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The new mobile payment system, Apple Pay, is being used by criminal gangs to buy high-value goods, often from Apple Stores, with identities and credit card details that have been stolen. With around two million Americans already using the system, this is a big security issue. Apple Pay was introduced... Read more
The last time I checked, which was a few months back, Apple had a capitalisation of around $603 billion. That’s not a small value by any stretch of the imagination. Even so, when a company such as Apple lose in a court case, it’s going to hurt the pocket... Read more
In a direct challenge to Google and Apple, Samsung are to launch the Samsung Pay mobile payments system. On Sunday, the world’s biggest maker of Android phones started a major campaign to challenge Apple Pay and Google Wallet. The electronics firm said it will not be long before they... Read more
Apple’s CEO Tim Cook is on a tour around Europe before the launch of the Apple Watch, the company’s first product launched under the new CEO. The success of the Apple Watch will mean more than an additional bit of revenue for the company, as many consider Apple lacking... Read more
Apple Watch Event Scheduled For March 3
News February 27, 2015
Apple has scheduled a new event with the words “Spring forward” at the bottom of the invite, most likely an introduction to any new features on the Apple Watch before launch next month. The Apple Watch was revealed in October and developers have been able to work on a... Read more
Apple CEO Tim Cook has been visiting Europe to check up on Apple’s progress in the region, according to new reports. While in Germany, Cook apparently revealed Apple Pay would be available across all of Europe by the end of the year. The chief exec reportedly spilt the beans... Read more
Apple’s been hard at work on their next mobile and desktop operating system updates, and while we don’t yet know everything that’s coming with those updates, we do know at least one thing they’ve been creating: Ethnically diverse emojis. In other words, they’re making more than just “white people”... Read more
Microsoft OneNote For iPad Adds Handwriting Feature
MobileSoftware Reviews February 24, 2015
Microsoft recently announced a long-awaited addition to its functionality for iPad devotees, and that’s the addition of handwriting capability to its popular OneNote app, specifically addressing the needs of tablet users. OneNote has allowed this feature already for different touch-screen computers, but this marks the incorporation of the stylus-driven... Read more
If you happened to buy a certain MacBook Pro between February 2011 and December 2013, you may be eligible to have Apple repair it for free due to a problem dealing with video playback. Apple has revealed that certain MacBook Pro models between those years have some hardware problems... Read more
Apple Orders 5 Million Apple Watch Units For First Round of Sales
News February 19, 2015
Apple is preparing five million Apple Watch units for the first round of sales, set to start on April in North America, Europe and some South-East Asian markets. The order of units reportedly includes 2.5 million Apple Watch Sport units, 1.6 million original units and 900,000 Apple Watch Edition... Read more
Apple Watch Will Not Feature Advanced Health Sensors
News February 18, 2015
The Apple Watch does not have one key feature, instead it has lots of new features to make the wearable appeal to all types of buyers, from fitness fanatics, to people who want a better way to read notifications. Even though it is a broad playing field for what... Read more
Apple Working On Self-Driving Car
News February 17, 2015
Rumors of Apple’s automotive project are spiralling out of control, ever since a photo of a minivan registered to Apple’s HQ in Cupertino was spotted on the streets. In a new report, Apple might be implementing an autonomous component to its car, offering a hands-free feature alongside regular driving.... Read more
Smartphone theft is a big issue; but there is relatively new fight against the war and it looks like the stats show it is winning, for the moment anyway. With pressure from the communications industry and government regulators alike, the decision to implement a ‘kill switch’ in Apple’s flagship mobile... Read more
Apple Employees Charged in Complex Gift Card Theft
Internet February 11, 2015
Stealing is bad. Which ever way you chop it up and change it around, the fundamental act of theft is wrong. Stealing from your employer is also really bad. The law in some countries, state that theft from your employer also carries the heavier issue of breach of employers’... Read more
With the ability to pay for your goods and services in so many different ways these days, it was only a matter of time before the tech giants figured out they are going to make lots of revenue from NFC mobile payments. Both Google and Apple have entered the field... Read more
Need To Recover Lost iOS Data? Try iFoneBox
MobileSoftware Reviews February 10, 2015
Have you ever been in the unfortunate circumstance where you wreck your iPhone? Well, let me tell you, it’s not pretty; smashed screen, unable to turn on your device properly, and maybe worst of all, you haven’t made a backup in a while or you have but you can’t... Read more
Apple is apparently scaling back from two large updates to the iOS platform this year, content with bug fixes, stability issues and an overall performance buff for users of the forthcoming iOS 9. Two years ago, Apple launched iOS 7 with the fully redesigned look, followed in 2014 by... Read more
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but one eBay user has learned the hard way certain pictures aren’t even worth the paper they’re printed on. eBay member Paul Barrington decided to buy a MacBook on the auction site for what he thought was a good price... Read more