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They can hope and pray all that they want, but Google, Intel, Apple, Adobe, Intuit, Pixar and Lucasfilm will soon be facing some serious accusations in a courtroom under the Sherman Antitrust Act and California's Cartwright Act. After years of trying to dodge legal action over an "informal agreement" to not pinch each others employees, and an effort to have the case dismissed, the seven defendants will have to stand trial as ordered by District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California. In her decision Koh said, not only was there evidence that these agreements were made at the highest levels of the company but, that six such deals were struck in secret in such a short time frame "suggests that these agreements resulted from collusion." There's still time for yet another deal to be struck, however, this time between the defendants and the DOJ. Otherwise it looks like all seven will have to stand trial in June of 2013.

Antitrust suit carries on against Intel, Apple, Google and others originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Looks like Canada just scored another mobile credit card payment system within its borders. It was back at CES when Intuit revealed its updated GoPayment dongle for our neighbors up north, and now the company's announced that the service has officially launched in the region. Once you're application is approved, you'll get the card reader for free without any contract -- and best of all, GoPayment works on a "pay-as-you-go" basis (3.3 percent if you enter the digits, 2.7 percent with a swipe). It's currently purposed for iDevices with a free downloadable app, accepting Visa and Mastercards, but Intuit notes that Android and BlackBerry compatibility is in the works. With services NetSecure and PayPal also claiming space in the country, we're still left to wonder when Square -- essentially the godfather of this type of thing -- will finally be joining the card-swiping party in the great white north. If you're curious for all the details or wanting to apply for yourself, head on down to the source link below.

[Thanks, Mike]

Intuit GoPayment goes live in Canada, more rectangular than Square originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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What can we say? When a device has a screen this tiny, the elevator pitch is going to be mighty brief. Here's how MicroMint works: just swipe left to right to see your balances for different accounts. There's no limit to how many it can display, and when you reach the end of the list, the app will just start cycling through again. As you can see in the video demo below, the app's performance is limited by the watch's 667MHz ARM11 CPU and 256MB RAM, which is to say you'll notice some lag as you swipe from one bank balance to another. And that's it. This is all the app does; don't expect to take advantage of Mint's other features, like budget-planning and mapping out savings goals (not that you'd want any graphs or itemized lists crammed onto that 160x160 screen).

For now, of course, this concept app is just that, a prototype. Intuit won't commit to releasing it, much less share any sort of timeline. Interestingly, though, David Siegel on Intuit's development team suggested to us that the app might be of more use when WIMM releases its next-gen watch with NFC. With that radio on board, he says, the app could potentially allow not just for balance-checking, but credit card payments as well. Additionally, the outfit is mulling a similar app for the Sony SmartWatch, which also runs Android and supports Java-based apps. The only development hiccup, he says, would be adapting the app for Sony-specific APIs. That's a whole lot of ifs for one paragraph, though, so for now we'll leave you with a super quick hands-on video, just past the break.

Edgar Alvarez contributed to this report.

Gallery: MicroMint concept app hands-on

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Intuit shows off MicroMint concept app for the WIMM One smartwatch, we go hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you've ever filed your taxes on an iPad, you know Intuit's TurboTax app is free to download, but that you'll have to pay up once you're ready to submit those returns. But, in an effort to promote its newish apps for Android tablets and the Kindle Fire, the company's giving the entire number-crunching cow away for free -- at least through this weekend. Just download between tomorrow (Friday) and Sunday and make sure you start your taxes before Monday (it's okay if you finish them later). To be clear, this includes both federal and state-level taxes, which you'd normally pay for separately for $29.99 and up. Another quid pro quo: this won't work on handsets, even though the Kindle runs a customized version of Android 2.3. If you own a tablet it should run smoothly on Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich, though. In any case, to those of you who've been putting off your taxes, happy downloading, procrastinators.

Edgar Alvarez contributed to this report.

PSA: TurboTax on Android is free through Sunday if you start your taxes before then originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Back in 2009, a small controversy began swirling around Google and Apple, amid allegations that the two companies had struck an informal agreement to not poach each other's employees. The Department of Justice launched an investigation into the matter in 2010, but details of the case were only made public for the first time yesterday. TechCrunch was the first to sift through the documents, and has uncovered some ostensibly incriminating evidence against not only Google and Apple, but Pixar, Lucasfilm, Adobe, Intel, and Intuit, as well. According to filings from the US District Court for the Northern District of California, these companies did indeed enter "no poach" agreements with each other, and agreed to refrain from engaging in bidding wars. The documents also suggest that they collectively sought to limit their employees' power to negotiate for higher salaries.

