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.
File Taxes: The New Task for Phone
Intuit, the company that makes TurboTax software, introduced an application on Friday that lets users automatically fill out the 1040EZ, the most basic of the I.R.S. personal tax forms. Filers simply photograph their W-2 and the app does much of the rest.
Intuit’s SnapTax app, available for the iPhone and Android phones, relies on image-recognition technology to read salary and withholding information from the W-2. Users answer a few questions and review their return for accuracy before submitting it electronically by tapping a File Now button.
Settlement Blues: Obama Scraps Full 'Virtual' Border Fence
Settlement Blues: Obama Scraps Full 'Virtual' Border Fence: The "virtual" border fence isn't a virtual reality anymore.
The $1 billion project to install sensors, radar, video and other technology as a way of spotting illegal immigrants crossing over from Mexico to the United States has been scrapped by the Obama administration, Reuters and the Associated Press reported.
The SBInet program, started in 2006 under the Bush administration, faced a series of cost overruns and missed deadlines. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says proven, commercially available technology -- aerial drones, thermal imaging and other surveillance systems -- will be used in place of a full virtual fence across 53 miles of borderland in Arizona.
The abandonment of the full-scale virtual fence comes as the White House grapples with on-going pressure to improve security along the border. In 2010, Obama signed legislation adding 1,500 Border Patrol agents, customs inspectors and other law enforcement officers to stem the flow of drugs and nab smugglers and other illegals trying to cross into the U.S.
Napolitano said in a statement the "new strategy" would be more realistic -- balancing "cost and capability."
The $1 billion project to install sensors, radar, video and other technology as a way of spotting illegal immigrants crossing over from Mexico to the United States has been scrapped by the Obama administration, Reuters and the Associated Press reported.
The SBInet program, started in 2006 under the Bush administration, faced a series of cost overruns and missed deadlines. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says proven, commercially available technology -- aerial drones, thermal imaging and other surveillance systems -- will be used in place of a full virtual fence across 53 miles of borderland in Arizona.
The abandonment of the full-scale virtual fence comes as the White House grapples with on-going pressure to improve security along the border. In 2010, Obama signed legislation adding 1,500 Border Patrol agents, customs inspectors and other law enforcement officers to stem the flow of drugs and nab smugglers and other illegals trying to cross into the U.S.
Napolitano said in a statement the "new strategy" would be more realistic -- balancing "cost and capability."
FanChatter's New Social Media Chat Technology to Enhance E! Plugged in's Golden Globes® Coverage
FanChatter's New Social Media Chat Technology to Enhance E! Plugged in's Golden Globes® Coverage: FanChatter, the mobile social fan engagement company, today announced a new release of its chat box technology that will aggregate, organize and amplify the real-time social conversation surrounding the Golden Globe Awards from a featured hub on the E! Online.
FanChatter's "Chat About The Globes!" box on the homepage showcasing social conversation and photos organized under three tabs:
* "Chatter" -- content published from the box
* "E! Team" -- live tweets from E! Correspondents
* "All Globes" -- aggregated chat about the Golden Globes from Facebook, Twitter, and the box itself
FanChatter's "Chat About The Globes!" box on the homepage showcasing social conversation and photos organized under three tabs:
* "Chatter" -- content published from the box
* "E! Team" -- live tweets from E! Correspondents
* "All Globes" -- aggregated chat about the Golden Globes from Facebook, Twitter, and the box itself
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