August 6th, 2012

Testing The iCache Geode Mobile Wallet, A Card That Clones Your Credit Cards

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I have to admit, when I first heard about the Kickstarter project for the iCache Geode Mobile Wallet I thought to myself  “yeah right…good luck with that.” The process seemed unlikely to me.

First of all, how are the card networks ever going to let someone temporarily “clone” their cards onto another dynamic card? Secondly, how fast could the process work? There could be a lot of… → Read More

June 1st, 2012

Leave Your Credit Cards At Home: iCache’s Digital Wallet/iPhone Case Is Now Available

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Well, it’s about time. Many of us were absolutely floored by the iCache Geode mobile wallet when it first appeared back in April, and now the company has announced that the hotly-awaited accessory is now available for $199.

In case you missed it the first time around, the iCache Geode is an iPhone case with a particularly wonderful twist — in addition to just wrapping a protective layer of… → Read More

March 13th, 2012

Forget NFC, This iPhone Case Combines All Your Credit Cards Into One

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I have a love-hate relationship when it comes to all these newfangled mobile payment methods. Fan as I am of Google Wallet (and all the Wawa coffee I bought with the included $10 prepaid card), I can’t help but want something more immediate, something more widely-usable.

The big sticking point that comes with the NFC-based payment systems that companies like Google and Visa love is they… → Read More

October 7th, 2008

Mozilla Geode Released With Support From Pownce and Fire Eagle

Mozilla has posted more information about Geode, the Labs plugin we foreshadowed yesterday that helps websites detect your current location. Geode is also now available for download here.

Geode is a forerunner to Firefox’s future implementation of the W3C Geolocation Specification, a standard that (once universally implemented) will allow websites to serve up localized content and services within… → Read More

October 6th, 2008

Geode: The New Geo-Tagging Project From Mozilla Labs

Tomorrow Mozilla will launch a new geotagging project called Geode into Mozilla Labs that promises to leverage your physical location to enhance your overall browsing experience. More details will be provided in a post tomorrow, but this is what we know already: → Read More