MasterCard with LCD Screen and Touch Keypad

Mastercard has launched the  next generation credit card with LCD screen and touch keypad in collaboration with Standard Chartered Bank Singapore and claims to be Singapore’s first interactive payment card, or security token card, that features the next generation  MasterCard’s Display Card technology.

How many times have you been asked for the One Time Password (OTP) when using online banking and online payment portals? Usually an OTP is the six digit security code sent to your mobile phone by your bank or credit card company,which you can type online to confirm and process your online payment.

The new interactive Mastercard DisplayCards allows users to generate and display the One Time Password in the LCD display instantly. Thus, the token generated by these “Authentication Cards” can be used to authenticate online transactions securely. They claim that in future the card could display more information like credit balance, reward points etc.

The MasterCard Display Card is manufactured by NagraID Security and functions like a normal credit, debit or ATM card in every other way.

Google said to be working on an AirPlay alternative for Android and Google TV

Apple’s AirPlay is a fantastic feature. You connect your Apple TV and then you just beam content from your iOS and OS X device wirelessly with no setup required. It just works. Unfortunately, it just works on Apple’s devices

Google is now said to be working on a similar feature for it’s own set of products, namely, Android and Google TV. Unlike Apple’s version, however, Google’s service will be open and will allow other software and hardware vendors to implement it in their products.

There is not much known about it at this point but once launched you should be able to beam content from your Android device to, say, your Google TV or a standard TV connected to something like Nexus Q. I’m not sure why Google is bothering with this, though, as they recently included Miracast support in Android 4.2, which pretty much does the same.