Some of the most apparently damning evidence derives from archived e-mails, including one that Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen penned to Steve Jobs in May 2005. In the message, sent under the subject "Recruitment of Apple Employees," Adobe's SVP of human resources explains that "Bruce and Steve Jobs have an agreement that we are not to solicit ANY Apple employees, and vice versa." Pixar's Lori McAdams expressed similar sentiments in an internal e-mail from 2007, writing: "I just got off the phone with Danielle Lambert [of Apple], and we agreed that effective now, we'll follow a Gentleman's agreement with Apple that is similar to our Lucasfilm agreement." This would suggest, as the DOJ writes, that there's "strong evidence that the companies knew about the other express agreements, patterned their own agreements off of them, and operated them concurrently with the others to accomplish the same objective." The DOJ announced in September that it had reached settlements with the six implicated firms, but a class-action lawsuit is scheduled to get underway next week in San Jose.

DOJ investigation yields fresh evidence against Google, Apple in antitrust lawsuit originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Intuit GoPayment is kicking off 2012 in style with a new free card reader and the beginning of a plan for global domination: first starting in Canada. The swipe card reader will sit atop any iDevice for the small business looking to become a card-friendly empire and comes free when you sign up with the service. The reader and the northward expansion will be available in "early 2012" with much-hyped encryption for your nervous consumers. We're gonna be swinging by the company's booth at Pepcom this night where we're gonna try to get hands-on with the gear, but in the meantime, head on past the break for the press release.

Gallery: Intuit GoPayment Card Reader Hands-On At CES 2012

Intuit GoPayment Card Reader Hands-On At CES 2012

Dana Murph contributed to this report.

Continue reading Intuit GoPayment's got a brand new card reader for its trip to Canada (Update: hands-on pictures!)

Intuit GoPayment's got a brand new card reader for its trip to Canada (Update: hands-on pictures!) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Better watch your back, Jack. Smartphone-payment player Intuit has formed an unholy alliance with AT&T to produce Intuit GoPayment for AT&T (these guys love the sound of their own names) in the hope of muscling in on Square's burgeoning smartphone mobile payments game. Time and money-poor small business people just need to insert the reader into the headphone socket of their phone (or tablet) and fire up the app. The partnership is offering faster deposits, no monthly service charge (mind that 2.7 percent commission per use, though) and the backing of a massive telecoms corporation. The service also forwards email receipts to customers and integrates with Quickbooks to save a further job when it's the end of quarter. The partnership thinks that mobile transactions will be in the trillions and, understandably, want in on that action. After the break you can watch an informative video and read all the gory details in the joint press release.

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AT&T and Intuit square up to... Square (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>AppsATTCommerceCredit CardCredit Card ReaderCreditCardCreditCardReaderE-CommerceGoPaymentIntuitIntuit GoPaymentIntuitGopaymentMobile PaymentsMobilePaymentsmobilepostcrossPaymentSmartphone PaymentSmartphonePaymentSquareTablet PaymentTabletPaymentvideoTue, 08 Nov 2011 12:45:00 EST<![CDATA[Verizon to offer Intuit's GoPayment in retail stores, free after rebate]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/25/verizon-to-offer-intuits-gopayment-in-retail-stores-free-after/http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/25/verizon-to-offer-intuits-gopayment-in-retail-stores-free-after/http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/25/verizon-to-offer-intuits-gopayment-in-retail-stores-free-after/#comments There's nothing worse than missing out on your favorite street meat because you've only got plastic. But even smaller vendors may soon be able to process that dollar hot dog with a credit card, as Verizon Wireless is making Intuit's GoPayment card reader available in its 2,300 retail stores. The small business-friendly machine plugs into a BlackBerry, Android or iOS device to transform the smartphone or tablet into a credit card processing machine using a free app. After a $30 mail-in rebate, the hardware is free with no monthly fees and a 2.7-percent fee per transaction. Merchants who upgrade to the premium version for $12.95 per month will only have to fork over 1.7-percent fee per swipe, bringing the net income on that dollar tube of processed meat to just over 98 cents. Plus, Intuit is throwing in two months gratis for the paid version. Check out the full PR after the break, and don't forget the ketchup and mustard.

