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Ultra Wideband feature availability expands to additional countries

If you’re traveling this year, there’s a decent chance you can now use the Ultra Wideband functionality in additional countries. The Ultra Wideband functionality found in the Apple Watch Series 6, iPhone 11, and iPhone 12, has now been expanded to additional countries, including Argentina, Pakistan, Paraguay, and the Solomon Islands. Apple is not allowed […]

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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 launches in Iceland, Portugal and the Netherlands thought to be next in line

If you’re headed across the pond, this will come in handy. Apple pay launched on Wednesday in Iceland, with Landsbankinn and Arion banki as its supporting partners. International payment solutions company Valitor is said to have played a key role in bringing Apple Pay to the country, with Landsbankinn and Arion banki among the first Icelandic banks to announce support for the digital […]

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Rumor: Apple Pay expected to launch in Germany this week

If you’re in or headed to Germany, you’re going to like this. According to the rumor mill, Apple Pay will make its long-awaited German launch this week. The report, published by German blog Macerkopf, cited unnamed sources within German banking circles, who indicated that the launch will likely occur on Tuesday with mobile bank N26 […]

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Apple Pay picks up 25 additional financial institutions in United States, Russia, and Ukraine

Apple Pay has picked up a new batch of banks and credit unions, this time in the United States, Russia and the Ukraine, where you can pay with iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac. The United States financial institutions are as follows: Bank of Holland Bank Of Walker County CapStar Bank Edge Federal Credit Union