In early June of 2016, the trial run of the troubled CurrentC mobile-payment system sort of quietly shut down. The standard, floated by a group of retailers including Target and Walmart, was an attempt to loosen the grip that Apple Pay has on device-based payments. Some of the retailers began offering mobile payments individually afterward, …
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Apple’s latest lawsuit target? Qualcomm. The iPhone maker on Friday filed suit against Qualcomm, alleging the wireless chipmaker didn’t give fair licensing terms for its processor technology. Apple also said Qualcomm sought to punish it for cooperating in a South Korean investigation into Qualcomm’s licensing practices by withholding a $1 billion rebate. Apple wants a court to lower the amount …
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The Apple Watch is a device that can do more than tell the time or put iPhone notifications on your wrist. It can be used to pay for items in the real world, save you in an emergency, act as a fashion accessory and help you track down a misplaced iPhone — to name a few. Here are 11 tips …
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Android Pay, Google’s mobile payments service for phones running the OS, is up and running in Japan, two months after Apple’s rival service went live on the island nation. The launch will allow Android handset owners to use their devices to complete transactions at more than 470,000 locations that already accept Rakuten Edy, a prepaid e-money service, Google said in …
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Call it Apple hearts U2, part two. The gadget giant is expanding its partnership with Red, an HIV/AIDS advocacy organization founded by U2 singer Bono. “Of course corporations should have values, because people should have values,” CEO Tim Cook said in an interview with USA Today. “And corporations are just a bunch of people.” Starting Wednesday, a day ahead of …
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When it comes to taking on Apple, turns out Australia’s competition watchdog isn’t happy about Australia’s big banks banding together to boycott the tech giant over Apple Pay. The ACCC has issued a “draft determination” denying three of Australia’s “big four” banks the power to collectively bargain with Apple over its mobile payments app. While the ACCC will still seek …
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On a Friday this month in Manhattan’s Madison Square Park, I chatted with a handful of people about what it was like for them to buy T-shirts, toothpaste or TVs on their phones. I got an earful. “It’s difficult to move around and look for other options,” Munaf Tinwala, a 42-year-old chemical engineer from Long Island, told me. “It’s just …
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Now playing: Watch this: MacBook gets Touch ID fingerprint scanner 1:00 One of the biggest benefits of having Touch ID on any Apple device isn’t quickly unlocking your phone or computer. It’s Apple Pay. With Apple Pay set up on a MacBook Pro, you can quickly complete a transaction on one of the many websites that have added support for …
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Now playing: Watch this: Is the New MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar revolutionary? 21:32 Apple‘s fingerprint tech, Touch ID, is no longer limited to its iOS devices. The new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar features a Touch ID reader embedded in the power button, just above the Delete key. Using Touch ID, you can do things like approve Apple Pay purchases, …
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Now your thumbprint can donate to charity. In time for Giving Tuesday, Apple partnered with two dozen nonprofits to let people use Apple Pay to make donations. Starting Monday, people can give through the mobile payments service to charities including American Red Cross, Doctors without Borders, Save the Children and World Wildlife Federation. A few nonprofits, such as American Cancer …
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