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Apple customers have used Apple Pay for 10 billion transactions this year, Apple said it at its event Monday at the Steve Jobs Theater on its new campus, called Apple Park. CEO Tim Cook announced the number while promoting new Apple payment services. What’s more, 1 billion people downloaded games from App Store, and more …

And now, for something completely different. Apple’s big launches are usually for shiny new gadgets. But this time, Apple dribbled out some small updates to its iPads, iMacs and AirPods last week to make way for today’s softer reveals at the  “It’s show time!” event rolling out the next generation of its “world-class services.” One of the big points is on-device …

eBay is adding yet another new payment option to its online store. The company said Thursday it will let customers pay for items using Google Pay starting in April. The move continues eBay’s effort to become less dependent on PayPal to process its payments. eBay and PayPal, once part of the same company, split in 2015. Since then, both companies …

Apple and Goldman Sachs will issue a credit card this spring with money-managing features tucked into the iPhone, according to a report. Employees will test the card in the coming weeks before an official launch later in 2019, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing unnamed sources. We got a hint last May that this partnership, which brings both companies into a new …

I was 30 miles from home when it hit me that my purse was at home, and I’d have to spend the day without my credit cards, ID or any cash. The only thing I had — apart from my backpack and puffy purple jacket — was my Samsung-loaned Galaxy S9 Plus review unit as my only source of money …

When Apple warned earlier this month that sales over the holidays were as much as 11 percent lower than expected, it was a shock. Now it looks like a trend. Now playing: Watch this: Apple earnings report confirms iPhone slowdown 5:56 On Tuesday, Apple forecast sales of between $55 billion and $59 billion for the second fiscal quarter, compared with average …

You can now use your Apple Watch or iPhone to pay at more retail locations. The Apple Pay contactless payment service is coming to Target, Taco Bell, Jack in the Box, Speedway and Hy-Vee supermarkets,  Apple said Tuesday. Apple Pay is now supported in 65 percent of all retail stores in the US, the company said. “We’re thrilled even more customers will be …

Apple’s iPhone XR has been outselling the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max every day since the cheaper, colorful phone hit the market last month. Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of product marketing, told CNET in an interview Wednesday that the device has “been our most popular iPhone each and every day since the day it became available.”  Apple showed off its three new iPhones in …

The darling of retailers this holiday season is the smartphone. Following years of less-than-stellar sales through mobile devices, phones have now turned into reliable cash machines for online merchants looking to move as many TVs, toys and trinkets as possible during the busy shopping season. For nearly half of US holiday shopping, phones have become the default device for browsing …

Amazon looks to be trying to become even more involved in shoppers’ lives. The e-commerce giant is pushing to expand its Amazon Pay digital wallet into brick-and-mortar stores, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Wednesday. The service is mainly used online currently. Amazon reportedly wants to partner first with gas stations, restaurants and merchants that aren’t direct competitors. It’s unclear …