Apple May Equip The New iPhone With NFC For Wireless Payments

Near-field communications is becoming increasingly popular to make wireless payments. A number of handset vendors are implementing the technology in their devices so as to entice the users to buy them. The latest flagship smartphone from Samsung, Galaxy S III, also had it included. The question is, will S III’s chief rival, the next iPhone, will come equipped with it as well?

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Apple Plans To Embed Yelp Check-In Option In iOS 6 Maps

Apple is pushing its Maps in iOS 6 big time so as to make them an apt replacement for Google Maps, at least as far as the iOS users are concerned. Whereas Apple’s Maps already came off as fairly decent in terms of looks and functionality, the company is trying to add yet more features to it.

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Apple May Be Changing Search Algorithm At App Store

Apple acquired the app discovery start up, Chomp, a piece of news which was revealed to us back in February. Naturally, the only use Apple could put this acquisition to, was to revamp the process of app searching in the App Store. And now, it seems that finally Apple is doing so by tweaking the search algorithm of the Store.

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Interesting Facts About Apple’s Retail Stores

Apple has been under fire from New York Times over claims that Apple somehow doesn’t pay its retail employees as well as it should. While that remains a normative discussion, we can still give a look to what Apple does pay its employees at Apple Stores. Given below are these interesting facts.

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Rumor: Sharp Will Deliver Earliest Apple HDTV LCDs To Foxconn In Q3

Apple TV and the notion that Apple will launch a TV set of its own did spur a lot of excitement in the tech world. But with time, this buzz has died since Apple seems to be either continuously postponing its plans regarding such a TV set or that all the prior rumors have been untrue and there really isn’t an Apple TV set. The second possibility seems quite unlikely.

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Apple’s App Store Comes To 32 New Countries [Full List]

Apple’s App Store has been a wild success on the web, prompting a number of other tech giants to launch similar online stores. Given its immense success, Apple has been steadily expanding the influence and availability of its App Store to newer locations. Now, Apple has announced App Store for 32 more countries.

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Apple Started Discount Program For Employees, $500 Off On Macs, $250 Off On iPads

A major Apple Employee discount program was announced by Tim Cook in last January, and was said to take effect in June (this year). According to 9to5Mac, Apple has kept its word and started the discount program on June 20. Under the Apple Employee discount program, now Apple employees can purchase a Mac computer with a $500 discount (excluding the Mac mini) and an iPad with a $250 discount.

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Apple vs Samsung: Apple Loses Battle Of 3G Patents In Holland

Apple and Samsung have been locked in a fierce legal battle. And this legal battle is not confined to one place or region but is being played out in a number of places, most notable U.S. and European countries. Whereas Apple scored a victory against Samsung recently by nearly having its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet banned from U.S., Samsung has also been able to bag a victory.

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