This is sort of nifty. On Monday, at a technology summit with President Donald Trump, Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly suggested making programming a mandatory subject in the country’s schools. Cook, who was among other tech executives, was among the representatives for the first gathering of the White House’s American Technology Council. Over the course […]
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The most recent volley in the NFC payment war between Apple Pay and the MCX consortium’s CurrentC mobile payment service has been fired. And it has a lot to do with app reviews. Per 9to5Mac, a number of users have expressed their displeasure with the CurrentC app, at the time of writing, the app having […]
The most recent shot in the NFC payment wars has been fired. And it kind of made MCX look like a bunch of jerks. Per 9to5Mac, MCX, the retailer consortium behind the CurrentC mobile payment system, has responded to the controversy over its members being required to block Apple Pay or face fines with some […]
Call it a trade blockade of sorts, but you might not be able to use Apple Pay to purchase items at CVS or Rite Aid for a while. Per the New York Times and 9to5Mac, Rite Aid has joined CVS in disabling Apple Pay as a payment method in its stores. Like CVS, Rite Aid […]