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Save $5 on the new Purewrist Go wearable payment bracelet

It goes without saying that we need new ways to do certain things — ways that help minimize the spread of potentially deadly germs. Here’s one: a contactless payment system, something that eliminates the need to, say, hand a credit card to a cashier or touch a processing terminal. Purewrist Go is one such solution. …

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Apple Pay can now be used at all Manhattan subway stations and buses

You can now use your iPhone or Apple Watch to pay for a ticket to ride in New York, with the contactless payments capability added to all subway stations and on all buses in Manhattan. It will be made available across the rest of New York by the end of 2020, the New York Metro Transportation Authority said Tuesday.  You can …

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You can now pay for parking directly in the Google Maps app. Here’s how

Drivers in Austin, Texas, can now use Google Pay directly within the Google Maps app on iOS and Android to pay for parking. The new feature, part of a partnership with transportation software company Passport, will become available in more states in the coming weeks.  “We’re excited to work with Passport to help drivers in Austin pay for parking more …

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Samsung Pay’s best feature no longer beats Google Pay. Here’s why I made the switch

With the occasional exception of retrieving a credit card from my wallet, I’ve barely reached inside my purse since mid-March when I began to work from home and shelter in place. One arm of my sunglasses hangs lazily over the side, next to a soft cleaning cloth that’s also draped over the edge. It isn’t just the coronavirus lockdown that’s turned …

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Slack hits Microsoft with EU antitrust complaint

Slack filed an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft in the European Union on Wednesday. The workplace messaging company said Microsoft linking its Teams collaboration software to its Office programs violates competition law. Microsoft forces people using Office to install Teams, stops them from removing it and won’t let the software work with some of its rivals’ programs, Slack alleged. It wants …

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If you lose your iPhone, you can still use your Apple Card. Here’s how

Have you ever lost your iPhone? It’s a horrible experience. And when Apple first launched the Apple Card, the company’s own credit card that’s stored on and tied to your iPhone, losing your phone became even more stressful. Or it was until early July, when Apple launched an Apple Card website for managing your credit card. Previously you could only manage …

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An Apple Watch Series 5 makes a great graduation gift for just $300

This story is part of Father’s Day Gift Guide, featuring our top picks for dads who love tech. For the last few months of the pandemic, time may have seemed to have stopped moving, but your kids can tell you most assuredly that they’ve spent an entire semester at home, social distancing. Now it’s graduation season, and many schools across …

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App Clips for iOS 14: There’s an app for that, but you don’t have to download it

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple announced App Clips for the new iOS 14 at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday. App Clips let users preview “small parts” of apps quickly without downloading them. The new feature is meant to help users discover more of what the App Store …

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Apple gives thumbs up to Hey email app after update rejection

Apple approved an update for subscription-based emailing app Hey over the weekend, after rejecting one last week, developer Basecamp said on Monday. It came as Apple prepared for its Worldwide Developers Conference event on Monday.  Basecamp tweeted that updates had been rejected multiple times, as noted by TechCrunch, apparently because it didn’t offer an in-app purchase for the full $99-a-year …

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Verizon’s new Visa card gives wireless customers more ways to save

Verizon is getting into the credit card business. On Monday the telecom giant announced that it will add a Verizon Visa Card to its portfolio of products, with the new credit card offering an additional 2% back on purchases and payments made through Verizon.  The card, which is issued by Synchrony and available to Verizon wireless customers starting June 26, …

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