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Apple Black Friday through Cyber Monday sale gets underway

Apple’s annual four-day Black Friday through Cyber Monday shopping event has now begun in the United States and select other countries. The sale allows customers able to receive a free Apple gift card with the purchase of select products through November 29. Participating countries include the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Ireland, […]

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Apple Maps vehicles sighted in additional countries and regions, appear to be collecting Look Around data for Maps application

Apple has apparently begun snagging Look Around footage in several additional countries and regions this summer. The effort, which is being performed via Apple Maps vehicles equipped with LiDAR gear, have been sighted in Austria, Switzerland, and Hong Kong. The vehicles have also returned to Belgium to survey additional regions after focusing on the Brussels area […]

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Apple apparently hiring staff to help expand Siri’s language base

Siri could start understanding and using a variety of additional languages in the near future. Apple has apparently begun hiring Siri Annotation Analysts, with a focus on including languages from Ukraine, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, amongst others. Per MacRumors: Apple’s office in Cork, Ireland is hiring people fluent in Ukrainian, Hungarian, Slovak, Czech, […]

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Apple Pay looks close to launching in Luxembourg, Hungary

Apple Pay’s expansion continues, and amidst recent launches in Poland, Norway, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, Saudi Arabia, Austria, and Iceland over the last year, it looks like the service will likely roll out in Hungary and Luxembourg in the near future.  The launch seems to be forecasted by the usual server-side changes that go […]

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Apple Pay sighted in use at Czech Republic, Saudi Arabian banks

Apple Pay has apparently begun rolling out in both Saudi Arabia, with a number of users reporting its presence in these counties. Although Apple’s list of participating banks has yet to be updated for either country, Apple Pay has been seen in use at the following banks Czech Republic Air Bank Česká spořitelna MONETA Money […]