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Apple Pay goes live for U.S. Bank, Navy Federal, PNC, Barclaycard and M&T customers

Christian Zibreg ∙ November 3, 2014

Apple's press release announcing Apple Pay said the mobile payments service would later come to Barclaycard, Navy Federal Credit Union, PNC Bank, USAA and U.S. Bank. Monday, U.S. Bank confirmed in a media release that customers can now start using Apple Pay, followed by a similar press release from Navy Federal and multiple reports from readers confirming Apple Pay working for PNC, Barclaycard and M&T customers.

The iPhone maker's support document outlining supported Apple Pay cards and banks had not been updated at post time with new information.

Southwest Airlines brings free Beats Music streaming to in-flight entertainment service

Christian Zibreg ∙ November 3, 2014

Southwest Airlines on Monday announced an interesting partnership with Apple bringing Beats Music streaming music app to its in-flight entertainment service.

The subscription on-demand streaming music service, which Apple acquired as part of its $3 billion Beats buy in May of this year, is offered for free.

Beginning today, Beats Music is available onboard select Southwest Airlines WiFi-enabled aircraft featuring a library of hundreds of human-curated playlists.

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Companion app hits iOS ahead of tomorrow’s console release

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated January 30, 2018

The official mobile companion app of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has been released in the App Store on Monday ahead of the game's global release on consoles tomorrow, November 4.

Featuring Clan Wars, emblem editor and more, the companion app makes it easy to create and manage your clan, produce in-game player and clan emblems on mobile for the first time ever that sync with the console game and even participate in Clan Wars on your iPhone and iPad.

The app is available free of charge in the App Store.

iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus hitting new countries on November 14

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated November 5, 2017

Although Apple has not yet formally announced the third wave of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus roll-out, 9to5Mac spotted that local carriers in Brazil, Colombia, Philippines and a few other countries are now advertising November 16 availability of the new handsets.

Specifically, the publication was able to verify that local carriers in Brazil, Philippines, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Guatemala, Lebanon, Kenya and Nigeria have so far announced the November 14 availability of the new handsets.

New Microsoft ad pits Lenovo’s Yoga 3 Pro convertible to MacBook Air

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated November 9, 2016

Microsoft's Windows channel on YouTube yesterday released a new commercial painting Lenovo's Yoga Pro 3 convertible laptop as a better portable computer overall than Apple's ultra-thin MacBook Air.

Titled 'Let's Dance', the 30-second commercial is critical of the Apple machine's lack of a touchscreen while praising multi-mode flexibility of the Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro, concluding that once you add the touchscreen to the mix, “it’s game over” because the Yoga 3 Pro proves there’s “more than one way to do what you want”.

Apple retail chief tells employees Apple Watch launching in ‘spring’

Cody Lee ∙ November 2, 2014

Apple's Angela Ahrendts has told staffers that the highly anticipated Apple Watch will be launching in the spring, according to a new report from 9to5Mac. The site says the company's Senior Vice President of Retail and Online Stores recently sent out a video message to employees, where she noted the new timeframe.

More specifically, Ahrendts tells her employees that they are "sprinting a marathon," hinting at the busy times the retail channel has ahead of them. From a transcript of her comments, she says "we’re going into the holidays, we’ll go into Chinese New Year, and then we’ve got a new watch launch coming in the spring."

New report says iPad Pro will be 7mm thin with a 12.2-inch display

Cody Lee ∙ November 1, 2014

Apple's upcoming iPad Pro will feature a 12.2-inch display, and be nearly as thin as an iPhone 6 (6.9mm), according to a new report from Macotakara. Citing reliable sources, the Japanese outlet says the device will also contain stereo speakers, and a microphone, on both its top and bottom edges.

Additionally, the outlet claims that the design of the device is largely based on the iPad Air 2, and it has provided a rough sketch of the tablet, which you can see above. There's not much to the illustration, but there does seem to be a row of what looks like speaker holes across the device's top bezel.

Apple’s ‘iPhone’ trademark is being challenged in India

Cody Lee ∙ October 31, 2014

Tamil Nadu-based company iVoice Enterprise is moving forward with its challenge to Apple's 'iPhone' trademark in India, reports PatentlyApple. The firm has asked the country's Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) to remove the trademark from their registry.

The initial complaint, known officially as a "rectification petition," was filed on October 20, and many figured it would be immediately tossed out. However, today it is being reported that the IPAB is taking the trademark issue seriously, and has asked Apple to respond.

Trent Reznor talks new role at Apple in Billboard interview

Cody Lee ∙ October 31, 2014

Adding to the stack of Apple executive interviews we've seen in recent weeks, Billboard has published an article with Beats' Trent Reznor today, where he discusses his new role in Cupertino and what he's been working on.

Reznor is of course the frontman for the rock band Nine Inch Nails, a film score composer, and the Chief Creative Officer for Beats Music. He came over to Apple with Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine following the Beats acquisition.

Verizon increasing monthly data allotments on some More Everything plans starting tomorrow

Christian Zibreg ∙ October 31, 2014

Just hours after rival AT&T promised to give Mobile Share Value subscribers more data for their money, Verizon Wireless, the nation's leading mobile operator, replicated AT&T's move Friday by increasing monthly data allotments on its $80 and $100 More Everything service plans.

Beginning Saturday, November 1, and running for a limited time, the promotion gives both existing and new More Everything subscribers ten and fifteen gigabytes of high-speed 4G LTE data for $80 and $100 per month, respectively.

Google optimizes Play Music for iPhone 6 screens

Christian Zibreg ∙ October 31, 2014

Another day, another high-profile app receives its iPhone 6 focused update. After Apple optimized the WWDC app for the bigger iPhone screens, the Internet giant Google on Friday refreshed its Play Music iOS client with native display support for the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus screens. The refreshed application has additionally squashed several bugs and introduced “lots of little tweaks”.

Google Play Music is available free in the App Store.

Shared AT&T plans get more LTE data, unlimited international messaging for no additional cost

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated January 27, 2016

The nation's second-largest carrier, AT&T, said on Friday that it will be increasing monthly data allotments for two of its Mobile Share Value plans.

Beginning Sunday, November 2, Mobile Share Value customers will get three gigabytes of high-speed 4G LTE data for $40 a month instead of two gigabytes.

In addition, customers on a pricer tier will be treated to six gigabytes for $70 a month instead of four gigabytes like before.

Furthermore, all Mobile Share Value plans now get unlimited international messaging for text, picture and video for no additional cost.