The iPad Mini 2 is Apple‘s oldest and most affordable iPad still in Apple’s tablet lineup. It hits that sweet spot between what it offers and what it costs. And it’s a great gift to give (or get for yourself) this holiday season. Here’s why. It’s an iPad The iPad is still the gold standard …
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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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You can give more than just likes now when you watch streams on Facebook. The social network on Thursday introduced a donation feature for its live videos, letting people host streaming sessions to raise money for a nonprofit organization of their choice. Facebook has partnered with more than 750,000 organizations that can receive donations from the new feature. Users who …
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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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Bye-bye, function keys, hello Touch Bar! Apple unveiled its new MacBook Pro on Thursday, with a built-in touch strip at the top of the keyboard where the F-Keys, media controls and escape button used to be. It’s the most noticeable change to tech giant’s laptops in recent years. We discuss if it’ll set the standard for future laptops. We also …
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Bye-bye, function keys, hello Touch Bar! Apple unveiled its new MacBook Pro on Thursday, with a built-in touch strip at the top of the keyboard where the F-Keys, media controls and escape button used to be. It’s the most noticeable change to tech giant’s laptops in recent years. We discuss if it’ll set the standard for future laptops. We also …
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Now playing: Watch this: MacBook gets Touch ID fingerprint scanner 1:00 Apple added Touch ID to its new MacBook Pros today, bringing its killer security feature to computers for the first time. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen fingerprint-scanning on a laptop, but its a first for MacBook users and a familiar feature for those who use Touch ID …
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