EMV in US? No Way

As I was reading an article concerning “why US Card issuers should move to EMV”, I was struck by the amount of “disconnectedness” on this topic in the industry. A quick background for those unfamiliar: EMV is a “Chip” that replaces the mag stripe on a credit card http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMV Rolled out in Europe in 2004 … Continue reading »

Who can you Trust? Online Reputations…

So you’re a politician and you want to have “friends”… or a rich and famous actress and want to have followers on your Tweet. Well there seems to be answer for you… that money can buy. https://www.mturk.com/mturk/welcome I’m sure MechanicalTurk is not the only service.. but I had an “innocence lost” moment for social networking. … Continue reading »