Square Virtual Terminal makes it easy to accept payments on PCs

Simplifying the payment process for businesses, Square introduces Virtual Terminal. This allows you to accept payments from your customers right from your computer. While mobile devices are great business tools, Square has heard from sellers that a lot of them still rely on computers for back-office operations, especially since these give them access to tools and features that aren’t available on mobile gadgets.

Virtual Terminal is meant for professional service providers, contractors, or any businesses that don’t need to regularly accept payments from clients face-to-face. It lets you accept mail order, telephone, and business payments right from the browser or Square Dashboard. You can even send out digital receipts to customers via SMS or email. Every single payment made to you is trackable along with all the other payments processed with Square. All you need to do to get paid is enter your customer’s card information, click Charge, and then you’re done. You get access to these funds as quickly as the next business day.

Apple's latest iOS ad focuses on Home

Apple's latest advertisement titled Home App- Welcome Home focuses on Apple's HomeKit enabled ecosystem as controlled by iOS on an iPhone using the Siri voice assistant. The Apple Home app was launched around three years ago and since then has been able to control smart lights like Philips Hue, locks, thermostats, smoke detectors, cameras and a variety of other devices.

Unlike competitors like Google Home and Amazon Echo, which both have standalone smart speakers/home automation hubs, Apple relies on iOS devices like the iPhone or the iPad to control these devices. Will Apple soon make the Apple TV a similar HomeKit hub, or will it create a whole new way to free Siri from iOS, so she can operate independently? Only time will tell.

Review: 2017 Mazda CX-9 Signature

Text and photos by Donny Halliwell

When I last wrote about Mazda’s full-size SUV, it was after a 5000km road trip and I was impressed by its capabilities as a comfortable, well-appointed family mobile. That was in the outgoing model. In the year since then virtually everything about the CX-9 has changed, for the better, leaving Mazda with a runaway hit for the segment.

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Review: Sennheiser PXC-550 Bluetooth headphones

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The age of wireless headphones are upon us. While many sports in-ear headphones and general use models like the Apple Airpods, are ideal for short term casual use. Sennheiser’s PXC-550 Wireless headphones are designed for travelling. These are lightweight, yet supremely comfortable headphones that innovate the segment in a variety of ways.

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