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Rumor: PayPal excluded from Apple Pay service providers due to relationship with Samsung

It’s inevitable: competition and past legal strife creates some awkward scenarios. Per The Unofficial Apple Weblog and BankInnovation, PayPal was conspicuously absent from Apple’s list of secured partnerships when Apple Pay was announced in September. Now comes word that PayPal was initially part of Apple’s vision of Apple Pay, but that negotiations fell apart due […]

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Rumor: 5.5-inch iPhone 6 variant will feature optical image stabilization feature

If you’re hankering for an iPhone 6 with optical image stabilization (OIS), it may only be available on the rumored 5.5-inch version. Per AppleInsider, a research note published by KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has indicated that while the iPhone 6 will use a middle-mount open-loop voice coil motor, not an OIS VCM. The part is […]