It's hardly a secret that MasterCard is hot on wearables; the company's been talking about it for years and has even published an API to let programmers access its tokenization and payment systems. But earlier this week, MasterCard started to get very specific, showing wireless payment systems in Nymi authentication wristbands, Ringly jewelry, TrackR device locators, and GM car … [Read more...]
Adafruit’s Ringly Teardown. Or, What $5.1 Million Buys You
We're suckers for a good teardown, so when the fine folks at Adafruit emerged from the New York snowstorm with a deconstruction of Ringly, we paid attention. Maybe we wouldn't have been so interested if Ringly hadn't closed that big funding round, but it did and we are. And a teardown that requires the use of a hammer, no matter how gently wielded? Sign us … [Read more...]