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Verizon to offer Intuit's GoPayment in retail stores, free after rebate originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Short on cash but wishing you could stock up on Girl Scout cookies? Then you no longer have an excuse -- at least if you're in Northeast Ohio -- as the local Girl Scout group there has teamed up with Intuit to accept credit cards using the company's GoPayment app (and accompanying card reader) for iOS and Android. What's more, while the Ohio group is the first to sign up, Intuit is now also extending the same offer (which includes reduced transaction fees) to Girl Scout organizations across the US -- something tells us it won't have much trouble getting attracting interest.

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Ohio Girl Scouts accepting mobile payments for cookies, your thin mint craving starts now originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>credit cardsCreditCardsgirl scoutgirl scout cookiesgirl scoutsGirlScoutGirlScoutCookiesGirlScoutsgopaymentintuitmobile paymentmobile paymentsMobilePaymentMobilePaymentsohiothin mintsThinMintsThu, 24 Feb 2011 12:14:00 EST<![CDATA[Intuit now offering GoPayment service without fees through February, also throws in a free card reader]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/12/intuit-now-offering-gopayment-service-without-fees-through-febru/http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/12/intuit-now-offering-gopayment-service-without-fees-through-febru/http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/12/intuit-now-offering-gopayment-service-without-fees-through-febru/#comments Perhaps just to show that it is not hip to be a Square, Intuit has rolled out a serious incentive for businesses to jump on the GoPayment bandwagon. Since we last saw the mobile payment service, the company has decided to offer customers a free card reader (while supplies last) and no monthly service fees in an effort to expand its user base. Primarily aimed at those processing low sales volume, the deal includes $0.15 per-transaction fee. That's half the $0.30 fee for high-volume users, who still get the complimentary reader for signing up, but have to pay $12.95 monthly for the privilege. The offer is exclusively available to new customers, and the gratis reader only works with some phones (far fewer than the number of phones that work with the app itself), but hey, free is free. Let's just hope Intuit's system doesn't suffer from the security problems of its rival.

Continue reading Intuit now offering GoPayment service without fees through February, also throws in a free card reader

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We have some details for you on Mophie's upcoming Juice Pack Universal line. Ready? Okay: available at the Apple Store sometime this month (and at Mophie's website now), all the new models, including Boost ($60), Reserve ($40) and Powerstation ($100), are compatible with all iPhone and iPod touch form factors, while the latter also throws iPad compatibility into the mix. Additionally, Reserve and Boost both feature one amp current (which, as the company points out, means they'll charge your device twice as fast as your standard 500 mAh charger), while Power Station boasts 2.1 amps. Not bad, eh? PR after the break.

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Mophie Juice Packs for iPhone 4, iPad en route to Apple Store originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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According to the DoJ, those arrangements acted as a "significant form of competition to attract highly skilled employees," and it has now filed a civil antitrust complaint today along with a proposed settlement that, "if approved by the court, would resolve the lawsuit." We're also told that some of the agreements were put into place as early as 2005, and they were "formed and actively managed by senior executives of these companies." Yikes. Hit the source link for the full report, and feel free to call back that "Unknown" caller that keeps hitting you up on your Adobe line -- it's probably Pixar with a seven-figure offer.

Apple, Adobe, Google, Intel Intuit and Pixar: now free to cold call each other's employees originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 22:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>adobeanti competitiveAntiCompetitiveappledepartment of justiceDepartmentOfJusticedojGoogleintelintuitjobspixarususaFri, 24 Sep 2010 22:37:00 EST<![CDATA[Mophie Juice Pack family portrait: Powerstation, Reserve, Boost, and Air for iPhone 4]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/17/mophie-juice-pack-family-portrait-powerstation-reserve-boost/http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/17/mophie-juice-pack-family-portrait-powerstation-reserve-boost/http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/17/mophie-juice-pack-family-portrait-powerstation-reserve-boost/#comments Mophie's had quite a few product announcements recently, from an iPhone 4 case / battery pack to a credit card solution with intuit. Hot on the heels of this week's Juice Pack Powerstation unveil, the company stopped by to give us a glimpse of their revised lineup. In addition to all the aforementioned, we also got to check out the Reserve and Boost that formally debuted back in June. We didn't get enough time to really put 'em through their battery charging paces, but we did get pictures -- hey, you're welcome.

Gallery: Mophie Juice Pack family portrait: Powerstation, Reserve, and Boost

Mophie Juice Pack family portrait: Powerstation, Reserve, Boost, and Air for iPhone 4 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continue reading Mophie and Intuit partner to create Complete Card Solution for iPhone, try to make Square look square

Mophie and Intuit partner to create Complete Card Solution for iPhone, try to make Square look square originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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