November 02, 2017
What We Can Learn From The KRACK WiFi Loophole
Only you can prevent forest fires. And, as the KRACK WiFi vulnerability perhaps demonstrated, only you can prevent hackers from worming their way into your networks and devices, as even...
November 02, 2017
Amazon Boosts Online Shopping Capabilities With AR View Feature
Amazon announced news on Wednesday (Nov. 1) that it launched AR View, an augmented reality (AR) shopping feature in the Amazon app, according to TechCrunch. The feature allows customers to...
November 02, 2017
The New York Subway’s Better Digital Ticket To Ride
New York City commuters – arguably the most on-the-go demographic in the United States – do not want to wait for anything. Which means the inefficient, rush-hour obstacle course that stands between commuters getting...
November 01, 2017
Samsung Surges on Smartphone, Component Demand
Samsung Electronics posted record earnings Monday (Oct. 30), driven by strong results in its components and mobile segments and as demand for smartphones heated up. The company said in corporate...
November 01, 2017
Latch Unlatches Deliveries In The Big Apple
After partnering in July with eCommerce platform Jet.com to install 1,000 of its smart locks on residential apartment buildings in New York City, Latch announced it has completed its first...
November 01, 2017
$3 Trillion: The Combined Value Of Tech’s Big Five
It’s a little late for Halloween, but there is certainly something almost a bit scary in the combined valuations of tech’s top five players — alternately known as the Frightful...
November 01, 2017
The Perfect Secure Payments Storm
The updated 3D Secure 2.0 protocol and the European Union’s (EU) second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) have delivered a one-two punch for issuers and merchants in order to comply with...
November 01, 2017
Samsung Pay: From Mobile Payment Method To Commerce Enabler
Two years ago, when Samsung Pay entered the mobile payments scene, it did what Apple and Android a year before it had not: It made mobile payment capabilities at the...
October 31, 2017
US: Apple building Qualcomm-free iPhones, iPads
The latest news in the Apple-Qualcomm saga suggests that Apple may be trying to leave the chipmaker behind as soon as next year. A report by The Wall Street Journal...