Archive for March, 2011

Google working on mobile payment technology

Posted on March 27th, 2011 by Natalie Bourne

Near field communications for Android. Google is joining Citigroup and Mastercard to set up a mobile payment system that will turn Android phones into a kind of electronic wallet, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter. The new technology, which is in its early stages, will allow consumers to wave their [...]

Its Economist on the Power Virtual Economies

Posted on March 27th, 2011 by Tyson Mighell

With more than 360,000 players, the massively multiplayer role- playing game EVE Online has one of the largest virtual gaming economies. The outer space entrepreneur game, which was created by Iceland’s CCP Games eight years ago, takes the mineral, service, and item trading economy very seriously. It holds a bi-annual economic meeting in Reykjavik run by EVE [...]

Cresset announces academic access programme

Posted on March 27th, 2011 by Tyson Mighell

Cresset Biomolecular Discovery has launched an access programme for academic users of its range of chemistry software tools. The programme provides academic users with a range of ways to access Cresset’s products, including a software bursary programme, free training licences for academic courses, as well as low-cost academic group licences and free downloads for some [...]

Quick View of Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Slim Tablet

Posted on March 26th, 2011 by Bethany McGrath

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