UK Apple Pay transactions won’t be limited forever
When Apple finally confirmed it was launching Apple Pay in the UK, questions over how it would operate immediately surfaced. Between supporting banks and retailers, it became clear that transactions will be capped at £20, the same limit that contactless bank cards enjoy, putting a downer on people’s plans to use Apple’s NFC payment service for a weekly shop. After staying relatively quiet since the launch, Apple has finally spoken about the matter, launching a new FAQ to clear up what exactly will happen when the July launch rolls around.
As we know, Apple Pay will work with the contactless terminals used by thousands of retailers all over the UK. That means the large majority customers will be forced to stay under the £20 limit, which rises to £30 in September, if their iPhone or Apple Watch comes into contact with an older machine. Apple Pay is built to work beyond those limits, it’s just that not all retailers will have upgraded their hardware to support a technology known as “Consumer Device Cardholder Verification Method”.
If a shop has this payment processor in place, it’s as simple as holding your iPhone or smartwatch to a contactless terminal and using Touch ID to authenticate the transaction. Despite being ahead of the US for so long in terms of contactless payments, it’s going to take a while for UK retailers reach parity with their American counterparts. However, it’s very likely that some of Apple’s launch partners will have already taken those steps, ensuring you can buy a coffee, send some letters or grab a cheeky Nando’s without worrying about whether it comes in under the limit.
Filed under: Cellphones, Internet, Software, Mobile, Apple
Via: 9to5mac
Source: Apple
Climb ‘El Capitan’ with Google’s first vertical Street View
Google has taken us to some high places before, but it just gave Street View users a climber’s-eye-view of a sheer cliff for the first time. Amusingly, it chose to kick off the project at Yosemite’s “El Capitan” rock face, which, if you’ll recall, is the name of arch-rival Apple’s latest OS X version. We doubt it was a ‘dig,’ however, since the vertical 3,000 foot formation is the most famous rock climbing site in the US. To get the images, Google partnered with with Lynn Hill (the first person to free-climb El Capitan’s treacherous “Nose”), speed-climbing champ Alex Honnold and Tony Caldwell, who recently conquered the brutal “Dawn Wall.”
After figuring out how to wrangle the cameras up the hill, the group created several different Street View routes. The first one features multi-view images of all the climbers situated on famous spots on the the cliff face. Another shows the entire vertical route of the Nose, after Honnold “pretty much ran 3,000 feet up with photographer partner Brett Lowell.” Other views were taken by Caldwell on the ultra-challenging “Dawn” wall when he was figuring out how to rig Google’s camera equipment.
Finally, the group created the Yosemite Treks page, letting you work your way 3,000 feet up El Capitan’s nose and see the sights along the way. There’s also climbing information and tips about “hand jams” and other info from all the experts. I gave it a spin myself, and the spectacular, vertigo-inducing images are some of the best I’ve seen on Street View. To check it yourself, start here.
Source: Google
Google brings “Undo Send” feature to all Gmail users on the web
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Ever written a nasty email to someone and hit the send button to only regret doing it in that split millisecond after you realize it sent? Maybe you have a bad habit of shooting over an email with the wrong attachment, or no attachment at all. I have done it more than once, usually on the work email through Microsoft, which is serious pain in my ass. Google is now out to save your bacon with a feature in Gmail that has finally made its way out of the “Labs” section with “Undo Send” ability.
Enabling the function is pretty straight forward. First, head to the small cog in the upper right hand corner, select Settings, then scroll partway down to where you see the “Enable Undo Send” option. Simply place a check mark in the box and you are set. You can also give yourself a little more leeway in terms of time to pull the email back with time limit settings of 5, 10, 20 or 30 seconds. 30 seconds is about right to re-nig on an email. However, I would really like the ability to be open-ended if it hasn’t been read yet. Beggars can’t be choosers though.
The function isn’t available on mobile yet, so stick to the desktop for your potentially important redaction letters. However, if you are a user of the Inbox by Gmail sub-set of users, you do have this handy ability. As a side note, those of you that live dangerously and already had it turned on in Labs, won’t need to do anything as Google left it enabled for you guys.
Source: Google Via Android Authority
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US Cellular second to the gates with Android 5.1.1 update for the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge
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T-Mobile started the push to Android 5.1.1 on the flagship Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge just a week ago. Now US Cellular is giving their customers the same special treatment. As with most Samsung device updates, this one can be had by heading to Settings > System > About Device > Software Update. If a hardwired option suits your style more, you can also install via Samsung Kies. If you are sporting a Galaxy S6 you will be on the look out for software version G920R4TYU2BOF7 and G925R4TYU2BOF7 for the Galaxy S6 Edge.
