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ApplePay
Finance
2 min read

Lowe’s finally adds support for Apple Pay

The second-largest hardware chain in the U.S. has finally decided to support Apple Pay. For those who don’t know what Apple Pay is, it is the mobile payment service that allows an iPhone user to select a credit, debit, or prepaid card from the Wallet app and…

Google meet
General
1 min read

Google Meet update adds important audio capabilities

Google Meet is getting a small yet important update this week, which adds noise cancellation capabilities to the app. The new feature is available to all Google Meet users starting today and there’s no need to make any adjustments to the app’s settings to…

Ace Hardware
General
2 min read

Robinsons Retail chief to head Ace Hardware international arm

Ace Hardware Corporation, the world’s largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative, announced today that Jay Heubner, President and General Manager of Ace International will retire March 1, 2021 after 38 years with the company. Heubner joined Ace Hardware in…

Spotify
General
2 min read

Spotify unveils its first-ever hardware device

Spotify has been the unrivaled champion of the thriving music streaming industry for a number of years now, but relying entirely on a service under siege by tech giants including Apple and Amazon seems like decidedly risky business. As such, it’s certainly…

Equinix TY5 1
Telecom
1 min read

Equinix deploys Facebook-designed optical switches

Equinix is collaborating with Facebook and the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) to deploy and test Voyager, the Facebook-designed packet optical switches, inside two of its IBX data centers. As part of the TIP “Open Optical Packet Transport” project group, Equinix…

Xiaomi mi vr launch2
Electronics
2 min read

Xiaomi announces its first VR headset

Xiaomi is broadening its already expansive range of products by venturing into virtual reality for the first time. The company today announced the Mi VR Play, an “entry-level” virtual reality headset that it hopes can open this new exciting medium to new…

irdeto persepctive internet sections
Telecom
2 min read

Illegal OTT boxes are the new P2P piracy

Online video piracy is alive and well in 2016, but the threat landscape has shifted from straight conditional access (CA) technology and P2P file-sharing to illegal OTT set-top-boxes (STBs) that connect users to sites that look like professional OTT service…