Tag archive: credit card reader

San Francisco startup Square which makes tiny card readers for smartphones that enable virtually anyone to process credit card transactions, has received an undisclosed strategic investment from Visa. Visa is the top credit card company on the planet: Visa's investment in Square amounts to an endorsement of Square's technology and ideas, which were recently very publicly challenged by Verifone for suffering from a fundamental… Read More

Whether you’re severely paranoid about using your credit card number online, or just addled by a crippling shopping addiction and the thrill of swiping plastic, Canada’s NetSecure Technologies has the answer: the SmartSwipe USB credit card reader. At first glance, it’s a pretty sophisticated way to save yourself the hassle of tapping in the same 16 digits every time you need to use your card online for that new sweater, laptop, or USB credit… Read More

In the world of printers, the old axiom "you get what you pay for" is especially appropriate. Sure, you can scoot on down to the local Mega Mart and grab yourself a $29 inkjet, but be prepared to drop much, much more than that on ink and repairs in the first year (or weeks?) alone. Think about it: A brand new color printer that perhaps does triple duty as a scanner and a copier…for a measly $29? How is that possible, unless… Read More