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Apple will one day put an NFC chip inside the iPhone. That’s pretty much a given. But will the fruity company at 1 Infinite Loop also create its own payment system? An iCard, if you will?
The Aussies at Credit Card Compare are trying to answer this question via an infographic that makes the iCard seem as a rea... |
20 December 2012
03:08 GMT |
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Apple developers can now use Passbook badges which, in essence, are nothing more than graphical elements which aid advertising efforts for Passbook-compatible apps. Via the News and Announcements section for developers, Apple is spreading the word that Passbook badges are now available. “Passbook is the simpl... |
20 December 2012
02:30 GMT |
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Fans of the Google Chrome web browser on iOS have a new version to download which opens PDFs in other apps, saves your passes to Passbook, and uses text encoding detection to eliminate garbled characters.
Chrome has been available for iPhones and iPads for a while now, and Google maintains the mobile browser with th... |
29 November 2012
06:31 GMT |
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Months into the release of iOS 6, many users still don’t know what Passbook is, or what it does. The new app puts your boarding passes, movie tickets, retail coupons, loyalty cards, and more, all in one place. Here’s everything you need to know about the service.Using Passbook Apple customers can scan the... |
24 November 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Siri, the personal assistant from Apple Inc., is now your shopping assistant too. Thanks to an update to the official Apple Store application for iDevices, Siri can now help you find prices and offers on Apple products.
Cupertino touts the Apple Store app as “the best way to research, personalize, and buy prod... |
8 November 2012
02:57 GMT |
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Ever wanted to remove the standard iOS apps that you never use on your iPhone? Now you can, thanks to a nifty little hack from RageMasta & macmixing called PassHack.
PassHack uses Passbook to remove stock iOS apps that many people never use on their iPhone, such as GameCenter and Stocks. To install the Passbook shor... |
29 October 2012
19:21 GMT |
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Apple is preparing to leverage iPhones and iPod touches as e-wallets through its EasyPay payment system in Apple retail locations around the world. Passbook will reportedly be the centerpiece of the initiative.
Sources familiar with the situation are telling 9to5mac that Apple is gearing up to seed an updated versio... |
16 October 2012
07:23 GMT |
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We have already reported yesterday that Apple is sued by California-based Ameranth because the iOS 6 Passbook application allegedly infringes its patents, but new information suggests that Microsoft is apparently involved in this saga. Not much was said about the lawsuit, but Ameranth briefly said that Apple violate... |
3 October 2012
07:00 GMT |
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Patent-tracking site PatentlyApple is reporting that a California-based company named Ameranth has filed a patent infringement claim against Apple regarding the new Passbook application in iOS 6.
Ameranth claims to be the rightful owner of "award winning" inventions that “enable the generation and synchronizat... |
2 October 2012
18:31 GMT |
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iOS 6 comes with Passbook, a new Apple-designed application that stores all your tickets and passes in one secure place on your iPhone. It doesn’t do much when you first install the new software update, but it does take you to the App Store to get you started.
Passbook launches to an info screen that tells you... |
20 September 2012
05:45 GMT |
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Accesso, a provider of ticketing solutions for top attractions across North America, will be one of the first ticketing suppliers to support Passbook, a new application in Apple’s upcoming iOS 6.
Offering tickets for everything from theme parks and water parks to zoos, concerts and sporting events, Accesso bel... |
10 September 2012
20:41 GMT |
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A new report from Taiwanese trade publication DigiTimes cites industry watchers who firmly believe that Apple’s iPhone refresh this year will include LTE cellular (4G), as well as Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, opening new opportunities for Tim Cook & Co. to leverage hundreds of millions of iTunes c... |
20 August 2012
05:39 GMT |
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New investigation into Apple hardware code dumps has led 9to5mac to believe that the next-generation iPhone will have Near Field Communication (NFC) controllers directly connected to the power management unit (PMU). That’s right. Apple could become a payment processor by the end of the year, leveraging the hun... |
25 June 2012
07:23 GMT |
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Starting this fall, iDevice owners upgrading to the new iOS 6 will get a new app that aims to become “the simplest way to get all your passes in one place,” including baseball tickets and boarding passes. Passbook is a new service in iOS 6 that lets you scan your iPhone or iPod touch to use a coupon, che... |
24 June 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Google Wallet was supposed to be revolutionary payments service that everyone was waiting for. All you needed was your phone and you could pay for stuff at stores, ride the subway, visit the library, get discounts at restaurants and so on.
Obviously, not much of that has happened and likely never will, for Wallet a... |
12 June 2012
10:21 GMT |
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