Passbook

Dunkin’ Donuts implements Apple’s Passbook

Put Dunkin' Donuts on your list of Passbook backers. A confirmation came Thursday that the American global doughnut company and coffeehouse chain is adding support for Apple's Passbook to its free Dunkin' Donuts free mobile app for the iPhone and iPod touch. This enables customers to add their Dunkin' Donuts Cards to Passbook and pay for food, beverages and merchandise at participating U.S. restaurants simply by scanning their pass in-store or at the drive-thru.

Balances are updated immediately after purchase and these passes are also location aware, the company said...

Samsung copies Apple’s Passbook

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Samsung on Wednesday unveiled its own mobile payment solution called Samsung Wallet that looks quite a lot like Apple's Passbook app which is part of iOS 6. Just like Apple's Passbook, Samsung's Wallet too lets you manage your coupons, boarding passes, various tickets and loyalty cards all in a single app and redeem these at a point of sale by showing the digital barcode to a clerk.

Again, just like Passbook, Samsung's solution supports real-time notifications when, for example, event details change or your flight gets rescheduled. Even the Samsung app's icon resembles the look and feel of the Passbook icon...

MLB expanding Passbook support to 13 stadiums this season

Major League Baseball announced yesterday that it will be tripling the number of ballparks that accept digital tickets stored and presented through Apple's Passbook iOS app this season.

This is a fairly big deal, considering that only 4 stadiums supported Passbook ticketing last year. Now nearly 50% of all of them will. Keep reading for a complete list of the new ballparks...

iOS 6.1 restores Passbook Welcome screen, making it easier to find apps

Apple released the long-awaited iOS 6.1 firmware this morning, and the update brought about a handful of changes. iPhones and iPads now support LTE on a number of new international carriers, and Siri can now order movie tickets through Fandango.

The new software also includes a minor change to the Passbook application. It seems Apple has restored the former "Welcome" screen in the app, making it easier for you to discover Passbook-enabled apps in the App Store...

Delta releases new iPad app, updates iPhone app with Passbook support

Good news today for all of you travelers out there, especially those in the Delta camp. The major US airline has just released a new iPad app and updated its iPhone app with Passbook support, iPhone 5 support and other improvements.

On the new iPad app, you can find, compare and book flights, and their are dozens of other useful features. And with the updated iPhone app, you can now take advantage of Apple's new Passbook app to store your boarding pass, and more...

Tesco’s Clubcard unofficially repurposed for Apple’s Passbook app

Apple's Passbook app in iOS 6 has seen an encouraging uptick as various brands continue to implement Passbook support for loyalty and coupon cards and tickets, like Starbucks, mobile payment startup Square, Coupons.com, MLB, Discover, Apple (of course) and a host of airlines, to name a few. Passbook is also used by real estate agents and now Passverse founder Tomas McGuinness has brought an unofficial support for Passbook to the Clubcard from Tesco, UK’s biggest supermarket chain...

Square’s Wallet app gains gift cards with Passbook integration

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's another startup, Square, has made a name for itself with a compelling and competitive mobile payment service which, in my mind, is more straightforward and powerful than Google's Wallet. The company is selling its iPhone payment dongle via the online Apple Store, having released an accompanying Wallet app on iOS and Android on November 8. It supports, among other things, receiving electronic receipts and paying with your own name.

Now, the Wallet app has been recently updated with micro-payments at Starbucks locations and now Square has added a timely new functionality, the ability to send personalized gifts that can be used at about 250,000 businesses supporting Square Wallet as a payment option.

This new feature also taps Apple's Passbook service in iOS 6 so any gift card created with the Wallet app gets automatically imported into Passbook and synced across devices via iCloud. This let you redeem a Square gift card at any of the supported points of purchase via Passbook. How's that for a hands-free checkout?

Discover updates Mobile app with Passbook support

Great news Discover cardholders, the credit card company pushed out an update to its iOS app today that includes support for Apple's Passbook. Discover Mobile 4.10 allows Discover users to turn their Cashback Bonus rewards into eCertificates, which can then be transferred to the digital wallet...

Real estate agents now using Passbook as a business card

The iPhone - and particularly the iPhone's Passbook feature - is quickly making the traditional business card extinct. Real estate agents, huge users of business cards, are now one of the biggest proponents of Passbook as Re/Max Regional Services adopts iPhone-based business cards for its 4,500 agents and brokers. Agents in Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, Southern Ohio and Southeastern Michigan will use iPhone's equipped with a "CardSense" feature that includes a scannable QR code on the lock screen. A QR reading app then grabs a copy of the business card...

Qantas confirms Passbook support for boarding passes in Australia

Airline Qantas Tuesday announced Passbook integration for boarding passes in Australia. Travelers simply check in using their iPhone and select the "Add to Passbook" button when it appears on compatible devices. The national airline says that Passbook boarding passes will be color-coded to match the user's frequent flyer status. Qantas isn't stopping there as it plans on expanding Passbook functionality with live updates and other perks early next year...

iMessage, Passbook icon are now registered trademarks of Apple, Inc.

Apple's iMessage was first introduced at WWDC 2011 and billed as a data-driven communications service for exchange of chat messages, images, contact cards, locations and more between iPhones, iPods and iPads. iMessage also replaced the old iChat client with the OS X Mountain Lion update, enabling Mac owners to interact with other Mac and iOS users simply by using their email handle or cell phone number. Apple originally filed for an iMessage trademark in September 2011 and today the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted the Cupertino firm two registered trademarks for iMessage, in addiction to another one for the Passbook icon...

British Airways working on Passbook integration

Following a brief period of uncertainty, Apple's Passbook system is off to a solid start. Passbook, as you know, is a new app in iOS 6 that stores your digital coupons like various tickets, loyalty and gift cards, boarding passes and so forth. It's also being supported as an interesting loyalty solution via integration with the Apple Store app, Coupons.com, Starbucks, Target and other retailers.

Airlines like Delta and American Airlines support Passbook for boarding passes and others are scrambling to implement it as well. It's been confirmed today that British Airways, the Waterside-based flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, will implement Passbook digital boarding passes in due time...