Westpac offers Tap to Pay on iPhone

This eliminates the need for additional hardware or payment terminals Westpac, a financial institution, has announced the enablement of Apple’s Tap to Pay on iPhone contactless payment technology. This new feature provides business customers with an easy and secure payment option to accept in-person contactless payments using their compatible iPhone.…

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US, China tech giants emerge as significant contributors to global patents

Amazon has patented artificial intelligence methods to enhance data sets The US tech giants Google, Apple, Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft (GAMAM) have filed more than 106,000 patents and Chinese tech trio Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent (BAT) have filed over 80,000 patents during the last five years. This indicates that innovation…

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Japan Fair Trade Commission closes App Store investigation

“Reader” apps around the world link to an external website to set up or manage an account beginning early next year. The Japan Fair Trade Commission has closed an investigation, that will allow Apple to update coming to the App Store. The update will allow developers of “reader” apps to…

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Customer privacy and security need to take centre stage

Portable location trackers catch on. The recent buzz around bluetooth-enabled location trackers, largely due to Apple’s Airtags, has placed this technology in the spotlight, notes analyst firm GlobalData. Customers now need to be made aware of what private data these devices can gather and share because the buzz is likely…

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Tech demand powers Taiwan export order growth to two-year high

Overall, unencrypted, cleartext protocols are still the rule on how information flows around the world. Taiwan’s export orders grew at their fastest pace in nearly two years in June, boosted by strong demand for telecommuting products such as laptops, as the coronavirus pandemic forced millions of people around the world…

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