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Apple to replace iOS app Passbook with Wallet, fold functionality into Apple Pay

Apple Pay will be incorporated into Passbook and become Wallet. During the WWDC keynote, Apple announced that its upcoming Wallet app will replace Passbook, but function in the same way: You’ll still store your concert tickets in Wallet alongside your Apple Pay card information. The program will also store reward cards for stores like Kohl’s […]

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ApplePay wireless payment system introduced, detailed at media event

You’ve been hankering for Apple to incorporate a near-field communication payment system in its devices. And it’s on its way. Per The Mac Observer, Apple announced ApplePay, its mobile payment system, during its media Tuesday. The system requires the just announced iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, both of which include NFC support. ApplePay and […]

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Leaked videos purport to show functioning iPhone 6 units, new 2,915 mAH battery

With only a day left before Apple’s much-anticipated media event, an assortment of leaked new videos show off the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 handset along with a new Passbook icon and a video of the 5.5-inch model’s jumbo 2,915 mAH battery. The videos, released via French web site Nowhereelse.fr and Chinese web site Miaopai, bring new […]

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Apple patent filing hints at NFC, digital wallet technologies

Sometimes it’s the patent filings that really tell you what’s coming down the road. Per BusinessInsider, a newly public patent application from Apple describes a detailed backend architecture for a mobile wallet designed to hold digital credit, debit cards and coupons issued by a range of merchants and financial institutions. The filing describes the system […]

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Rumor: Apple working on e-wallet, could debut technology alongside iPhone 6

It probably won’t come as a surprise, but Apple may be working on its own e-wallet technology that could debut alongside the iPhone 6 this fall. Per The Information, anonymous sources close to the store claim that Apple is accelerating work on a mobile payments system, or digital wallet, that could be ready by this […]