Podcast - 23rd October 2013
There's plenty of product news in this week's podcast, with a new Apple iPad and new tablets from Nokia and Argos as well.
We also talk about HMV's battle with the Apple App Store, new 4G tariffs from Tesco Mobile, Samsung's patent proposals and a complaint about coverage maps.
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Mobile payment solution iZettle is being used by sellers of Sweden’s Situation Sthlm magazine to accept card payments.
The magazine, which has a similar business model to The Big Issue in the UK, is sold by people who are homeless.
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Surprises and statistics
Mark Bridge writes:
Google’s big announcement last week involved the company introducing Android v4.3 (as expected), launching a new Nexus 7 tablet (as expected) and also revealing a ‘Chromecast’ HDMI adaptor that’ll stream from most portable devices. That was more of a surprise.
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Mobile payment service iZettle, which enables businesses to take card payments via an iPhone or Android smartphone, is dropping its transaction fees for UK businesses that take over £2,000 a month.
Rates will fall from the company’s standard 2.75% transaction fee to as little as 1.5%, depending on the total amount processed. The rate reduction applies to all types of card payment.
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Mobile payment service iZettle, which enables businesses to accept credit and debit card payments via a smartphone, is now able to process Japan Credit Bureau (JCB) cards in the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Finland.
The company says this makes it the first mobile payment solution in Europe to accept JCB cards.
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