Google Wallet: one year later

Source: Engadget

The rumors and leaks go back a bit further, but it was a year ago today that Google officially revealed its Google Wallet mobile payment service -- a platform that the company is still betting big on, even if it may be sli ...
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Here we go Sasquatch: Friday Night Lights

Source: The Stranger

Arriving at Sasquatch after a five hour slog through stop-and-go mountain-pass traffic, just as the fireworks mark the start of Girl Talk's set, is most certainly not the most gentle way to ease oneself into a music f ...
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T(ether) Puts You and Friends in Immersive 3D (iPad) Environment

Source: SolidSmack.com

So, after seeing the coolest touch-free 3D interaction, there’s something else that’s nearly just as cool and adds to that cool factor with the addition of a single-handed glove and holding up an iPad in front ...
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Texas school to track its students' every moves via RFID chips

Source: Dvice

In a completely normal and unproblematic move, a school district in San Antonio, Texas has decided to insert wireless radiofrequency identification (RFID) chips into its student's ID cards so it can track the children at all times! It's OK, thoug ...
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Texas district to use tracking devices on students

Source: Beaumont Enterprise

The school year is just about to wrap, so as you embark on the long weekend consider this: How would you feel if your school district used GPS to track your kid? Think of it as a sort of kiddie lojack or one of those “house arre ...
Full article at: Beaumont Enterprise  More like this  18 hours ago, 7:48am CDT

Next Generation Of Shoplifting Includes Fake Barcodes

Source: WFMY | DigTriad.com

California -- It could be the next generation of shoplifting. People are making fake barcodes with lower prices than the originals and putting them on merchandise. Police say a man did that so he could pay a cheap ...
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Radiant RFID and CTS Consolidated Telecom Services Announce Alliance

Source: PRWeb

Austin-based Radiant RFID and CTS Consolidated Telecom Services have entered into a strategic partnership to broaden their reach and enhance market leadership. Radiant RFID will utilize CTS as an additional channel to offer its ...
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Reason Writers on The Alyona Show: Lucy Steigerwald on the 15-Year-Old Intel Science Fair Winner, Schools Tracking Students with RFID Chips, and The Japanese Artists Who Cooked His Genitals

Source: Reason

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Students in Texas to be monitored with microchips

Source: Russia Today

If it’s good enough for a dog, it’s good enough for a kid, right? A school district in Texas will be watching over its students a lot more closely, but not with the aid of extra teachers. Instead each pupil wi ...
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