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NewsMobile payments leap ahead in the US
Mobile payment technologies are vaulting forward in the U.S. after years of slow advances. The biggest move ahead could occur in September, when Apple...
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BlogsiPhone 5 rumour roundup for the week
For the iOSphere, reading SEC documents is the modern equivalent of the ancient art of haruspicy, reading animal entrails, to learn the future of...
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NewsApple rushed to acquire AuthenTec to introduce fingerprint scanners in iPhone 5, iPad mini – report
In July, Apple snapped up AuthenTec - a company that specialises in security systems such as fingerprint scanners – for a whopping US$356 million....
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NewsApple granted NFC patent for future iOS devices
Apple has been granted a patent for an iWallet application that uses Near Field Communication (NFC) to allow iPhone owners to quickly find bargains....
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NewsApple’s patent trophy case grows again this week
Apple continues to patent whatever it can, creating a litigation arsenal for future lawsuits and this week has been no exception for the world’s...
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NewsiPhone 5 prototypes feature NFC
Apple’s iPhone 5 will include Near Field Communication (NFC) controllers according to a report into hardware code dumps from iPhone prototypes today....
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NewsApple’s iWallet believed to use Bluetooth not NFC
Retail industry analyst Pablo Saez Gil of ResearchFarm is convinced that Apple’s iWallet digital wallet will use Bluetooth 4.0 instead of Near...
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NewsiPhone 4S without NFC poses no problems
Speculation for months suggested Apple would put an Near-Field Communication (NFC) chip in its next iPhone. But when the iPhone 4S was unveiled last...
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NewsMasterCard offers glimpse at future mobile payments
MasterCard has given a sneak peek into the near future of mobile payment systems and said that the Google Wallet application is within weeks of being...
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BlogsAnalysis: Who needs NFC anyway?
Starbucks says it has done just fine using basic barcode scanning technology for its successful US smartphone payment system, which raises the question:...
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HelpFive ways to protect your smartphone
Wave your smartphone; buy a latte. Sounds great, doesn’t it? But before running off to participate in Silicon Valley’s next new thing, you might...
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BlogsGoogle Wallet may be missing key partners
While Google had some notable partners at the launch of its mobile payment platform, the companies that weren’t there could end up determining...
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News 1Google beats Apple to the register with eWallet
Google has unveiled a mobile wallet platform and field tests in New York and San Francisco that will let people with special phones pay for goods...
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NewsApple’s rumoured new product launch predictions
Out of nowhere, Apple is rumoured to reveal a new product over the weekend, sending Apple Stores in the US into lockdown mode on Saturday night to...
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News 1iPhone 5 now iPhone 4S; new screens, flash and chip
It’s a hot news day for iPhone rumours, with The Internets abuzz with murmurings of new features and redesigns. Firstly, the iPhone 5 – which...
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News 3iPhone 5 rumours: NFC, edge screen, A5 chip tipped
With the iPad 2 now safely unveiled, it’s time for the iPhone 5 rumour mill to rumble into production, with gossips tipping wave-for-pay, metal...
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NewsiPhone 5 to skip wave-and-pay
Only a few weeks ago, the iPhone 5 was almost certain to feature ‘near field communication,’ technology allowing users to wave the device over...
