"We want to do what is right rather than do it fast, " Card said.
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Brad Anderson's "Next Stop Wonderland, " which is getting a split decision from yours truly (half a thumb up, if you crave an ill-defined generalization), is cute, no doubt about it, but in annoying ways that are fast becoming the calling card of the format.
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Mandated data roaming could introduce a substantial wild card in the fast-evolving mobile broadband market.
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This capability makes it a snap to share contact information at the office, tradeshows, networking events, open houses, or anywhere else frequent, fast access to a Mobile Business Card is needed.
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Executives in the banking, retail, and technology industries acknowledge that mobile payments must tantalize consumers with targeted coupons and offers to demonstrate they are more valuable than an ordinary plastic card, which has been a fast and reliable payment method for about 50 years.
It's faster than a credit card or cash and it works so fast that Chicago-area McDonald's (nyse: MCD - news - people ) burger joints now let customers use their Speedpass to pay for food.
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They're great when it comes to lightning-fast searches for data that fit certain parameters--credit card purchases that exceed a customer's normal spending patterns, say.
The new 16GB card provides twice the storage capacity of the prior Pro X2 card, while the Class 10 performance delivers ultra-fast read and write speeds.
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However, a study by David Card and Alan Krueger found very little employment effect in the fast food industry in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
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Wave it near a reader, whether on a gas pump or in the fast-food line, and if you have enough credit on the card it's linked to the payment takes only seconds.
However, the dock has a lot going for it, on top of its general rigidity: extra ports (including HDMI and USB 3.0), an SD card expansion slot, a 500GB hard drive to complement the fast solid state drive within the tablet itself, and a second battery to increase running time.
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In those cases, a centralized, powerful stakeholder (the credit card company) is motivated to get the compromised account off the street fast, and re-empower the account holder to get back on the street and shopping again.
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Although fast-growing, the regional e-commerce market is hampered by low credit-card use and poor postal services.
"Total internet business is now about 15% and rising fast, but essentially all business depends on the phone network, mobiles working and credit card payments going through, " he said.
Taxicabs, fast-food drive-up windows, soda-pop vending machines--Pascarella is putting credit card readers in all of them.
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