January 23, 2015

54: Stop Rubbing Your Reader Against My Butt

1 hour 8 minutes

The Apple Watch promises to make Apple Pay even easier and safer than traditional credit card transactions. We look at the history of Credit Card data transactions and consider the practicalities. Of course.
With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.

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