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Square: Mobile iPhone Credit Card Scanner Cost $1!

iPhoneAlley.com reported Monday that the soon to be released mobile credit card transaction service (co-founded by Jack Dorsey of Twitter) will launch soon, as in early this summer for the extremely low price of $1.00. If you aren’t aware of it already, by plugging the very small device that reads credit cards into the headphone jack of the iPhone, anyone with the device can conduct credit card transactions instantly by using the iPhone app developed for the service.

Of course, user’s will need a bank account, and any account will work with Square, and the only charge to use the service is $1.00 for the app and the card reader accessory, and Square will actually donate .01 to the users charity selection. Just think what this will mean to Small Businesses that are used to dealing in only cash, and the record keeping will be mad much simpler with records available for each transaction.

In case you haven’t seen it already, we have included an introductory video produced by Square.

Square’s On-the-Go iPhone Credit Card Scanner Will Cost $1

Great Avatar Movie Video! Motion Capture Mirrors Emotions!

Team Altman Great Avatar Movie Video!

Everyone seems to be in awe, and rightly so, of the technology developed specifically for the making of the movie Avatar by James Cameron, and Avatar’s new performance capture technology could revolutionize the way directors, actors and animators collaborate to create whole new worlds on screen, and hear we see as Director James Cameron explains the process.

As always enjoy, share and Performance Capture Technology is Amazing!


Microsoft Video: Prototype Next Generation Office Wall!

ms office wallNo matter what is said by many about Microsoft’s products currently on the market, when it comes to concepts that are revolutionary in their very nature that are combined with extremely flashy and cool prototypes, Microsoft has always been in front of the industry as the indisputable leader, and this presentation is worth taking a look at.

The latest really cool next-generation prototype out of Microsoft Research to be shown to the public has integrated a home office environment and combined it with the wonders of interactive wall displays, a Microsoft Surface and a digital assistant guide (DAG), with a voice that will remind many of past classic science fiction movies about the future.

Microsoft Shows Off Prototype!


Video Peek into the Near Future of Technology!

augmented reality bionicwomaneye_2Team Altman Cool Nokia Technology Video:

This is a video of a concept that allows to you to experience immersion and effortless navigation in an Augmented Reality environment, and new types of interactions involving near-to-eye displays, gaze direction tracking, 3D audio, 3D video, gesture and touch. Through these new innovative types of social linkages people will be connected in innovative ways between the physical and digital worlds.

As always enjoy, and share a Peek into the Near Future of Technology:


China Internet Users Greater than Population of U.S.

wave trends 2009Team Altman Interesting News:

The country of China continues its phenomenal growth of Internet technology and the number of users, that sees no let up in the projected growth of the number of Internet users over the next three years, including recent reported facts that the number of Internet users in China is now greater than the entire population of the United States after rising to 338 million by the end of June, state media reported Sunday.

China’s online population, the largest in the world, rose by 40 million in the first six months of 2009, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing a report by the China Internet Network Information Center.

The number of broadband Internet connections rose by 10 million to 93.5 million in the first half of the year, the report said.

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