Apple Pay comes to dozens of additional U.S. banks and credit unions
FreedomPop’s new SIM offers unlimited WhatsApp usage + 200MB data & 100 voice minutes completely free
Carrier FreedomPop has long been trying to tempt wireless users to its low-cost services by offering free and low-cost data and voice packages. Today, the company sweetens the deal with the launch of a new WhatsApp SIM that offers free unlimited access to the messaging app without a data plan.
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Automatic’s latest car adapter includes subscription-free 3G & customizable notifications
In a move that seems tailor-made for parents who want to ensure their kids are driving safely when they borrow the car, the latest car adapter from Automatic logs driving style even when you’re not in the car. Data is transmitted via a built-in 3G connection, with no data plan or subscription required …
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Apple’s Reliability Director is going to Tesla to scale up production with iPhone-like dependability
With some high profile exceptions, it is generally accepted that Apple ships some of the most reliable high-tech products out there – at least if you believe the customer satisfaction reports. Things are far murkier for Tesla in that department, especially at its relatively early age. more…
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Microsoft back to mocking the iPad in its latest Surface ad [Video]
Apple says all 14 final assembly sites in China now zero-waste; glass supplier uses 100% renewable energy
Apple has announced that all 14 of its final assembly plants in China are now zero-waste compliant, meaning that none of the waste is sent to landfill. Waste products are instead recycled, re-used, composted or burned to generate energy.
Typically, paper and cardboard are sent to paper mills for recycling, glass & metal is melted for re-use, plastic is recycled into packaging materials and food is composted …
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First Apple Store in Austria on the way, says paper, on upmarket shopping street Kärntner Straße
Austrian newspaper derStandard is reporting that Apple is close to finalizing contracts to open its first Apple Store in the country, on the upmarket shopping street Kärntner Straße in Vienna. Kärntner Straße (shown below) is described as ‘a magnet for international brands,’ with most major retail chains having a presence there.
The company is said to be taking over the flagship premises occupied by fashion company Esprit …
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‘Reliable source’ says this year’s iPhone will indeed be called the iPhone 7, no iPhone Pro
With everyone (ourselves included) using the term ‘iPhone 7’ to refer to this year’s iPhone, it can be easy to forget that the name isn’t a given. With the new iPhone expected to be only a minor iteration on the iPhone 6/6s design-wise – effectively a second ‘S’ year – there have been suggestions that Apple might use some other naming scheme to reflect the fact.
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As Apple expected to adopt Lightning for audio, Intel says USB-C is instead ‘the right connector’
With Apple looking all but certain to be dropping the 3.5mm headphone socket in favor of audio via the Lightning socket of the iPhone 7, Intel backs the move to digital audio but suggests Apple is using the wrong connector, at least in its iOS devices.
The chipmaker has announced that it will be adding digital audio to the USB-C spec later this year, reports CNET, and that this will be ‘the right connector for audio’ …
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Retail head Angela Ahrendts attends opening of new Apple Store at the World Trade Center
Yesterday evening, we shared a handful of first-look images and videos of Apple’s new retail location in the World Trade Center, but the store officially opened to the public earlier today. Given the landmark size and location of the store, Apple’s retail head Angela Ahrendts was in the house for the opening.
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