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I may be missing something here but these money transfer services are as safe as cash. They offer to transfer money from your account to someone else's. No representation is made that the other person will deliver value for that money. It's like som…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TheDBA I somehow doubt that it's as simple as you say it is. Mind you I don't know much about stocks and trades but IMO it would be a very dumbass move on Apple's part to simply retire the stock but still let remai…
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softeky wrote: » Oddly today is the first day that I've not seen a pop up dialog box giving me 3 choices "upgrade", "later", and "learn more". I usually pick later (which probably just schedules the next day's reminder). Yesterday out of desperati…
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sflocal wrote: » Daily eh? Please provide an example of what "daily" nag iOS9 gives? I must not be getting that memo. Oddly today is the first day that I've not seen a pop up dialog box giving me 3 choices "upgrade", "later", and "learn mor…
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What I find more impressive is that 1 in 3 device owners are willing to say "no" to the daily upgrade nag that the operating system presents.
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 You have a point. But considering that you need a recent iPhone to make it work that narrows the potential market big time. The market for iPad/iPhone was literally billions. The market for Watch is a f…
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Perhaps Apple can buy its own sovereign island, move its headquarters there, and pay itself taxes every year. I'm sure that creates enough tax exceptions, import/export deal opportunities, currency hedges etc. to keep the rest of the world tied up a…
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chia wrote: » You are not comprehending the situation in the UK and / or what is being written here. UK issued bank cards, i.e. VISA, MasterCard American Express, cards do not require a signature when used to pay at UK terminals, irrespective o…
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chia wrote: » I don't get where you think Apple Pay or any other contactless payment in the UK requires a customer's signature in any situation. The only cards issued by UK banks which will require a signature are the Chip and sign cards specif…
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I don't get it. Either ApplePay is more secure than a credit card (tokenized, fingerprint, spoofless) or it is not. If it is more secure than a credit card why does it make sense to require a signature (that cannot be verified at point of sale) at a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismY I'm not sure, since those original gangsta rappers are so old now they may need a 'hip' replacement. Well, at least a hip-hop replacement.
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amoradala wrote: » I don't understand why American based news companies ( and all Americans in general) don't support Apple. Why are they wishing to see their own fail, and support foreign businesses as preferable ? I don't get it either. I th…
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When I asked my local diner owner (Brooklyn, NY) why he did not have Apple-Pay, he replied it would cost him $1000 to get a reader. He currently has a phone-connected swipe terminal. Regardless of how accurate the owner's statement was, Apple need…
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That approach from Rdio will likely work just about as well as it did for Apple in the 1980s. IIRC, that was just before the IBM PC and Microsoft grabbed 90+% of the desktop market.
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I have recently spent several weeks in the UK and was amazed at how many merchants have the RFID equipment that just works™ with Apply-pay. Hospital cafeteria,, restaurants, gas stations, general stores. The worst problem I had there was a merchant …
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We already have streaming video apps that take control of your iOS device that force the user to watch sponsored content before playing the chosen video. We put up with those useless click-through screens that few people read, before getting into …
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Isn't this the same argument that RealMedia just lost when they objected to not being able to store their music in an iTunes library. I kind-of get the argument that protocols should not fall under copyright regulations. One way to separate the form…
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I would really like to see Apple put in place a program to replace swipe-only terminals with Apple-branded RFID-capable devices at no charge to the merchant. I'm sure it won't take long for Apple to recoup the outlay and it would get a whole bunch o…
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That signature thing bugs me too. It's a rule that is meaningless when no physical signature cross check is required. How does signing prevent fraud unless the cashier asks for ID that has been pre-signed (like the credit card itself)? It has to b…
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They had a Fire Sale in an attempt to counter the Limp Marketing Strategy™. Now they're left with $80M+ of inventory that they cannot even give away for fear of cannibalizing their successor product. I wonder why they think the successor will fare …