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AppleApple Debuts Credit Improvement Program For Declined Card Applicants
Apple is launching a “Path to Apple Card” program intended to help declined Apple Card applicants improve their credit worthiness, according to...
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AppleApple To Let Developers Challenge App Store Rules, Mum On Apple Pay During WWDC
Apple’s annual Worldwide Developer Conference kicked off Monday (June 22) with Apple announcing new developments for its ever-expanding ecosystem. New software is...
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EarningsApple Earnings Transcend Pandemic Economics
For a company that doesn’t have a retail location open outside of China or South Korea because of the coronavirus pandemic, Apple...
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AppleApple Customers Can’t Get Devices Back Until Stores Reopen
With Apple stores closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, people who left their iPhones or other devices for repair won’t be able...
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RetailAmazon Unveils Fire HD 10 Tablet
With a device that comes at a cost of half as much as the least expensive iPad, Amazon announced a new Fire...
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AppleApple Bug Could Capture Data From Third-Party Keyboards
Apple has sent out a warning about a bug in iOS 13 and iPadOS. “An upcoming software update will fix an issue...
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GoogleApple Devices Can Now Use Google Two-Factor Authentication
Google says iPhone and iPad users can now verify sign-ins with their Android security key, according to a report by TechCrunch. “Compromised...
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Mobile ApplicationsApple To Enable App Development Across Devices
Apple is aiming to make it easier for software developers to make apps for its devices under a multistep program, which has...
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AppleApple Grows Its Health Sector With Doctor Hires
Apple has hired a slew of medical doctors to help the company develop and integrate health technologies into its Apple Watch, iPad...
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AppleApple Expected To Roll Out New iPad, Mac Products At Event This Week
Apple is gearing up to launch new products on Tuesday (October 30), and the Wall Street Journal reported those offerings are expected...
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GoogleFollowing Alexa, Google Assistant Is Now On Tablets
Fans of iPads can now utilize Google Assistant with their tablets. The news come after the company made the virtual assistant available...
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AppleApple And Alphabet Fall In Annual Reputation Quotient Survey
In an annual survey of the reputations of the “most visible” corporate brands, Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc,’s Google fell from the...
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AppleApple Updates App Review Guidelines To Match New Tech
Apple’s new Face ID and augmented reality, ARKit, have unlocked possibilities for both the good guys and the bad guys. The tech...
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RetailTarget Team Switches From Apple To Android
Three years ago, retailer Target officially outfitted employees with Apple gear for stocking and other sales floor-related duties — specifically, iPod Touches in...
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RetailApple Tracker: Gearing Up For The Big Reveal
Get The Goods Apple has finally confirmed its big, annual reveal event for Sept. 12 at the new Steve Jobs Theater on...
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RetailIs Barnes & Noble Up For Sale?
The retail industry has been dealt a big blow over the last decade as eCommerce continues to thrive. One area of retail...
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AppleApple’s Share In Chinese Smartphone Market Falls
Apple’s market share of the Chinese smartphone market fell last quarter, putting the company at risk of falling out of the top five...
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RetailApple To Launch HomeKit Experiences Ahead of HomePod Launch
Apple, aiming to drive demand for its HomeKit app, is launching so-called HomeKit experiences in multiple retail stores around the globe. According...
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ApplePayPal Is Coming To iTunes
PayPal users have a new place to use their mobile wallet — well, PayPal users in Mexico and Canada, anyway. PayPal and...
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AppleThe Over/Under On Apple’s Ecosystem
HomePod If the Amazon Echo is white wine and Google Home is red, then Apple’s new Siri-voiced HomePod is a fine champagne:...
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Mobile CommerceTouchBistro Raises CDN $16.3M In Funding To Expand Its Features
TouchBistro, the payment technology company, announced Thursday (June 1) it raised CDN $16.3 million in Series C funding. In a press release,...
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POS InnovationMobileBytes Launches New Update For Online Ordering
MobileBytes, the point of sale (POS) for iPad innovators, has released its next-generation software update for online ordering. According to PointofSale.com, this...
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RetailApple Rolls Out Special Edition iPhone, New iPad Ahead Of Samsung’s Galaxy Reveal
With Samsung Electronics’ Unpacked event, in which it’s expected to launch the Galaxy S8, a week away, Apple tried to steal some...
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B2B PaymentsUnited Airlines Working With Apple, IBM For Employee Apps
United Airlines wants its employees to be productive on-the-go and is working with Apple and IBM to develop solutions for more than...
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RetailSF Restaurant Serves Dish On iPads
While millennials are a highly coveted demographic in many business sectors, there is one restaurant in San Francisco that is reaching to...
