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Sees as a major hassle of setting up pricey equipment. >> the ipad is basically our register, so thats our point of sale system. we flip the screen over, they sign with their fingernail. >> its hard to get started to accepting credit card payments. you need to go to the bank, get a merchant account. we send you a reader and you can start accepting payments. >> heres another innovative way to give someone some money. papal has an application where you can literally bump money to someones phone. t...

Can actually add as many as five years on to your length of service, which significantly increases your pension benefits, for the rest of your life. >> greta: doesnt anybody realize how -- am i the only one who thinks that is really bad, especially for a state in horrible financial trouble? arent people appalled they are paying these ficticious pension benefits that were never earned? >> based on our readers reactions people who work in the private sector are appalled. people who work in the pub...

Democrats started wearing buttons that read, so be it. lets talk about it with paul gigot he is editorial reader of the "wall street journal." it seems what got us into this fix is everybody wants a chicken in every pot but nobody wants to pay for it. the speaker seems to be saying weve got to get serious and make some cuts here. even at that i guess hes being reviled is that too strong a word. >> the democrats are attacking him. his response may have been a little glib. he could have put it in ...

Can actually add as many as five years on to your length of service, which significantly increases your pension benefits, for the rest of your life. >> greta: doesnt anybody realize how -- am i the only one who thinks that is really bad, especially for a state in horrible financial trouble? arent people appalled they are paying these ficticious pension benefits that were never earned? >> based on our readers reactions people who work in the private sector are appalled. people who work in the pub...

Money. starbucks has done something pretty innovative here where can you pay for your products using your blackberry or iphone. what they have done is created a digital version of the gift card so if you have the app its very easy to set up. once you get to the register, you see the barcode reader here. the barcode is right here on the app, the digital version of your gift card. boom, just swipe it, and your coffee is paid for. now the mobile payments industry is something that is really growing...

Personality. "the huffington post" has its own distinct personality. how will being part of a big corporation change that. >> i think she does bring that. she attracts atttion consistently. shes on television all the time. aol has no personality whatsoever in terms of editorial. and this brings a personality to it who manages to bring in some excitement. i dont think thats necessarily not unimportant for them. i mean, you would rather be. if youre tim armstrong, the guy selling aol content and i...

>> ouch! while many defending the spot as being slapstick comedy and perhaps hurtful as well, others are taking a stand here against what they call hurtful stereotypes. lets bring in the ggrio.com contributor. so, goalie, when we take a look at this, its obviously humor behind this but comments i want to share one of them with you, are expressing a negative reaction to negative stereotypes. thegrio.com reader saying the black woman is stereotypical cold, dom nearing and the man is simple-mines a...

No paper, no trucks, and we are passing on the savings to the reader which is why we can offer "the daily" for just $.14 cents a day. in exchanging for the $.14 cents readers will enjoy a design of a professionally edited magazine, the immediate see of the web, the original reporting and distinctive voice of a newspaper as well as stunning photography and high definition video. it certainly wont lack for wit, opinions or sense of fun and our target audience is the more than 15 million americans ...

Hopes so with the launch of the first ever ipad-only newspaper. the bbcs rory cellan jones has a closer look at "the daily." >> reporter: hes the man who broke the print unions and brought satellite tv to britain. now rupert murdoch has embarked on what could be an even riskier venture. >> ladies and gentlemen, "the daily." [ applause ] >> reporter: its a newspaper only available for now on apples ipad. "the daily" is a mixture of series serious news, celebrity gossip and high-tech tricks aimed ...

We are a closer look at "the daily". the bbcs rory cellan jones has a look. >> reporter: hes the man who broke the print unions and brought satellite tv to britain. now rupert murdoch has embarked on what could be an even riskier venture. >> ladies and gentlemen, "the daily." [ applause ] >> reporter: its a newspaper only available for now on apples ipad. "the dale" is a mixture of series serious news, celebrity gossip and high-tech tricks aimed at american readers willing to pay 99 cents a week...