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The dockless bike share system is accepting Apple's mobile payment system. They're celebrating by giving out two-hour ride coupons.
The first venue to test the new feature was in the Napa Valley as the BottleRock music festival, allowing customers access to an instant pick-up window.
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Apple Pay is currently all that can be used through the NFC chip on all modern iPhones, but that could soon change as early as this fall.
If you pay with Apple Pay for some furniture or clothes or trips, you'll be able to notch some nice discounts for the next couple of weeks.
Apple Pay is signing up millions of users per month and some of them are coming to the mobile payments platform with a white flag hung high.
The long-awaited release of Apple Pay in Brazil is limited to one bank, while thousands of local retailers and dozens of apps and websites will support the service right off the bat.
Samsung Pay is narrowly ahead of Apple Pay in terms of the number of global markets supported, even if the latter has made a much earlier debut in Italy.
The Korea-only LG Pay digital wallet platform has its sights set on the US market, according to reports, where it might be renamed as LG Wallet during H1 2018.
With 20 participating online retailers, this means that customers can get $100 in free apps and media in the App and iTunes Stores.
The iMessage app can be deleted, but, for some reason, can't be re-downloaded anyhow unless the user factory resets the device.
iOS 11.2 is now live and so is Apple Pay Cash, Apple's answer to PayPal within its Siri, iMessage and Apple Pay ecosystems.
The update came out days early to fix a trigger for iPhone and iPad crashes that would have come on December 2. It's still unknown how this bug exists.
Peers can send money to each other through iMessage and use whatever money they put into the system with Apple Pay merchants.
There are now 20 markets around the world where you can use Apple Pay for fast, easy and secure mobile payments, including Denmark, Finland, Sweden and UAE.
The MTA will work to convert every turnstile and bus over to a new NFC-based admissions system, saving people time at vending machines and at turnstiles.
Android Pay, Apple Pay and Samsung Pay users or those with the Wells Fargo Wallet app can simply tap into an ATM, enter their PIN and withdraw.
Owners of a large number of "old" iPhones, iPads and even the latest iPod Touch generation can officially update today to the first public iOS 11 build.
If you've been paying attention to the developments coming out of the firmware of the HomePod, the iPhone 8 has pretty much been spoiled for you.
A bunch of new info on the upcoming iPhone 8 has been discovered by taking an even closer look at HomePod firmware, including more Pearl ID details.
Within the repositories for the HomePod comes these mentions of "pearl" when it comes to authenticating contactless payments on the iPhone 8.
Official Apple Pay support will continue to spread to new territories around the world by the end of 2017, including in Denmark, Finland and Sweden.
If using your PayPal balance feels more convenient than tapping into your credit or debit card, Samsung Pay now supports the option, just like Android Pay.
In the US, Apple Pay now has the support of over 1,900 financial institutions and retail loyalty programs. A new bank in the UK and China join in.
