How to avoid buying 13 laptops in 15 minutes, then shipping them to a stranger in Sacramento

April 26, 2013 6:09 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Last week I bought 13 laptops from WalMart.com. There were only two problems: I didn't buy them, and they weren't being shipped to my house. I'd been hacked.

Back to the future: Google Wallet is actually … a funky morphing credit card

November 1, 2012 4:06 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Google Wallet, which just recently made big changes to support Visa, American Express, and Discover cards, is now apparently making even bigger changes. As in, back to the future changes.

Halo 4, Xbox, and American Express partnership: Kill Covenant nasties to earn cold, hard cash

November 1, 2012 3:00 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

If you're a gamer and you're planning to play Halo, you just might be in line for $25 free from American Express. Or a Best Buy offer for $50 ... or a free trip to E3 in 2013.

Google Wallet is reborn with support for all major credit cards

August 1, 2012 2:05 PM Ricardo Bilton
Ricardo Bilton

Looking to lower the barrier of entry to mobile payments, Google is making a bunch of big changes to its Google Wallet app.

The biggest shift is that the app is making a move to the cloud. Now, instead of …