Moneris introduces digital gift and loyalty cards compatible with Apple's Passbook

Moneris Solutions Corporation, Canada's largest debit and credit card processor providing stored-value gift card and loyalty programs for tens of thousands of merchant locations, today announced that its gift and loyalty program for medium to large businesses is now compatible with Apple's Passbook application. With this new offering, merchants can provide cardholders with the ability to digitize their physical gift or loyalty cards into the Passbook application, marking a significant move towards a more convenient experience for cardholders.

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LoJack aides Canadian & U.S. Law Enforcement in crime ring bust, $3.2 Million in Assets recovered

LoJack Corporation, which delivers vehicle-related safety and securit announced its participation with the international crime ring investigation Project Windows. The operation included collaborative efforts between Canadian Law Enforcement, United States Homeland Security and Canadian Border Services, who each played a key role in tracking the group of highly-skilled criminals responsible for stealing more than $5.4 millionin vehicles as part of an organized crime ring.

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Samsung introduces 1TB mSATA SSD

Ultrabooks and even thinner and smaller devices are about to get a major storage boost. Samsung has unveiled what is touted as the industry’s first 1TB mini-Serial ATA SSD. Gizmodo reports the Samsung 840 EVO SSD is an mSATA drive that has 540 MB/s read speed and 520 MB/s write speed. It will also have 500, 250, and 120GB options. Pricing for the 1TB SSD has not been announced but while that's expected to be pricey, the good news is still that we've hit this capacity and the rest of the indusry is likely to respond.

Bing revamps iOS and Android apps, allows users to set homepage image as lockscreen

Microsoft Bing updates its iPhone and iPad as well as Android apps to revamp the look of the app and lets you set the lockscreen with the homepage image of the day. The app also allows you to sync bookmarks and images across devices. You just have to make sure you are signed into your Microsoft account. The Android version also fixed zoom function of the app when browsing websites, among other bug fixes. The iOS version now conforms to iOS 7 and lets you save bookmarks and images on SkyDrive.