The Great Apple ID Snafu of 2015 is over. And it apparently cost Apple about US$25 million in lost sales revenue. Over the course of a 12-hour outage between Tuesday and Wednesday, Apple’s iTunes Store and App Store were down due to a DNS error. During this time, users couldn’t purchase apps, songs, movies or […]
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This summer, you’ll be able to use Apple Pay at certain Marriott hotels in the U.S. In addition, Marriott Rewards members will be able to load their Rewards benefits via co-branded credit cards into Apple Pay. The first batch of Marriott hotels to get Apple Pay include The Ritz-Carlton New York at Central Park, The […]
And now, the big kahuna. On Monday, Apple announced the Apple Watch, which will become available for pre-order on April 10. The wearable device ranges from US$249 with a smaller 38mm watch band and goes for US$399 with a 42mm watch band. The Sport model features a stainless steel alloy that’s apparently 80 percent harder […]
As of Thursday, AppleCare has begun providing support for Beats Music customers as well as accepting Apple Pay for payment. Prior to this, support for Beats’ customers went through an alternate service. According to sources, AppleCare staff are now taking Apple Pay as a form of compensation. Support for the Beats music products has been […]
Apple recently announced that more than a dozen new banks and credit unions have added support for Apple Pay, adding to the 98+ banks and institutions that have come on board with the payment plan. The new banks and institutions are as follows: Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union American Airlines Credit Union Bank of Hawaii […]