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AppleiPad Air Sales Keep Apple Ahead On The Tablet Market Pack
While the tablet market remains in a bit of a slump, sales of Apple’s iPad Air have helped the company to secure...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsRevel Systems And Punchh Team Up To Enhance iPad POS
Revel Systems, the maker of an iPad point-of-sale management tool for brick-and-mortar retailers, food businesses and other industries, announced on Tuesday (Sept....
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Security & FraudApple’s Future iPhones May Fight Crime
Apple may be getting into the law enforcement game with future versions of its iPhones and iPads. That’s according to an Apple patent that...
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Verifone And Revel Tout Merchant-Friendly POS
Verifone is stretching out its mobile legs at the point of sale. The company announced yesterday (April 18) that its payment services...
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RetailAnalysts Nonplussed About Apple’s Big Event Today
Apple, the consumer electronics giant, is looking to go small. As reported by The Wall Street Journal, Monday (March 21) is the...
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Jury Says Apple Violated Patent Infringement
The judgment in a patent lawsuit could end up taking a financial bite out of Apple. It was reported this week that...
- Merchant Innovation
Revel Systems Raises $13.5M For International Expansion
Revel Systems, an iPad point-of-sale provider, announced yesterday (Aug. 18) that it has secured a major investment to help the company expand...
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Apple’s New iPhone Launch Set For Sept. 9
Apple’s next media event is in the works, and it’s likely to occur in early September. Sources close to Apple have told...
- Mobile Commerce
Braintree Powers Pinterest’s High End Buyable Pins
Pinterest, having launched buyable Pins in early June, said Tuesday (June 30) that the service — through which users can buy products they...
- Merchant Innovation
Apple Patent Swaps Passcode for Selfie
You may soon be able to lock and unlock your iPhone with your face. Yesterday (March 31), Apple was awarded a new...
- Merchant Innovation
Tim Cook Talks Apple Philosophy
For those outside of Apple, anyone’s guess is a good as another’s as to what the company might create next. But Apple...
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Shopify Launches Merchant mPOS App
The Shopify point of sale app has come to the iPhone. The e-commerce software company announced this week that Shopify POS is...
- Mobile Commerce
eBay Releases New iPad App
Ebay has overhauled its iPad app with a photo-heavy look and curated categories to bring the feel of brick-and-mortar discovery to mobile...
- Loyalty & Rewards
Travelers Can Turn Airline Points Into Purchases At Airports
United Airlines has a new payment option that uses Apple iPads to give the airline’s loyalty program members the option to pay for...
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NewsHow One Thief Used 12 Credit Cards To Make One Purchase
In the fight against payment card fraud, law enforcement has always argued that retail must work together with police. But one top...
- Merchant Innovation
Guess What Has A Secret NFC Chip? (Hint: It Begins With An “i”)
When it was announced that Apple was adding TouchID to the next gen iPad, some questioned if it was a precursor to...
- Apple Pay
Apple Sold A Ton Of iPhones In Q3
Apple’s fourth-quarter earnings came in just hours after Apple Pay launched Monday (Oct. 20), with Apple delivering several record-breaking revenue, sales and...
- Apple Pay
The Whole Scoop On The Apple Pay Monday Launch
From his lips to your ears. It’s official. Tim Cook, Apple CEO, said that Apple Pay with be released on Monday (Oct....
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Apple PayApple Pay To Debut Oct. 20?
Apple Pay training documents are now again pointing to Monday (Oct. 20) as the date when Apple wants retailers to start offering...
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Merchant InnovationThe New iPad Set To Drop October 15
Apple will launch two new iPads and release the next version of its Mac operating system at an event on Oct. 21,...
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MobileNordstrom To Enable Apple iPay
Nordstrom will don the wardrobe of Apple’s apparel mobile payment partner, according to a report Tuesday (Sept. 2) in Bank Innovation, which...
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MobileAmex, Visa Cut Apple Mobile Payment Deal
At its launch next Tuesday (Sept. 9), Apple may be able to announce the final elements needed for it to truly leverage...
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Mobile CommerceStart-Up Spring Hopes To Help Window Shopping Go Mobile
New York startup Spring launched its first mobile shopping app on Thursday (Aug. 14), an attempt to recreate online shopping by eliminating...
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Loyalty & RewardsAmazon Rolls Out mPOS, Undercuts Fees From Square, PayPal
Amazon on Wednesday (Aug. 13) introduced its own mPOS package—to be called Amazon Local Register—and focused on the tune it knows that SMB...
