UK-based analyst Juniper Research released a new study Tuesday that showed the number of “contactless” Apple Pay users nearly doubling year over year, with the total number of Apple Pay users reaching 86 million by the end of 2017. Android Pay (Google) and Samsung Pay are also seeing big increases ... Read More »
Google has launched a new Android app called Family Link in a bid to give more control to parents on their children’s Android device usage. The parental control app allows parents to manage what their kids download from Google Play, how much time they spend on apps, and also allows ... Read More »
Apple’s 10th anniversary iPhone — rumors are currently split on whether this will be called the iPhone 8 or iPhone X — is going to do more than push the boundaries of technology. It’s also going to push the boundaries of your budget. According to Fast Company, the special edition ... Read More »
Jerome Lawson, lead singer of R&B a cappella group the Persuasions, is suing Apple over its use of his sampled voice from Jamie xx’s 2015 single, “I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times),” featured in an iPhone 6 TV advertisement. In the suit, filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, ... Read More »
San Francisco: Apple Inc. must face consumer claims that it tried to monopolize the market for iPhone apps from 2007 to 2013 in a class-action lawsuit seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. A federal appeals court in San Francisco revived the proposed class-action lawsuit Thursday after a lower-court ... Read More »
Single sign on (SSO) services are definitely convenient: Think of all the apps on your mobile device that let you log in using your Google or Facebook accounts. Chances are there’s quite a few—over 600 top ranked apps on Google Play use the OAuth 2.0 protocol. It’s definitely convenient to ... Read More »
Hillary Clinton says she is “confident” a new FBI probe linked to her emails will not change its original finding that she should not be prosecuted. The Democratic presidential candidate called on the FBI director to explain the new inquiry to the American people. James Comey earlier said the FBI ... Read More »
The UPI/CVoter daily presidential tracking poll released Monday shows Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton leading RepublicanDonald Trump by 3.07 percentage points. The online poll shows Clinton with 49.46 percent to Trump’s 46.39 percent and 4.15 percent choosing “other.” In the poll, “others” are defined as respondents who decline to pick Clinton ... Read More »
Turkey has suspended almost 13,000 police officers for their alleged links with the US-based Muslim cleric, Fethullah Gulen. The latest wave adds to the 100,000 or so civil servants dismissed or suspended since July’s failed coup. Mr Gulen denies the government’s accusation that he or his supporters orchestrated the coup. ... Read More »
The Messages App Store has grown to more than 1,650 applications and sticker packs in the nine days since iOS 10 launched to the public, according to new data gathered by Sensor Tower (via TechCrunch). Unsurprisingly, the most popular type of Messages app is the sticker pack, which accounts for ... Read More »
