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Apple Pay peer

Apple Pay can be used to pay online or at stores, but it’ll soon get peer-to-peer payments, too. That means payments to friends or anyone else you have on your contacts list. The feature was announced in June at Apple’s developer conference, where it was marketed as one of the big upgrades in iOS 11. …

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Samsung Pay could come to non

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Pay makes mobile payments easy 2:51 Samsung Pay on a non-Samsung phone? It may seem blasphemous, but it could be a reality. Samsung is allegedly looking into bringing its mobile payment service to smartphones made by other companies, according to a report by Gadgets 360. Samsung Pay takes Apple Pay and Android Pay a step …

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PayPal joins Chase and Citi to expand your mobile wallet

PayPal is teaming up with both Chase and Citi to make it easier than ever to spend your money, the online payment service announced Thursday. PayPal already worked with JPMorgan Chase, the international financial institution, to an extent. Now, the companies have agreed to expand their partnership.  You’ll be able to use Chase cards to make purchases in brick and mortar …

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Apple Pay tempts China with money

China’s mobile payments market is worth almost $6 trillion, and Apple wants a bite of that. To encourage more Chinese to start using Apple Pay, the iPhone maker is offering up to 50 percent discounts off purchases at participating vendors, many of them Western brands. It’s also rewarding users up to 50 times the usual points for designated credit cards, …

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Use Apple Pay to give national parks a boost next month

Your next Apple Pay purchase might help the country’s national parks. From July 1 to 25, Apple will donate $1 to the National Park Foundation for every purchase made with Apple Pay at Apple’s stores, website or app store, the company announced today. “America’s national parks are an inspiration to us at Apple, and we know they are as important …

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How iOS 11 makes the iPad (mostly) better

Now playing: Watch this: iOS 11 transforms the iPad 2:12 The iPad has slowly been growing up, both through seriously fast hardware and more versatile software. On the surface, iOS 11 promises some features that sound almost Mac-like. I’ve been holding out hope that these will transform the iPad into the touchscreen MacBook replacement I’ve long been seeking. After using …

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iOS 11 public beta: What it does for the iPhone

Now playing: Watch this: The best parts of iOS 11 on iPhone 2:33 The iPhone 8 could end up being an amazing, transformative 10th-anniversary iPhone. At first glance, iOS 11 doesn’t seem quite so ambitious. It’s more of a series of targeted upgrades, with some of them being downright fantastic.  Apple‘s newest version of its operating system for iPhones and …

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iPhone 8 and iOS 11: What Apple’s new software reveals

Hello, iOS 11; and hello, iPhone 8 hints. Tucked into Apple’s announcements at this year’s WWDC conference — especially iOS 11 — are juicy clues about what the software update for your iPhone and iPad might also bring to the next major iPhone. Apple’s iPhone is due for a major overhaul. Last year’s iPhone 7 and 7 Plus drew fire for having …

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Meet payments service Zelle, billed as the Venmo for everybody

Payment services like Venmo and Square Cash have enjoyed lots of attention from the younger set. Now there’s a new option that’s making a pitch for everyone else. This new peer-to-peer service called Zelle officially launched Monday. Zelle will integrate directly into dozens of mobile banking apps, allowing people to send and request money using their checking accounts for free. …

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Forget Twitter, your next airline complaint could be via iMessage

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Brands are about to get a lot more chatty with Apple’s iOS 11.  Apple this week at its Worldwide Developers Conference unveiled its new iMessage Business Chat feature that lets companies connect directly with you in its texting app. It gave more details Friday …

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