New Technology : Are Selfies the Future of Mobile Payments?

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Payment security has been a big topic these past few years. Not only do we have to deal with the constant threat of digital identity theft, we have to worry about data being stolen from hacked companies. Is there any relief in sight? Maybe. Maybe not. One major issue is that consumers are always demanding greater convenience. That’s why mobile payment methods have recently soared in popularity. Unfortunately, the risk of new technology is that it doesn’t yet have the years of experience necessarily to build robust systems. This year, mobile payments are set to take another big leap forward....

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New Technology : Facebook Owns the Internet, Project Loon Powers Sri Lanka… [Tech News Digest]

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Facebook has all the users, Sri Lanka connects to Google, Angry Birds 2 released, Amazon pushes the button, Microsoft adds ads to Solitaire, and The Last of McGyver. Facebook Is Still Growing Facebook is continuing to grow at an astonishing rate, with 1.49 billion people now using the site on a monthly basis. This figure, correct up to June 30th, represents a 13 percent year-on-year increase in the number of users during the second quarter of 2015. As BBC News points out, with around 3 billion people estimated to be online, Facebook is used by half of the whole population...

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New Technology : How is the Internet Changing Your Brain?

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If you’re here at MakeUseof.com reading this article, then I can safely assume that you are an Internet user. You probably love the Internet, just like us. After all, the Internet is filled with an incredible wealth of knowledge and entertainment. It’s a fantastic tool that has enriched our lives in so many ways since it became popular. But have you ever wondered about how the Internet changes your brain over time? It’s still early in the Internet’s life in the grand scheme of things, but there are some interesting studies about how the Internet has changed us. Check out...

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New Technology : E-Sports on ESPN: How the Web Turned Gaming Pro

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In a scant few months, someone is going to win six million dollars in a single game of DOTA 2, Valve’s popular online game. In total, more than seventeen million dollars will be doled out to the contestants. The competition is The International, Valve’s worldwide DOTA 2 championship, which was the subject of their 2014 documentary “Free To Play.” This is the largest prize pool ever offered for an e-sports competition, more than ten times larger than the prize pool for the first The International, just a few years ago. This would be shocking if it weren’t part of a much larger trend. E-sports,...

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New Technology : 4 Ways to Improve Your Opera Browser with Essential Productivity Extensions

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The Opera browser may not be as popular as Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, or Chrome. But, Opera does have its advantages, with simplicity being one. It also has extensions like the other browsers that can be added to make your experience even better. One great tool Opera provides is Speed Dial. This is the page that displays when you open a new tab and contains useful shortcuts to your favorite sites or other items so that you can, for example, see your emails at a glance. These extensions are specific to that Speed Dial area and are therefore very useful...

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New Technology : 5 Rare Gaming Treasures You’ll Wish You Owned

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When someone talks about rare video games or video game memorabilia, most would think of games that were only sold in one country, or games on popular older consoles which didn’t sell well. You might even think of gaming peripherals that never really caught on. But in the history of gaming, there are a few items that are so rare as to be considered treasures. Most gaming history buffs would love to get their hands on these items, and most of us will never, ever see them. These items were never sold on the market commercially. To get them, you pretty much...

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New Technology : The 8 Best Podcasts About The World of Finance

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I can’t say I am a huge podcast addict, but I do listen to a few whenever something interesting comes up in the podcast episode description. Lately, I have been listening to a few finance-related ones, in order to get more bang for my buck, and expand my empire. But which ones are going to help you become obscenely wealthy, and which ones will have you begging for scraps at street corners? Mark Moneybags is back. Hold onto your wallets and hang on tight. The Dave Ramsey Show My best friend swears by this guy, so I decided to listen to...

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New Technology : 6 Xbox One Games with Easy Achievements You Can Get Now

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Achievements – they’re one of the ways Xbox Live has changed gaming, and they’re here to stay. If you’re someone who can’t let go of a game until you’ve claimed all of its Gamerscore, you’ve no doubt already exhausted the Xbox 360 games with super easy achievements. Now, almost two years into the system’s life, we’re finally able to compile a list of easy Xbox One achievements. These games are the most efficient for earning Gamerscore, as they give you the most points in the shortest time with the least effort. Take advantage of these games and you’ll watch your...

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New Technology : 8 Websites to Help You Save Money on the Cost of a Wedding

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The average cost of a wedding in the United States is somewhere around $20,000—that’s a very large portion of the median household income of $52,000. And it’s easy to spend a lot more than that. Fortunately for you, there are plenty of websites out there that will help you save money on your wedding. These are 8 of the best. What Do I Know about Wedding Planning? I got married about a month ago. And because my wife and I are both graduate students—and in the middle of an international move—we had to make the most of every dollar in our budget. We...

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New Technology : Google’s Plus: The Latest in Long Line of Social Flops

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Google is brilliant. They made the best search engine. They made the best email app with Gmail. They made the world’s most popular operating system in Android. And they have plenty of other successful products. But Google just doesn’t know how to get into social media. The latest Google+ debacle proves it. Is Google+ Dying? It Seems So On Monday, Google announced that Google+ will be delinked from YouTube comments, not even two years after making Google+ mandatory for posting on YouTube. The “Googleplusification” of all its products was annoying, and we’re glad to see this requirement going away. This move...

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