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TECHNOLOGY A23
Tuesday 29 September 2015
Get Started: Chip
card fraud liability
deadline days away
JOYCE M. ROSENBERG er card issuers still haven’t John Carmack, Chief Technical Officer of Oculus, speaks during the Oculus 2 conference in Los
AP Business Writer sent the new cards to their Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015.
APPROACHING DEADLINE customers, who will con-
Starting Thursday, business- tinue to use their magnetic Associated Press
es that accept credit cards stripe cards.
must be prepared to han- It’s expected that millions of Oculus takes aim at mainstream
dle transactions with new the older cards will still be in with inexpensive gear, video
chip-embedded cards or use going into 2016. And at
find themselves paying the least for the time being, it’s RYAN NAKASHIMA ence fiction dream to an Netflix content is available
bill in the event of fraud. not expected that thieves AP Business Writer awesome reality,” he said. to be viewed in Oculus or
The credit card industry set will have figured out how LOS ANGELES (AP) — Virtual “And now we all here have Samsung headsets start-
Oct. 1 as the day when li- to copy the information on reality is taking a few steps a chance to change the ing Thursday, while Hulu
ability for fraud committed the chips. closer to the mainstream way we play, communi- said it would also bring its
with the new cards will shift Although many national re- with Samsung unveil- cate and collaborate.” app to the Oculus platform
to retailers and other busi- tailers have upgraded their ing a headset that brings Zuckerberg showed off a where users can stream
nesses if they don’t have equipment, many small the technology to its latest promo for the upcoming 2-D content as well as an
equipment to process chip businesses haven’t. A Wells smartphones at half the “Star Wars” movie showing original virtual reality short
card transactions. The Fargo & Co. survey taken price of its previous model, a speeding vehicle zoom- film called “The Big One,”
chips in the cards are hard- during the summer showed Facebook launching sup- ing over the desert land- from YouTube star Freddie
er to counterfeit than the that only about half of port for 360-degree video, scape of fictional planet Wong’s RocketJump pro-
magnetic stripes on millions small business owners were and online video services Jakku. Users can look duction company. A Hulu
of cards, but they require aware of Oct. 1 deadline. like Netflix and Hulu jump- around in any direction us- launch date wasn’t an-
new card readers and soft- Only about a third had ing into the format. ing their mouse as the vid- nounced.
ware to process transac- the new equipment and The announcements at a eo is playing. Meanwhile, Oculus said it
tions. less than a third said they developers conference in Samsung said its new vir- would begin a certifica-
If a counterfeit card is used planned to get it by the Los Angeles for virtual real- tual reality headset will be tion program so consumers
in a transaction and a busi- deadline. Over time, many ity technology company 22 percent lighter and cost can look for a sticker that
ness doesn’t have the new companies may feel more Oculus represent attempts $99, half the price of its pre- will identify which comput-
equipment, the company pressure to update their to push the platform be- vious model. The Gear VR, ers support its Oculus Rift
will be liable for the finan- equipment. yond a video-gamer-fo- which requires users to in- headset, which is due to
cial losses it suffers. The simplest card readers cused niche. sert the latest version of a come out early next year.
However, little is expected are expected to cost at Facebook Inc. CEO Mark Samsung smartphone into Asus, Dell and Alienware
to change on Thursday at least $100, and the most Zuckerberg, who cut a the headset, will ship in No- will have certified models
many small businesses. A basic software starts at sev- deal to buy Oculus for $2 vember. that cost less than $1,000.q
number of banks and oth- eral hundred dollars. q billion last year, told some
1,500 conference attend-
Apple sells 13 million ees Thursday that virtual
new iPhones in 3 days reality is “the next logical
step” in online sharing after
MAE ANDERSON “Today’s news suggests the text, photos and video.
AP Technology Writer iPhone 6 cycle is off to a “In just a few years, VR has
NEW YORK (AP) — Apple good start,” he wrote. gone from being this sci-
says it sold more than 13 The new models have
million iPhone 6s and 6s Plus more memory and faster
phones in the three days processors, along with a
since its iPhone launch, new 12 mega-pixel cam-
topping last year’s early era, and starts at $649.
sales mark. Apple and wireless service
Apple sold 10 million IPhone providers are also offering
6 and 6 Plus models during leasing and monthly in-
their first weekend last year. stallment plans. Cupertino,
This year’s results include California-based Apple
sales in China which was in- Inc. says the phones will be
cluded in the initial launch available in 40 additional
for the first time. countries beginning Oct. 9
Apple said previously that including Italy, Mexico, Rus-
preorders were so strong sia, Spain and Taiwan and
that it expected to surpass 130 countries by the end of
last year’s record. the year.Apple said sales
PiperJaffray analyst Gene completed by Sept. 26 will
Munster said results came be included in Apple’s fis-
in at the high end of his ex- cal fourth quarter results,
pectations for sales of 12 and sales completed on
million to 13 million. He esti- Sunday, Sept. 27 will be in-
mates China added about cluded in Apple’s first-quar-
2 million in sales. ter 2016 results.q
