The
days may be numbered for credit cards with black magnetic stripes. Visa
has announced a plan to encourage banks and retailers to make the
switch to cards with smart chips that are much harder to counterfeit.
The U.S. is one of the last developed countries to adopt smart cards,
making Americans a bigger target for worldwide credit card fraud. Source Link
If
you’ve been waiting anxiously for the iPhone 5, mark your calendars for
October 4th. That’s the day Apple will announce when the new version of
the world’s most popular smart phone will go on sale. It’ll be an
historic day for Apple, as it marks a first such iPhone event for new
CEO Tim Cook, who will unveil the new model to the world. Source Link
They
say laughter is the best medicine, and now there’s scientific evidence
that humor can ease the hurt. A British study looked at whether laughter
could boost your threshold for pain. It found that social laughter
releases endorphins, which are strongly tied to pain tolerance, and
could be natural pain-killers. Source Link
