Apple Maps is gathering data in Hong Kong for street-level Look Around imagery
After countries such as New Zealand, Apple’s imaging vehicles have now been spotted roaming the streets of Hong Kong for an upcoming Look Around expansion.
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Apple Pay now supports Hong Kong’s popular transit and retail Octopus card
Octopus, the popular transit and retail contactless card predominantly used in Hong Kong, is now integrated with Apple Pay for residents of Hong Kong.
Apple Maps real time transit directions now available in Hong Kong
Residents of Hong Kong can now use Apple Maps to search and get transit directions for metro trains, buses and ferries. However, indoor station mapping is currently unsupported,
Apple pulls Hong Kong protest app and Quartz news app at the behest of Chinese government
Apple pulled two apps from App Store due to government demands, including a “poisonous” app state media says made Apple an accomplice in the Hong Kong protests.
Apple Pay is coming soon to Hong Kong’s Octopus transit card system
Apple’s mobile payment service is coming to Hong Kong’s popular Octopus contactless transit cards. Launching this fall, the system will let people tap their device on an NFC processor and be on their way, no need to authenticate with Face ID or Touch ID whatsoever.
Apple will launch HomePod in China and Hong Kong in early 2019
HomePod is officially launching in mainland China and Hong Kong in early 2019, according to Apple itself.
New HomePod 12.1.1 update brings group FaceTime indicator & support for new regions
The LEDs on your HomePod will now illuminate when in a group FaceTime call. And as a cool bonus, customers in Hong Kong and mainland China can now enjoy their HomePod fully thanks to expanded regional support.
Apple Pay expands in Hong Kong with support from Amex, Visa and MasterCard
Apple Pay expansion in international markets has accelerated lately, with the mobile payment system launching in France yesterday and now, just 24 hours later, in Hong Kong. According to Apple Pay’s Hong Kong website, the service is supported at launch by all three major credit card companies: Visa, American Express and MasterCard, with cards issued by Hang Seng Bank, Bank of China (Hong Kong), DBS Bank (Hong Kong), HSBC, Standard Chartered and AmEx.
Grand opening of fifth Apple Store in Hong Kong scheduled for June 30
Hong Kong, a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China, will get its fifth Apple retail store a week from today on Thursday, June 30, Apple announced today. Located inside the New Town Plaza shopping mall at 18 Sha Tin Centre Street, the store will be open seven days a week between 10:00am to 10pm local time.
Apple Pay confirmed to expand to France, Hong Kong and Switzerland
During yesterday’s WWDC 2016 keynote, Apple has confirmed that its mobile payments service is officially launching later this year in France, Hong Kong and Switzerland. Local Apple Pay webpages in these countries have already been refreshed to acknowledge the forthcoming launches in partnerships with Visa, MasterCard and American Express and detail participating banks and merchants.
Spotlight Suggestions expand to seven new countries, including India and Hong Kong
Spotlight Suggestions, a feature that recommends content from the Internet when searching with Spotlight on an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad with iOS 9.0+ or a Mac running OS X 10.11 El Capitan or later, has expanded to seven additional markets: Hong Kong, India, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and United Arab Emirates.
Counting these regions, Spotlight Suggestions are now available in a total of 26 major markets around the world, listed on Apple’s iOS Feature Availability webpage.
Apple discounts iPhones, iPads and more in Lunar New Year Sale
As promised, Apple kicked its ‘Red Friday’ sales event off today in several Asian countries to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Unlike the recent Black Friday event it held here in the US, Apple is offering cash discounts on its products—not gift cards.
Also different is the fact that the Red Friday promotion includes price cuts on all current iPhone models and the new Retina iPad mini. Apple doesn’t usually discount its handsets, as they are extremely popular and provide (by far) the largest margins…
