Apple Pay launched in Saudi Arabia and the Czech Republic today.
Apple Pay is now accepted in Saudi Arabia and the Czech Republic
Saudi Arabia
Apple Pay has been confirmed to launch soon in Saudi Arabia
According to Apple.com in Saudi Arabia, the mobile payments service Apple Pay is coming soon to the 32 million people country with support from the Saudi Payments Network (MADA).
Apple can now market, sell and develop products in Saudi Arabia
Although the Saudi Arabia Online Apple Store has been up and running for years now, you can't really add products to the shopping basket because Apple isn't licensed to sell its products directly to consumers in the 28.3 million people market.
Instead, the iPhone maker relies on a network of third-party resellers to market and sell products in the country, a common practice in all regions where Apple hasn't yet established its direct presence.
This is about to change as the firm has apparently been cleared to market, sell and develop products directly to Saudi Arabian customers through its subsidiary name of 'Apple, Saudi Arabia'...
Facebook launches free or discounted Messenger access in 14 countries
Facebook on Sunday announced a new promotion that will allow users of Messenger for iOS and Android to exchange instant messages for free or at heavily discounted data rates in select international markets. Partnering with more than eighteen operators in fourteen international markets, the social networking giant said Facebook for Every Phone, basically a bare-bone service for feature phones that is now optimized for chat, is also included in this promotion.
The move arrives just after the company flipped the switch on the in-app VoIP calling feature in its mobile client for iOS and Android devices. Facebook first rolled out VoIP calling in Canada earlier this year, and some parts of the US, via the Messenger app...