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WaterField Designs announces Zip Brief for 12-inch MacBook

The first of the 12-inch MacBook cases has arrived. And it looks pretty nifty. WaterField Designs has announced the Zip Brief, a case specifically designed for the new 12-inch Apple MacBook. The Zip Brief features pockets that cradle the MacBook on one side and accessories on the other, and an angled front pocket holds a […]

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Hardware iPhone News

Updated Touch ID hardware to provide more secure, reliable Apple Pay experience

The Touch ID hardware is about to get better. A report from well-connected insider Ming-Chi Kuo released on Tuesday stated that Apple’s new Touch ID model will improve the Apple Pay experience with fewer reading errors. Kuo, an analyst with KGI Securities, projects that Touch ID module shipments will grow 12.4 percent this year to […]

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Rumor: iPhone 6, iWatch to incorporate NFC wireless payment features

The rumor mill is going at full speed with only five days until Apple’s September 9th media event. This time, the Wall Street Journal has stated that Apple’s next iPhone and its anticipated wearable “iWatch” will support near-field communications technology to enable wireless payments, while the “iWatch” is also said to sport a curved OLED […]

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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 […]

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Hardware iPhone News Patents

Apple looking to replace IR sensors with sonar technology in next-gen devices

Look at it this way: sonar’s been around for a while. And it’s always been nifty. Per the United States Patent and Trademark Office, an Apple patent application published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday describes a system that may one day replace the infrared proximity sensors deployed in current iPhones with […]