Tag Archives: payments

Payments on the go, the ongoing saga

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Arantor

We live in a generation that increasingly values the ability to do everything ‘on the move’, and that’s caused a great deal of innovation to occur to be able to support it, though at the same time it’s also been … Continue reading →

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NFC and contactless payments, round 2

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Arantor

I’ve talked before about the problems I have with NFC and contactless payments, either through smartphones or, more recently, through contactless payments through ‘wave enabled’ cards. The thing is, people herald it as a sign of innovation. And it is, … Continue reading →

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I should invent an acronym for this

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Arantor

I’m a technologist and that means I’ve been bombarded with acronyms across all spheres of human endeavour, only a fraction of which I’ll ever remember. They’re like standards, the great thing is that there are so many. I think I … Continue reading →

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Another Solution in Search of a Problem?

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Arantor

There are certain roads that I as a user of technology am not overly comfortable with, and one of those is going to start encroaching on us very, very soon now. While it does have a few minor redeeming features … Continue reading →

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