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PayPal is eager to integrate Touch ID

Little was said about Touch ID in the WWDC keynote except that the API would be opened to third-party developers for use in iOS 8. Craig Federighi did show a nice pie chart claiming that since the introduction of Touch ID on the iPhone 5s, 83% of users now use passcodes, up from the 49% that […]

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Does Clinkle have a shot at competing in the mobile payments game?

So, you may be asking, “What is Clinkle?”. It would be a good question too since there hasn’t been a lot said about it given Clinkle’s “cloak of secrecy” about its development. In fact, during its beta period (still ongoing), employees were allowed to offer the service to friends and family with the specification that none […]

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Possible Amazon phone teaser video surfaces

It may be a teaser video, but it could hint at something interesting. Yesterday, Amazon released a teaser video for an unspecified product. The users’ reactions, which range from impressed to awed, do nothing to indicate what it is, but scuttlebutt has it that this may be Amazon’s long-awaited smartphone. Take a gander, let us […]

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1Password updated to 4.4.1

Even a minor update to 1Password brings a hefty list of changes. On Thursday, AgileBits released 1Password 4.4.1, the newest version of its password security utility. The new version, a 40.8 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: New: – Added support for the WhiteHat Aviator web browser. Improvements: – 1Password will now keep […]

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Your next Apple headphones may have a Lightning connector

According to 9to5Mac, Apple has quietly introduced a new specification in its Made-For-iPhone/iPad/iPod (MFi) program that allows headphones that connect to iOS devices use a Lightning connector instead of the usual 3.5mm headphone jack. The ability to use such hardware doesn’t exist on iDevices yet, but a software update sometime in the future will likely enable […]