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Big oil opens wallet to fight fracking bans

2014-10-10 08:31:52| Energy - Topix.net

HOLLISTER >> Oil producers are pumping millions of dollars to fight proposed fracking bans on the Nov. 4 ballot in California communities, including in San Benito County. Chevron Corp., ExxonMobil, Occidental Petroleum Corp. and more are the major donors behind a political action group that is sole funder of the campaign against a proposal to halt high-intensity oil production in San Benito County.

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Plastc is an e-ink, NFC meta card that will (try to) replace your entire wallet

2014-10-08 15:28:47| Extremetech

There's a new company in town that wants to replace your credit, debit, and store cards with a single digital "meta" card: The unpronounceable and probably-conceived-during-a-drunken-game-of-scrabble Plastc. The Plastc Card is the same size and thickness (0.8mm) as a credit card, but it manages to pack in a battery, e-ink display, NFC, and other high-tech features, along with the usual magnetic strip.

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Mobile wallet market to hit USD 1,602 billion by 2018-study

2014-10-08 15:05:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) The global increase in smartphone penetration is set to boost the value of the mobile wallet market to USD 1,602.4 billion by 2018, according to a report by Transparency Market Research. The global compound annual growth rate (CAGR) during the 2012-2018 forecast period is expected to be 30.7 percent, with EMEA predicted to be the largest market for the mobile wallet industry in 2018. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest growing region in terms of revenue during the forecast period, with a CAGR of 31.0 percent.

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What's in Your Mobile Wallet?

2014-10-08 07:05:17| Telecom - Topix.net

It could happen before you realize it. Six years ago, cameras were scarce in cell phones--and app stores were nonexistent until as recently as early 2008.

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