Thursday, August 25, 2011

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/h_V8doSsTyA/" target="_blank">This Day in Tech: Google and Visa compete for digital wallets; 'Apple is not going to change'</a><BR><i>[ Thu, 25 Aug 2011 06:46:01 PDT ]</i><BR><p>Too busy to keep up with the tech news? Here are some of the more interesting stories from CNET News for Thursday, August 25. </p>

<p> &#149; You've probably heard by now that Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple. This leaves us with many questions. What will <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20097354-37/what-will-jobs-do-as-apples-chairman/?part=rss&subj=latest-news&tag=embed">Jobs do as chairman</a>? What will <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20097497-37/what-could-apple-look-like-three-years-from-now?part=rss&subj=latest-news&tag=embed">Apple look like three years</a> from now? Now for some answers. Apple's new CEO, Tim Cook, <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20097198-1/tim-cook-apple-is-not-going-to-change?part=rss&subj=latest-news&tag=embed">e-mailed employees this morning</a> to say that "Apple is not going to change." </p>
<p> &#149; You might be swiping your mobile phone to pay for things. In May, Google and Visa announced their digital wallet strategy. By storing people's credit cards and rewards info, people can pay for things with their phones. "We can see the transactions in real time," <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-20097429-266/visa-vs.google-wallet-in-mobile-payments?part=rss&subj=latest-news&tag=embed">said Bill Gajda, head of Visa Mobile Global</a>. "So consumers can receive alerts about offers from
nearby merchants." <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-20096160-94/mastercard-eyes-anchor-role-in-mobile-pay-relay?part=rss&subj=latest-news&tag=embed">Mastercard</a> has a mobile payment strategy too. </p>
<p> &#149; AT&amp;T gets into the ad business: It's expanding its ad network by l... <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-20097546-92/this-day-in-tech-google-and-visa-compete-for-digital-wallets-apple-is-not-going-to-change/?part=rss&subj=latest-news&tag=readMore">[Read more]</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/h_V8doSsTyA" height="1" width="1"/>
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