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QNubia Tech:Card.io launches visual credit card scanner on Android, shares the mobile payment love

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Already in use on iOS, Card.io offers a lightweight alternative to Google Wallet, using your phone’s camera to glean payment details; and it’s now winging its way to your Android phone. It may not have that phone-tapping appeal of Google’s contactless payment system, but the app SDK (available now) skips the laborious process of entering your details number-by-number, booting up your camera and delivering your precious banking details to third-party merchants. You can check the video after the break for a (really brief) walkthrough, or click on the source below to give the Android demo a go.

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Card.io launches visual credit card scanner on Android, shares the mobile payment love originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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QNubia Tech:In case you didn’t know, PS Vita will play nice with PSP in ad-hoc mode

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Check out this tasty morsel of PS Vita info making the rounds: you’ll be able to face your PSP-totin’ friends via ad-hoc mode with games you’ve snagged from the PS Store (so long as the title supports it). We must’ve been so enamored by those vibrant PS Vitas at TGS that we missed this sweet bite courtesy of Sony PlayStation Japan. Sure, it doesn’t kill the sting of its three to five hour battery life, but hey, we’ll just consider it another justification for picking up the hot little number once it hits shelves.

In case you didn’t know, PS Vita will play nice with PSP in ad-hoc mode originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink Technabob, Geeky Gadgets, Siliconera  |  sourcePlaystation Japan (Translated)  | Email this | Comments
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QNubia Tech:Amazon’s Kindle Library Lending service rolls in to Seattle, in full beta regalia

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Saddle up, kids, because it looks like Amazon’s Kindle Library Lending service is inching its way toward launch. According to the Digital Reader, the retailer’s OverDrive-powered feature has begun rolling out to two Seattle-area libraries, where some users have already succeeded in downloading e-books from their local repositories. Early testers are also reporting that they’ve been able to access a wide collection of digitized works using the beta service, with equipped libraries reportedly boasting “thousands” of e-books. Neither Amazon nor Overdrive have formally announced a rollout, but we’ll let you know as soon as we hear more.

[Thanks, Nathan]

Amazon’s Kindle Library Lending service rolls in to Seattle, in full beta regalia originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink The Digital Reader, The eBook Reader Blog  |  sourceAmazon  | Email this | Comments
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QNubia Tech:Amazon’s Kindle Library Lending service rolls in to Seattle, in full beta regalia

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Saddle up, kids, because it looks like Amazon’s Kindle Library Lending service is inching its way toward launch. According to the Digital Reader, the retailer’s OverDrive-powered feature has begun rolling out to two Seattle-area libraries, where some users have already succeeded in downloading e-books from their local repositories. Early testers are also reporting that they’ve been able to access a wide collection of digitized works using the beta service, with equipped libraries reportedly boasting “thousands” of e-books. Neither Amazon nor Overdrive have formally announced a rollout, but we’ll let you know as soon as we hear more.

[Thanks, Nathan]

Amazon’s Kindle Library Lending service rolls in to Seattle, in full beta regalia originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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QNubia Tech:Samsung moves to block iPhone 5 in Korea, expands its anti-Apple offensive

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Samsung Vs. Apple

Well, since Samsung couldn’t get an early peek at the iPhone 5 and iPad 3, the company has simply decided to take a page from Apple’s playbook. A senior exec told The Korea Times it plans to file a request to block the sale of the upcoming iOS handset in its Korean homeland the moment the device is announced. According to the Times, the anonymous exec said it would leverage its wireless technology patents and demand that Apple either remove the telecommunications features — turning the iPhone into an iPod touch — or simply be banished from the Korean market. The knock-down-drag-out war between the two companies has only seemed to escalate in recent weeks, as Sammy has taken a much more combative and offensive approach. We can only hope the two get tired of divvying up the globe and declare a draw in this game of patent Risk.

Samsung moves to block iPhone 5 in Korea, expands its anti-Apple offensive originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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