VENTURE BEAT - Oct 26 - MasterCard is partnering with a variety of appliance makers to make Internet-connected devices capable of payments.This new service is the next phase of a program it launched a year ago called MasterCard Digital Enablement Services (MDES). Initially MDES was what powered Apple Pay on the iPhone 6 and the Apple Watch. Now it’s partnering with General Motors and wearables startups to allow their devices to make payments.