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Bank of America cites 1.1 million cards using Apple pay, Savers and FoodMaxx add support

Apple Pay is gaining some momentum. Per 9to5Mac, Bank of America, which partnered with Apple to rollout Apple Pay at launch last October, has announced new customer data on adoption of the iPhone-based mobile payment service. The bank’s most recent quarterly earnings reveal that nearly 800,000 of its customers have begun using Apple Pay with […]

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Samsung edges out Apple in holiday customer satisfaction report

Samsung just beat out Apple in terms of customer service this holiday season. Per Engadget and Boy Genius Report, the latest stats from the American Consumer Satisfaction Index, which surveys 70,000 consumers every year, show Samsung slightly beating out Apple by two points with a satisfaction score of 81. Sure, it’s not a huge lead, […]

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Apple to release iOS 8.1, launch Apple Pay today

It’s October 20th. It’s also the day iOS 8.1 is released to millions upon millions of iOS device users. Per The Mac Observer, Apple will be releasing iOS 8.1 later today. The update, which could be fairly large and take some time to download using an over-the-air update or iTunes, will also include the much-anticipated […]

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Apple has yet to respond to 18,000+ signature regarding 2011 MacBook Pro GPU issues

If you have a 2011 MacBook Pro that’s been suffering from GPU failures and glitches, odds are Apple won’t be doing anything about it in the near future, in spite of an impressive petition campaign to see the issue addressed. Per 9to5Mac, an online petition calling for Apple to fix or replace affected machines has […]

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Samsung announces next-gen 802.11ad Wi-Fi technology, cites speeds five times faster than 802.11ac protocol

As much as you may love your 802.11ac Wi-Fi router, it may not be the fastest thing on the block for long. Per Macworld, on Sunday, Samsung announced it’s developing new 802.11ad Wi-Fi technology that can boost network speeds fivefold, from today’s 866Mbps per-device maximum to a blistering 4.6Gbps. At that rate, Samsung says, a […]