{"id":117675,"date":"2009-12-30T21:19:01","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T02:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2009\/12\/30\/5-o%e2%80%99clock-roundup-apple%e2%80%99s-mysterious-event-iphone-credit-card-reader\/"},"modified":"2009-12-30T21:19:01","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T02:19:01","slug":"5-o%e2%80%99clock-roundup-apple%e2%80%99s-mysterious-event-iphone-credit-card-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/117675","title":{"rendered":"5 O\u2019Clock Roundup: Apple\u2019s mysterious event, iPhone credit card reader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the latest action:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apple&#8217;s Jan. 26 announcement?<\/strong> &#8212; Chasing the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/scitech\/2009\/12\/30\/exclusive-apples-january-announcement-confirmed\/\">Financial Times<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/scitech\/2009\/12\/30\/exclusive-apples-january-announcement-confirmed\/\">Fox News<\/a> reports it has confirmed that Apple will announce a new product in San Francisco that day. Is it a tablet or an e-book reader? The tongues are wagging.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-150284\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/6427f_mophie.jpg\" alt=\"mophie\" width=\"400\" height=\"251\" \/><strong>Mophie plans credit-card reader for the iPhone<\/strong> &#8212; It looks cool, but this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/2009\/12\/30\/mophie-to-take-on-square-with-their-own-iphone-credit-card-reader\/\">Mophie product might fall into the nice<\/a> but totally unnecessary department. The company normally makes battery packs and cases, but this device gives you an alternative to typing your credit card into various apps by hand. It&#8217;s aimed at small business owners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Evernote hits 2 million users <\/strong>&#8211; The life-capture application has <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.evernote.com\/2009\/12\/30\/we-can-finally-say-millions\/\">hit its second million<\/a> in less than half the time it took to get its first million. Part of the reason is that it launched a popular app on the iPhone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CES rumor mill <\/strong>&#8211; The biggest U.S. tech trade show isn&#8217;t until next week, but the rumors are flooding out. Motorola is reported launching two new phones next week, including an Android-based phone,<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.barrons.com\/techtraderdaily\/2009\/12\/29\/motorola-2-new-phones-coming-at-ces\/\"> according to analyst Trip Chowdhry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The tragedy of One Laptop Per Child<\/strong> &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashgear.com\/the-tragedy-of-one-laptop-per-child-3067199\/\">One more design has been shelved<\/a>, prompting predictions that this effort to educate the world&#8217;s poor children through laptops is a failure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>iPhone taking off in China?<\/strong> &#8212; The world&#8217;s most populous country hasn&#8217;t held out the welcome mat for the iPhone. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2009\/12\/30\/iphone-sales-china\/\">But Apple may be having some success there with sales lately<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>User sues RockYou<\/strong> &#8212; RockYou acknowledged that it lost as many as 32 million usernames and passwords to a hacker.<a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2009\/12\/30\/rockyou-sued-over-user-data-breach\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OmMalik+%28GigaOM%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\"> The first class action suit has been filed<\/a>. Will there be 32 million more?<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-150302\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/6427f_tivo.jpg\" alt=\"tivo\" width=\"400\" height=\"167\" \/>New TiVO on the way?<\/strong> &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zatznotfunny.com\/2009-12\/tivo-prepping-new-premiere-dvr\/\">A packaging mishap<\/a> may be a clue to whether TiVO is preparing to launch a new digital video recorder, sans dial-up modem and including a cable card slot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seagate ex-engineer testifies against company<\/strong> &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/29\/technology\/companies\/29seagate.html?_r=1&amp;scp=1&amp;sq=seagate&amp;st=Search\">The engineer claims<\/a> that Seagate had access to trade secrets from Convolve when it designed noise-reduction technology into its hard drives which infringed the latter&#8217;s patents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/o4gzyMB4VG3Dyq6nsGBbuWfV7DE\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/6427f_di\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/o4gzyMB4VG3Dyq6nsGBbuWfV7DE\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/6427f_di\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Venturebeat?a=Bu9lAbXDMW4:LYSK5NqZ_Vk:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/6427f_Venturebeat?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Venturebeat?a=Bu9lAbXDMW4:LYSK5NqZ_Vk:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/6427f_Venturebeat?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Venturebeat?a=Bu9lAbXDMW4:LYSK5NqZ_Vk:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/9d0d2_Venturebeat?i=Bu9lAbXDMW4:LYSK5NqZ_Vk:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Venturebeat?a=Bu9lAbXDMW4:LYSK5NqZ_Vk:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/9d0d2_Venturebeat?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Venturebeat?a=Bu9lAbXDMW4:LYSK5NqZ_Vk:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/9d0d2_Venturebeat?i=Bu9lAbXDMW4:LYSK5NqZ_Vk:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/9d0d2_Bu9lAbXDMW4\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Buy This Item: <a class=\"buy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/buy.php\" ><span style=\"color: #33bc03\">[Click here to buy this item]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Venturebeat\/~3\/Bu9lAbXDMW4\/\" >Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the latest action: Apple&#8217;s Jan. 26 announcement? &#8212; Chasing the Financial Times, Fox News reports it has confirmed that Apple will announce a new product in San Francisco that day. Is it a tablet or an e-book reader? The tongues are wagging. 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