Vodafone launch NFC-based mobile wallet across Europe(SmartPass)

VODA SMARTPASS

Vodafone is joining the mobile payments market with its own wallet service, that will launch across its European footprint. The service already went live in Spain, with Germany following in mid-December, and the Netherlands, UK and Italy in spring 2014.

Aside from allowing users to pay for goods with nothing but their phone, the Vodafone Wallet will also be able to hold travel cards, loyalty cards, gift cards and vouchers; and eventually replace all plastic cards in a customer’s wallet or purse. Or at least, that’s what the Big Red carrier would want.

The first application for the mobile wallet, Vodafone SmartPass, was developed in partnership with Visa and can be funded when needed. 

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The Wallet relies on NFC and equivalent EMV-compliant payment technologies to send encrypted data over short distances. The service will initially be available on NFC-enabled smartphones from Samsung, Sony and HTC, with plans to expand the range next year. On the other hand, if a customer doesn’t have a NFC compatible smartphone, they can still use the mobile payment solution by downloading the Vodafone SmartPass app and applying for an “NFC tag” that can be attached to their device.

As part of the mobile payments push, Voda is working with major European banks to integrate their card portfolios into the wallet. To that end, the company made sure its solution is the first European mobile payment service built on the GlobalPlatform open standard.

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Cheap and best 6000 mAh portable chager SwitchEasy Tanks (4 times more power than an iPhone 5)..!!!

SwitchEasy Tanks Battery

A portable USB charger shaped like two oxygen tanks. It has a 6,000 mAh battery, enough to charge an iPhone 5 four times, and LED gauge. SwitchEasy should’ve run with the theme and made it attachable to the back of phones.

Product Features

The capacity TANKS of 6000 mAh is 4x more power than an iPhone 5 battery. With a DC Output of 5V-2.1A it can fast charge any kind of smart phone or other mobile device.

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In TANKS package, you’ll get the following:

One TANKS Unit
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    Packaging dimensions: 84 x 195 x 46mm
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    Packed weight: 192g

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Laser Knife No blood, No Violence, Pollution Free !!

BLITZ LASER KNIFE:

If you’re imagining the toasting bread knife from Hitchhikers Guide then i’ve some bad news; this isn’t a lightsaber. The other bad news is that it’s just a design and as far as I can tell there isn’t even a working prototype yet. On the upside though, it’s freaking cool and I totally want one. And so do you.

Andrey Kokorin, a Russian graduate from Ural State Academy of Architecture and Arts, has entered his “Innovative Laser Device For Cutting Of Foodstuff” (great name, right?), or BLITZ, design into the annual James Dyson Awards.

While it doesn’t quite suck or blow like Dyson’s vacuums or dryers, it does cut up all kinds of food into various shapes, with a focus on replacing unsanitary and unsafe kitchen knives with a fast, clean and 110 per cent more awesome tool a goddamn laser.

Sure, it might look like a robot’s head, but when it swings open, a two-liter bowl pops out which you then fill up with whatever foodstuffs you desire. The menu to control the device is projected onto an adjacent work surface, which you can fiddle around with to select your desired cutting settings.

Hit what you want, whack your food in, and the device will start slicing up your food along three dimensions. Radical.

If Kokorin is successful in his national heats, his design will head on over to the international final where he could potentially win £10,000 for himself and his school, as well as fame, fortune, and a kickass laser knife.

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