Google now Partners with MasterCard, Citigroup to Develop NFC Payment Scheme

The Google Nexus S has a near field communications (NFC) chip in it, so you know that Google is interested in pursuing this technology for a variety of purposes. The use of this application is mobile payments and it looks like the search engine has just made its next big move on this front, buddying up with MasterCard and Citigroup to make it happen.


The interesting thing is that Google isn’t at all interested in taking a cut from the transaction amount. Instead, it’s going back to its search business, selling customer information back to retailers. The stores can then offer targeted ads and discounts to their customers.




Considering all the security things with chip-and-pin technology, requiring signatures, and all things, they want to make it as easy as tapping a phone to pay for a new Xbox and mortar store.
and one thing you should remember that,if you lose your phone, you could be losing so much more. The thief can check your email, update your Facebook,twitter, and potentially load up on file at Morton’s Steakhouse.

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Google TV released for iphone

Google TV is one of the popular internet TVs around. Google, is obviously, good at the service. It released the Android remote for the TV way back in December last year. And now, the remote comes to Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

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The Intel Insider from Intel

Intel Insider is a feature that enables consumers to enjoy premium Hollywood feature films streamed to their PC in high quality 1080P high definition. Currently this service does not exist because the movie studios are concerned about protecting their content, and making sure that it cannot be stolen or used illegally. So Intel created Intel insider, an extra layer of content protection. Think of it as an armoured truck carrying the movie from the Internet to your display, it keeps the data safe from pirates, but still lets you enjoy your legally acquired movie in the best possible quality. This technology is built into the new Intel chips and will become even more important once wireless display technology like Intel’s WiDi become more popular, as it would prevent pirates from stealing movies remotely just by snooping the airwaves. WiDi enables you to wirelessly beam video to your big screen TV easily and in HD.

Intel has a lot of these kinds of technologies that keep data safe. For example our chips include AES-NI, a technology that speeds up encryption and decryption of data and improves performance when you access secure websites like your online banking system. This keeps your credit card numbers safe.

Modern PC’s with components from chip makers such as Intel, AMD and Nvidia already support another feature called ‘HDCP’ or High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection - a system that keeps the contents of media such as Blu-Ray movies secure between the Blu-Ray player or PC and your big screen TV.

Intel Insider does not restrict anything you do today (or will do tomorrow) on your PC, it doesn’t touch your content, it doesn’t interfere with playback, no matter what the source, with the single exception of Intel Insider supported services. All it does it add access to these new services.

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