Yearly Archives: 2015

Visa wants to track your smartphone to stop credit card fraud

As a way of negating the need to ring your bank before any trip abroad, credit card company Visa is looking to implement a new service that tracks where you are. Source: http://www.siliconrepublic.com

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Costco just killed my favorite credit card – CNNMoney

Costco is breaking up with American Express, killing my favorite credit card in the process. Source: money.cnn.com

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Mastercard, Visa to implement new cybersecurity measures and biometrics – Biometric Update

MasterCard said it will invest an additional $20 million in cyber-security measures in 2015, including biometric authorization for mobile apps. Source: http://www.biometricupdate.com

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Secretly swiped: Your account numbers taken out of thin air

The I-Team reveals the mobile technology that hackers can use to steal credit and debit numbers from you while you’re in public. Source: abc7chicago.com

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Visa hopes to track smartphone locations to prevent credit card fraud for travellers

Currently most of us have to inform our bank by phone when we’re travelling to avoid purchases in other countries appearing as red flags for fraud and being declined. That could soon change as Visa… Source: 9to5mac.com

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How the B2B digital landscape is changing – B2B News Network

Social media and technology have changed the way people research and buy products. Unfortunately, B2B suppliers, manufacturers, and organizations have had a hard time adapting to this new and quickly evolving reality. With that idea in mind, the team behind…

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Top 100+ management resources – Must read

Fast-moving technologies, rapid global expansion, shifting business models, mergers and acquisitions all hold out dazzling possibilities. But leadership remains a huge challenge, even for companies relatively unscathed by the economic by economic turmoil. Today, employees continue to seek guidance from…

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New patent court for Ireland ‘crucial’ to securing knowledge economy

Local division of Unified Patent Court will hear intellectual property disputes Source: http://www.irishtimes.com

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Qualcomm agrees to pay $975 million to China in antitrust scuffle – Ars Technica

The company also agrees to make some changes to the way it licenses its patents. Source: arstechnica.com

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Issa strikes defiant tone over patent reform – IPWatchdog.com

Issa strikes defiant tone over patent reform IPWatchdog.com Issa, speaking at Patents in Theory and Practice: Implications for Reform, sponsored by the Technology Policy Institute, explained in no uncertain terms that the patent litigation reforms… Source: http://www.ipwatchdog.com

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