google oppoint Mobile Payments Specialist with NFC Chops: Yes, there will be a Google mobile payments system. It's now a matter of when, not if.
A week ago, BusinessWeekBloomberg said Google is building a payment and ad service consumers would use to buy goods from their Android handsets.
The service is powered by near field communications short-range wireless technology, which will let users buy products by tapping or waving their mobile phones against a register at checkout.
A week ago, BusinessWeekBloomberg said Google is building a payment and ad service consumers would use to buy goods from their Android handsets.
The service is powered by near field communications short-range wireless technology, which will let users buy products by tapping or waving their mobile phones against a register at checkout.
New Opportunities In Post-Earthquake Haiti in Mobile Technology
New Opportunities In Post-Earthquake Haiti in Mobile Technology: The one year anniversary of the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake has come and gone. While the efficiency of Haiti's relief and rebuilding efforts have been criticized by politicians and citizens alike, there is a powerful tool that has brought much assistance to the Haitian people and whose market for change continues to expand: the cellular phone.
Though Haiti is struggling with the disastrous effects of last year's earthquake and ranks as the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, it is rich with cell phone users. Over 37 percent of Haitians have their own phone, and every Haitian household access to a cell phone, either owned or shared.
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