If you opt for the Wi-Fi update you will want to make sure you have well over 50% battery life, a solid Wi-Fi connection and some time to kill for it to download and install. The International variant file size was about 623MB and T-Mobile’s weighed in at 631MBs. I would expect the US Cellular variant to be about the same size. Get to updating all.
Source: US Cellular Via Phandroid
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iOS 9 will delete apps to make room for system updates
Early adopters of iOS 9 beta 2 have discovered a new feature that will temporarily delete apps from overloaded devices when there isn’t enough space to install system updates. Many users with the smaller 8GB and 16GB iPhones reportedly had difficulty fitting the last upgrade onto their mobile devices. And while iOS 9 is only a fraction of the size of iOS 8 (they’re 1.3 GB and 4.3 GB, respectively), Apple is clearly trying to nip similar complaints in the bud this time around. The new feature will of course reinstall the deleted app once the update has completed — plus, presumably, any user data that was deleted along with the app itself.
Source: MacRumors
Android M developer preview available on select Sony Xperia devices
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Just under a month ago Google released the Android M developer preview for Nexus devices
For those interested, your first stop needs to be the Open Device program device list to see if your current Xperia
Source: Sony | Open Device program list | Sony Binaries for Android M | Install guide
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Todoist’s Android update makes it easier to stay organized
Todoist may be one of many to-do list apps available for your mobile device, but it’s certainly a capable option. Today, the company announced a major redesign for its Android software that adds in features the iOS version received back in the spring. This means that rather than typing a reminder and having to tap a few different menu options to add a due date, assign to a project and more, you can just input all the information in the main task field. Once you do so, Todoist will sort out all of the info for you, right down to the necessary tags. In fact, the company says that users “can input almost any combination of details whatsoever into Todoist, and the app will know exactly what to do with it.” It’s a feature that should help you spend less time organizing and more time getting stuff done.
The ability to add start and end dates for a task was new to iOS a few months back too, and now it’s arriving on the Android version. Other new features include easily adding contributors when creating a task, creating sub tasks with a swipe and swiping left to schedule a due date for an item. In addition to all of the new productivity tools, the app got its Material Design overhaul as well, and now it looks just as good as all of the other apps that have already been updated with Google’s aesthetics. Yes, it’s a bit late to the Material Design party, but the company says new version of the Android app isn’t just a fresh coast of paint, it’s a complete overhaul. Was it worth the wait? There’s a video down below that’ll allow you to be the judge of that.
Source: Todoist
Android M developer preview available on select Sony Xperia devices
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Just under a month ago Google released the Android M developer preview for Nexus devices
For those interested, your first stop needs to be the Open Device program device list to see if your current Xperia
Source: Sony | Open Device program list | Sony Binaries for Android M | Install guide
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Windows 10 testers can keep it for free, with a small catch
Microsoft made headlines last week when it seemingly announced that it would give away a free copy of the new OS to anyone who signed up to test it. Today however, the company has “clarified” that statement to explain that the offer isn’t quite as cut and dry. Windows 7 and 8.1 users are still eligible for a free upgrade on July 29th. However, folks that have installed Windows 10 preview will need to stay signed up for future pre-release updates in order to keep their build’s activation status current. But don’t think you can be slick and just use your current Preview install while opting out of future updates. If you don’t, the build license will eventually expire. So if you want to get a legit version of Windows 10 without paying for it (or one of the previous eligible versions), it looks like your best and only choice is to keep being Microsoft’s guinea pig.
Hey everyone, I’ve updated the post from Friday as it wasn’t clear enough & caused some confusion, take a look here: http://t.co/vlaGyfwzbr
– Gabriel Aul (@GabeAul) June 22, 2015
Filed under: Software, Microsoft
Source: Microsoft
Swarm revives Foursquare’s mayorships, restoring your self-worth
If you miss the early days of Foursquare, when checking into places was still novel and being mayor of your favorite hangout made you feel like royalty, get ready for a blast from the past. Foursquare just announced that it’s brought back mayorships to its spinoff check-in app Swarm (the core Foursquare app is now devoted to location discovery), just as the company promised it would last month. Surprisingly, Foursquare admitted that competing for mayor crown stickers on Swarm, which could be added to your check-ins, “wasn’t as much fun” as nabbing a lofty mayor title. You can nab yourself a mayorship by checking into a location more times in the past 30 days than anyone else — pretty much like how it worked before. You won’t be getting your old titles back instantly (though Foursquare is turning your old badges into stickers), but the company says it’ll count check-ins from the past month.
Source: Foursquare
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