Sportbikes offer the most advanced motorcycle design technology available and are designed for optimum speed, acceleration, braking and maneuverability. They have a more aerodynamic design than other classes of bikes and are a thrill to ride for experienced motorcyclists, especially in high-performance situations such as a trackday down at your local racetrack. However, comfort and amenities usually suffer at an inverse proportion to how quick they are around a racetrack.
Will you be a victim of digital pickpockets? Hacker reveals how easy it is to steal credit card numbers in seconds while you still have them in your hand.
Criminals use RFID and NFC wireless communication to steal numbers
The readers can be brought online or downloaded to phone via an app
They have to stand six inches away while a transaction is being made
Within a matter of seconds, the technology can pick up and store data
A $300 machine can then replicate the card so it can be used elsewhere
It is estimated 70% cards will soon be vulnerable to digital pick pocketing
Cards can be protected from RFID skimmers by being wrapped in tin foil.
A new breed of digital pickpocket has been discovered lurking in stations and shopping centres.
They come armed with technology that can effortlessly steal credit and debit card details without so much as touching your wallet.
Standing just six inches (15cm) away, these criminals use radio-frequency identification (RFID) readers to harvest bank details in a practice known as ‘digital skimming’.
nvesting in mobile credit card reader apps is a smart decision for small business owners because it gives your customers more payment options, especially if you travel for outside sales. Businesses are rarely cash-only and it can frustrate customers if your business accepts limited forms of payment. Apps make it easier for your customers to pay how they want, even for small purchases, and will help with customer satisfaction and retention. When comparing apps for mobile credit card readers, there are several factors to consider, starting with ease of use and compatibility with a wide range of mobile devices and phones. Here are the five best credit card reader apps on the market. Compare Pricing
This app is unique because it is one of the few on the market that offers a combination card swiper that works with an Android phone, the iPhone, and a BlackBerry. It even works with certain flip phones and older mobile phones. ROAMpay provides end-to-end encryption when transactions are made as well as a secure PIN-based user authentication, which means it ensures the highest levels of data security possible. Its ability to work with so many types of devices makes it a great option for small business owners who want to provide the most convenience for their customers.
This is one of the least expensive options available for mobile credit card reader apps. The reader is free and accepts most major credit cards, including MasterCard, Visa, American Express, and Discover, and charges a low rate of 2.69 percent per card swipe. By giving you the basic features without setup costs, hidden fees, or minimum monthly payments, this is one of the best apps if you’re looking for a low-cost, quick solution.
This is one of the most recognizable and popular apps. It costs a little more than PayAnywhere, charging 2.75 percent per swipe, but the device and app are both free, it doesn’t require any contract, and the money will be deposited directly into your bank account following a transaction. The sleekness and small size of this app make it attractive and simple to use. It plugs right into the audio jack of the device. One downside, however, is that it only works with Androids and iPhones.
Intuit GoPayment is similar to Square, but it works with Androids, iPhones and other Apple products, as well as BlackBerry devices. This app charges a monthly fee of about $13 but has lower transaction fees than most other apps. If you can calculate the number of transactions you
r business makes per month and estimate a high number of transactions per month, this is a great option for your business.
Healthcare and tech are among the fastest-growing sectors of the US economy, and several well-paying jobs in those industries are primed to expand dramatically in the next decade. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released its biennial projections for job growth across hundreds of occupations between 2014 and 2024. We took those projections and combined them with BLS estimates of the 2014 median annual earnings of those jobs — using the geometric mean of the two numbers — to come up with a ranking of the best jobs of the next decade. To focus on good, high-paying jobs, we restricted our list to those with salaries higher than the 2014 median annual wage of $35,540. Read on to learn about the best jobs of the future, including the typical level of education required and what people do on a daily basis, according to O*NET descriptions of the jobs.
21. Elementary school teachers, except special education.
Projected new positions by 2024: 78,300
Median annual earnings in 2014: $54,120
What they do: Teach young children basic skills in schools
It's that time of year once again when the Wareable team set aside thoughts of mince pies and look ahead to what's in store for wearable tech in 2016.
In last year's Wareable 50, we correctly pointed out that the Apple Watch (surprise, surprise), Xiaomi and Tag Heuer would be grabbing the headlines.
We also said it would be a big year for the Jawbone UP3 and smart clothing. So we didn't get everything right. Now it's time to to make our predictions again.
We've sat round tables, collected our thoughts, drank endless cups of coffee from Wareable-branded mugs and reshuffled the list more often than a coalition cabinet. So, without further ado, here is the Wareable 50 2016 – the trends, businesses, people and (most importantly) products to watch out for over the next 12 months.
We want one! BEC CREW 11 AUG 2015 Facebook Icon29.6k Twitter Icon LG has shown off its new bendable, paper-thin TV panels, and it’s got us looking forward to a future with no cords, TV cabinets, and rickety stands. The South Korean company revealed a new 18-inch panel at a press show last week, plus two smaller iterations - one version that’s entirely transparent, and another that can be rolled up like a newspaper to a radius of just 3 centimetres. According to LG, their new organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays are not only flexible enough to curve around the walls and corners of your home or office, they’re virtually impossible to break, and are thinner and lighter than any LCD screen currently on the market. You just need to attach a thin, magnetic base to your wall, and the ‘wallpaper’ screen can be placed on and peeled off at your leisure.
The company has been able to achieve a 4-mm thickness thanks to the OLED technology - because the display produces its own light, no backlight is required to bulk up the design. The screen also offers a brighter, clearer picture than current LCD screens, with a high-definition resolution of 1,200 x 810. "The new transparent OLED panel is said to have a 30 percent transmittance, or clarity, which is far more than the usual 10 percent transmittance of existing transparent LCD panels, according to LG," Dara Kerr reports for CNET.
And the company says it’s only going to get better. "We are confident that by 2017, we will successfully develop an Ultra HD flexible and transparent OLED panel of more than 60 inches, which will have transmittance of more than 40 percent and a curvature radius of 100R, thereby leading the future display market," In-Byung Kang, LG Display's senior vice president and head of the R&D Centre, said in a press statement.
At CEATEC 2015 in Japan recently, Panasonic introduced a new 4K UHD HDR TV that is essentially a prototype for the next generation of HDR for the company. Previously in early 2015, Panasonic already released another 4K model for the consumer market, called the CX850U, which came with HDR but without the technology being called by its name in the model. Now, the new prototype at CEATAC 2015 is showing off what seems to be a further improved version of this contrast enhancing spec, according to a press release from Panasonic.
The new technology, whose acronym stands for high dynamic range features an expanded depth of black accompanies by a heightened brightness of white light on a TV screen, thus producing a wider in-between range of dark and light levels. Furthermore, HDR, at least in order to work properly and at its best in a 4K TV, has to be accompanied by a very precise capacity for local dimming behind the screen.
That said, the three major manufacturers of genuine HDR TVs have to date been Sony, Samsung and LG with its exquisite OLED TVs and their pixel-perfect capacity for lighting and dimming, as well as their ability to create perfect black tones with complete light omission.
Furthermore, HDR technology is a virtually guaranteed part of the future of 4K UHD TV mechanics since the new display spec creates such an immediately obvious improvement over conventional standard dynamic range (SDR) in conventional LED/LCD 4K or HD TVs. Unlike 4K resolution itself, which is hard to distinguish from Full HD at large distances on a smaller screen, HDR is visible right off the bat on almost any screen size at any normal viewing distance.