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Meet the Totem lamp that can be used individually or stacked together to light up any space!

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Life in a rental apartment has its cons but one thing that comes to my rescue each time is to set up our lighting! Lighting can make or break a space and a modular solution like Totem Lamp is a solution we all need as it presents a modular solution – adaptable to each room we have.

Inspired by the Native American Totem Pole, the Totem Light is made up of individual light modules that can be used together by stacking on top of each other as a floor lamp. The individual modules can be hanged from the ceiling or even used as a table lamp. Made of hand-blown glass, each module of the light carries a unique texture that makes the lamp literally stand out and shine.

The textured glass brings to mind a reflective surface, where the evening lights shimmer gently each night. Minimal, hand-crafted, modular, and functional – the lamp is the perfect lighting solution and the only limitation is your imagination!

Designer: Ren Hongfei for ING+

Mastercard previewing smartphone web payment system with in-person security strength

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Mastercard is already a big fish in the still tiny NFC contactless payment pond, and now it wants to take that same technology to a veritable ocean -- internet sales. The plastic purveyor is tag-teaming with ING in the Netherlands for PayPass-based smartphone internet payments that would have a "comparable level of security" to bricks and mortar purchases -- by transmitting an EMV-compliant cryptogram or QR code to merchants. That would theoretically make online shopping less risky, and the system would also allow coupons and vouchers to be applied, giving a "similar user experience in both the physical and digital world." The Dutch trial has already started and will continue until early 2013, but there's no word if new users can still jump in -- check the PR after the break to read the tea leaves for yourself.

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Mastercard previewing smartphone web payment system with in-person security strength originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Bump Pay lets you tap a friend for cash

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Taking cues from an ING Direct app that used its API, Bump Technologies has developed its own version of the mobile payments software, enabling phone-to-phone "Bump" transactions using PayPal. Yes, PayPal. That minor processing detail aside, the service appears to offer a fun solution for simplifying the fairly painful process of paying the check at group meals, or splitting a tank of gas with a friend. Both you and your bud need to have the app installed before you can beam that green, and there's no option to send payments remotely, though you could always use plain ole vanilla PayPal for that. The app is free, and if you have a checking account linked you won't have to deal with any fees. Bump Pay is iOS only "at launch" (read: it could be making its way to Android as well), so for now you'll need to bump the App Store to get folks paid.

Bump Pay lets you tap a friend for cash originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Mar 2012 03:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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