AnywhereCommerce forms alliance with Paytoo and Mobilepaid

Available for download on all common smartphones and tablets, the new app relies on AnywhereCommerce's patented audio-jack technology to transform any smartphone or tablet into a highly secure mPOS (mobile point-of-sale) terminal. Through this technology, merchants worldwide can accept payments made through traditional magnetic stripe, EMV chip, and NFC platforms.

The unique partnership between AnywhereCommerce, PayToo, and Mobilepaid forms the foundation for servicing over 25 million small retailers and more than three billion unbanked consumers worldwide. AnywhereCommerce brings its patented suite of secure mobile card-present payment accepting appliances to the relationship, while PayToo adds its Global Mobile Wallet acceptance solution, and Mobilepaid provides proprietary software technology that transforms any smartphone or tablet into a secure and efficient mPOS device.

"We are delighted to enter into this groundbreaking alliance with PayToo and Mobilepaid," said Mitchell Cobrin, founder and chief executive officer of AnywhereCommerce. "The combination of our respective solutions results in a viable and completely accessible mobile payment application that will directly benefit merchants and consumers worldwide."

The Bosnian, whose double at The Hawthorns in October included a last-gasp winner, guided home a volley after 35 minutes of a Barclays Premier League clash lacking in intensity but not incident.

Both sides spurned numerous chances with City hitting the woodwork twice through Carlos Tevez and James Milner in the first half and Marcus Rosenborg doing likewise for West Brom after the break.

City, although not mathematically certain of second place, made clear Saturday's date at Wembley was their priority as they fielded a team showing eight changes.

Captain Vincent Kompany and influential players Yaya Toure, Pablo Zabaleta and Gael Clichy were rested completely while Sergio Aguero and David Silva were among those on the bench. Joe Hart, Milner and Samir Nasri were the only three men to survive from the stalemate at Swansea, meaning a whole new Ceramic tile.

West Brom made four changes themselves, giving a chance to goalkeeper Boaz Myhill and also bringing in James Morrison, Craig Dawson and Gabriel Tamas.

Aleksandar Kolarov was perhaps lucky to stay on the field when he caught Tamas on the side of the head with a high boot. The Romanian left the field for treatment, later to return bandaged up, while Kolarov escaped with a yellow card from referee Phil Dowd.

City then enjoyed a good spell as Tevez shot narrowly over from the edge of the box and Milner slammed a good chance from a dangerous Nasri cross. Jack Rodwell was then inches away from turning a Kolarov corner towards goal and Tevez rattled the crossbar with a powerful drive from the edge of the box.

The opening goal came moments later as Tevez broke away down the right and clipped back a delicate cross for Dzeko. The Bosnian, guilty of a glaring miss at Swansea, watched carefully and guided a well-weighted volley past Myhill.

The break came at a good time for West Brom and they began the second period with renewed vigour. Rosenborg smashed a free-kick against the bar after being tripped by Javi Garcia on the edge of the area and Hart then saved well from Billy Jones' follow-up header. West Brom applied pressure for a spell but were unable to break through.

A motorist's nightmare is what Pune-Mumbai Expressway has turned into in the last couple of years, with frequent accidents getting reported, most of them fatal.

To ensure lane and speed discipline, the State Highway Police is banking on a new tracking system based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID).

The RFID system that monitors lane driving and speeding on the 96-km Expressway has in-principle approval of the Highway Police, which said cutting lanes and crossing speed limit had caused numerous accidents in the past few years.

Mumbai-based non-government organisation Fulora Foundation has developed the RFID-based system and submitted the proposal to the Highway Police and the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), which maintains the expressway.

Dilip Bhujbal, superintendent of police, Pune division of SHP, said, "Statistics show that lane-cutting or speeding or both are behind increasing accidents on the Expressway. The Fulora Foundation had approached us with the RFID system. We have given it an in-principle approval."

Explaining the system, Arun Sabnis of Fulora Foundation said, "There are eight toll booths on the Expressway. RFID sensors map the vehicle's location and measure its speed. There are RFID tags at these toll booths and at regular intervals. Every time a vehicle arrives at a booth, along with the receipt of payment, it gets an RFID tag, similar to goods sold at shopping malls."

When the vehicle reaches the next booth, Sabnis said, staff there would have all the data on speeding and lane-cutting. Fines will be levied accordingly. The tag will be taken back at each booth and a new one issued. If all goes well, we plan to launch the system initially for state-run buses and other heavy vehicles in the fist week of June."