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Australia’s largest bank, CommBank announces Apple Pay support coming in January

If you’re traveling to Australia in January, you might like this. While Apple Pay adoption has been somewhat slow in Australia thanks to disagreements between Apple and major banks over access to the NFC chip in iPhones, a large obstacle was surmounted on Thursday. After much negotiation, Commonwealth Bank of Australia – or CommBank – […]

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Rumor: Apple Pay may arrive in Belgium over the next few weeks

This could come in handy if you happen to be on the swanky side of the Atlantic in the near future. Apple Pay is rumored to be arriving in Belgium in a few weeks. A Redditor who claims to work at an Apple Store in Brussels offered the following comment, jump starting the rumor as […]

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Rumor: iPad with Face ID technology in the works

iOS developer Steve Troughton-Smith has come through yet again. The developer has leaked an image of a new avatar generation embedded within an iOS 12 developer beta intended for the iPad that requires a TrueDepth camera system, lending credence to rumors that FaceID iPads are coming sooner rather than later. Troughton-Smith noted that AvatarKit, Apple’s […]

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Preordered HomePod units look ready to arrive on February 9th, software thought to have caused delays

It looks like the HomePod is still set to arrive at February 9th for preorders placed on Friday, January 26th. As of last Friday, customers can still order a HomePod for home delivery or in-store pickup on February 9th, the first day of availability. The steady release date supports the idea that it may have […]

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Apple releases iOS 11.2.5 update, adds HomePod support, security fixes, other changes

This should come in handy. Apple pm Tuesday released iOS 11.2.5 for its iPhones and iPads. The release “includes support for HomePod and introduces the ability for Siri to read the news (US, UK and Australia only).” The company also announced earlier in the day that preorders for the HomePod will begin on Friday, January […]