RIM Receives Approval from Visa for NFC Mobile Payment Solution

Olympic triathlete Simon Whitfield made the first mobile credit card transaction using Rogers Suretap on a NFC-enabled BlackBerry smartphone.

Research In Motion announced that its Secure Element Manager (SEM) solution for NFC (Near Field Communication) mobile payments has been approved by Visa. RIM’s SEM is the backend solution for carriers that can securely manage credentials on SIM (subscriber identity module) cards installed in all types of NFC-capable mobile devices.

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Review: HTC One X + Android smartphone

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

HTC's original One X flaghip smartphone really impressed us last year. Ushering in a new bold design direction, a class-leading multifunctional camera, sleek lightweight unibody design and a powerful processor as well as a crisp and lavish 4.7-inch screen. HTC's taken the best features of its earlier flagship and improved them all around for the HTC One X +.

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BlackBerry 10 sales training manual leaks, hints at 70,000 apps at launch

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Now that CES 2013 is done with, the biggest tech story of the year so far is RIM's huge multi-country launch of its new BlackBerry 10 operating system and the much awaited, and often leaked, next-gen BlackBerry smartphones. While that significant launch is 14 days away, the news stream has been constant and a recent sales training manual leak reveals even more.

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Top iOS apps now that hockey's back

How that the lockout is over and the NHL is back, here are the best iOS apps for hockey fans everywhere. Most are awesome, some are free. Let's check them out after the break.

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