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Apple Pay’s UK launch set for 2015, but major banks have concerns
It has emerged that Britain’s top banks and Apple Inc. are in talks to launch Apple Pay in London in the first half of 2015. Rumors started that Apple was expanding their Apple Pay team into London when a job posting was spotted for a payment specialist position in London. According to the Telegraph, negotiations ...
Santa shops at Apple: over half of his mobile gifts this Christmas were Apple devices
In the week leading up to and including Christmas Day, Apple Inc. dominated the festive season. Apple devices and apps accounted for 51.3 percent of all device activations. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. lagged far behind in second place with a 17.7 percent of all device activations, which means that for every activated Samsung device, 2.9 ...
Apple now offers 14-day ‘no questions asked’ refunds for digital purchases in Europe
If you are unhappy with a recent decision to buy a song or app from the App Store or iTunes, then the introduction of Apple Inc.’s 14-day return policy will be good news for you. Mac App Store, iOS App Store, iTunes Store and iBooks Store customers living in the European Union will now have ...
Now Apple wants a piece of the pie as ‘The Interview’ rakes in over $15M
It took them a few days to join the party, but Apple Inc. have now announced that starting December 28, U.S. and Canada iTunes users have the option to rent or buy “The Interview” movie. Apple will join the likes of Google Play, YouTube and Xbox, who announced on December 24 that they would make ...
TripAdvisor fined $611K in Italy over fake reviews
The travel review website, TripAdvisor, has been slapped with a 500,000 euro fine (approximately $611,000) by the Italian Competition Authority (ICA). TripAdvisor has been accused, and ultimately fined, for not doing enough to prevent false reviews on their site and consequently “misleading consumers”. This is the first time in Europe or the United States that ...
KipstR: a 3D-printed wearable that records TV shows when you doze off
A new wristband, called KipstR, wants to make sure you never miss another minute of your favorite TV show because you dozed off on the couch. The 3D-printed wearable acts like a TiVo remote and can pause or record whatever TV show you are watching if it detects that you have fallen asleep. The KipstR ...
LG’s new W-Fi speakers respond to text messages and auto-plays your music
Ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), scheduled to take place in Las Vegas early in January 2015, LG Electronics Inc. has unveiled some innovative new mobile features for its Music Flow wireless speaker system. The lineup includes a new battery-powered portable Wi-Fi enabled speaker, two new Wi-Fi sound bars and a streaming 3D Blu-ray ...
BlackBerry confirms ‘self-destructing’ smartphone in Boeing team up
BlackBerry Ltd. announced on Friday that it is working with Boeing Co. on a high-security Android-based smartphone which can self-destruct if meddled with. “We’re pleased to announce that Boeing is collaborating with BlackBerry to provide a secure mobile solution for Android devices utilizing our BES 12 platform,” BlackBerry CEO John Chen said on a conference ...
Report: Apple Pay claimed 1% of all digital payment dollars in November
Apple Pay, a mobile payments service in relative infancy, is showing impressive early adoption numbers according to a new ITG Investment Research Report on Mobile Payments. The report indicates that Apple Pay accounted for one percent of digital payment dollars during the month of November. To put this achievement in perspective, Google Wallet, launched back ...
Google secretly working on ‘Android M’, aims to connect cars directly to the Internet
In June Google Inc. announced Android Auto at Google I/O, starting the search giant’s big move into automobiles. Android Auto is not an embedded operating system; rather it provides a software layer that allows drivers to control their smartphones via the car’s infotainment screen and controls, regardless of the apps actually running on the phone. ...