Europe’s Square, iZettle, Goes One Step Further: Launches API To Integrate Payments Into Apps

iZettle, the "Square of Europe" that has been rolling out its dongle-based mobile payments service in Scandinavia and is currently trialling in the UK, is now extending its service once again: it’s launching an API so that third-party iOS app makers can integrate its payment service directly into their

Microsoft patent application could match online moods with emotionally-targeted ads

It’s a match made in marketing heaven: users let their guards down within the internet’s virtual walls and ads are served up to complement their fickle mental states. At least, that’s one possible version of your hyper-targeted digital future, if a patent application, filed by Microsoft back in December

Tay Zonday Sings ‘Call Me Maybe’

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Apple Thunderbolt Software Update causing sporadic errors, frozen boot screens

Software updates can be a bit of a mixed bag — just ask anyone who’s ever been on the other side of a botched firmware install. While many users react with itchy trigger fingers to download the goods, the more prudent (read: hardened) prefer to hold off in the event potentially crippling bugs creep

Owning Your Content In Search: Google Now Makes It Easier To Link Your Website To G+

Last year, Google announced an initiative to give authors on the Web greater ownership over their content and more visibility in search. Unfortunately, up to this point, the authentication process has been fairly convoluted. Rick DeJarnette’s post last week illustrates that clearly. There are a lot of

DOJ looking into whether Comcast, other TV giants are unfairly (knee)capping Hulu, Netflix

The Department of Justice may have taken Netflix chief Reed Hastings’ net neutrality complaints about Comcast as a lot more than just sour grapes. It’s reportedly conducting an investigation into whether Comcast, AT&T and other TV providers are anti-competitive in their data restrictions. The Wall Street

Samsung TecTiles: Wireless Stickers With Secret Phone Powers

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Why Zynga is Shedding Users

Social gaming company Zynga had an outstanding 2011, leading to a well-hyped IPO in December. But Zynga’s biggest risk was always an over-reliance on Facebook, with most of its revenue and users coming from the social network. It’s now six months after Zynga’s IPO and its stock price has halved, currently

Samsung TecTiles hands-on with Galaxy S III

This week before Samsung and their many mobile network partners release the Galaxy S III to the masses, they’ve revealed a brand new addition to the NFC-laden smartphone family: Samsung TecTiles. These lovely little Programmable NFC Tags will allow you to activate apps, share contact information,

TecTiles: programmable NFC stickers for select members of Samsung’s Galaxy

NFC’s a curious thing. That once heavily buzzed about feature’s found a home in many of the handsets that occupy Android’s swiftly rotating throne, but eager users wielding those enabled devices haven’t been given much to do with it. Visa’s payWave aside, Samsung’s finally cooked up a means of making