You can now use Apple Pay and Google Pay to satisfy your Slurpee craving. The mobile payment systems, which typically run through your phone or smartwatch, have begun being accepted at 7-Eleven stores across the US, the convenience store giant announced Monday. Support for the contactless payments systems is rolling out gradually through September, joining …
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Two of the best phones you can buy, Apple’s iPhone X and Google’s Pixel 2 XL have lightning fast speeds, exceptional cameras and high-end hardware. As the marquee devices of Silicon Valley’s largest tech companies, it’s only natural to compare them head-to-head: design, camera, performance, software and overall value. No phone will ever meet 100 percent of anyone’s needs and, …
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People just kept scooping up Apple’s iPhone X. The company said Tuesday it sold 41.3 million iPhones in its fiscal third quarter. That performance isn’t bad for a gadget that’s been on the market for roughly six months, though it missed the consensus estimate of 41.8 million units, according to Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein. By comparison, the …
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Apple Pay will be there when you have a hankering for a Slurpee. Apple’s mobile payment system, typically run through your phone, will work in CVS and 7-Eleven stores across the US this fall, CEO Tim Cook said on the company’s earnings conference call. They mark the latest retailers to jump on the Apple Pay bandwagon, which is critical to …
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If you’re already an Apple Pay convert, we have some good news for you: The mobile wallet is about to get much more useful. On Tuesday, eBay said it’ll soon accept Apple Pay as payment on it vast online retail platform. Certain retailers will begin accepting Apple Pay in the US come fall, the company said, before a full-scale rollout …
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Apple’s Business Chat feature first launched alongside iOS 11.3 in March. The feature gives iMessage users the option to contact and interact with businesses directly in the Messages app on an iOS device. Since then, more companies have integrated Business Chat, allowing users to contact customer service, place orders, or ask a concierge to do some gift research on their …
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After using the Galaxy S9 or S9 Plus almost every day for the last three months, it’s funny that the phones’ most enviable features — a fantastic OLED screen, great photos from the dual-aperture camera lens, elegantly curved sides — aren’t what I love most about Samsung’s top handsets for 2018. See, it’s the little things that connect a person …
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Sometimes, you just need a friend to convince you that you’re right. Over the past months, I’ve had a few friends who are “lifelong” iPhone users message me and ask about switching away from Apple. They want to break their biannual iPhone upgrade cycle and eschew the new iPhone X for the Google Pixel 2. One of my friends wrote …
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Venmo, PayPal’s emoji-fueled payments app, on Monday introduced a new debit card for US customers. The card will let people pay using their Venmo accounts anywhere Mastercard is accepted in the country. Venmo started a beta program for the new cards last year, and they are now available in limited release. The cards arrive as PayPal works to bring its …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s next pitch is to get you to put your iPhone down. Wait, what? The effort, a response to experts’ and investors’ growing fears about smartphone addiction, is likely to be one of the key themes at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference on June …
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