As we move into 2015, Apple has cast a quick glance back at the performance of its App Store in 2014 - and it likes what it sees. Apple has announced that 2014 was by far the biggest year for the App Store, with sales rising a massive 50 ...
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The average customer satisfaction score for Amazon slipped five points to 83 to tie with QVC for the highest score among the top 100 e-commerce sites measured over the holidays, likely because of increased price competition, according to ...
Apple Pay could be introduced to UK retailers ‘in the first half of 2015’, latest reports have suggested. According to the Telegraph, Apple is currently in talks with a number of British banks over plans to introduce Apple Pay ...
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Apple has come under fire yet again over mismanagement of ethical practice in its supply chain. BBC Panorama uncovered multiple instances of failure to ‘protect Chinese factory workers’ in a new report that sheds like on the ...
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Apple is seeking help to bring its Apple Pay mobile payments platform to new territories, a job posting on the company’s website has revealed. According to the listing, identified by iClarified (via Apple Insider), the Cupertino ...
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Online and mobile payments worldwide are forecast to reach €3 trillion in the next five years, according to a report by Hamburg-based business intelligence organization yStats.com. Mobile payment is the growth leader, outpacing ...
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Nike opened its first store dedicated to women. The 6,000-plus square-foot location in the in the Fashion Island lifestyle center in Newport Beach, CA also features an in-store studio for group or personal fitness training sessions the ...
Apple's much anticipated iPhone 6 and watch product announcements included two components that will surely have an impact on the overall retail and personal fitness markets. Apple CEO Tim Cook, also a member of the Nike board, says the ...
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Apple Inc's long-awaited launch of tap-to-pay technology in its new iPhones and smartwatch may be the seal of approval that near-field communication technology needs to become as commonplace as wifi, Bluetooth and GPS. Called NFC, the ...
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Apple will challenge a November 2012 jury verdict that awarded $368 million in damages to Nevada patent-holding company VirnetX, a filing with U.S. regulators showed. In a Form 10-Q filed this week with the U.S. Securities and Exchange ...
APPLE will likely have to pay a Brazilian company for the right to use the iPhone brand in Latin America's biggest country, a Brazilian telecommunications analyst says. Brazil's Gradiente SA started selling Android smartphones with ...
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A Taiwanese university has sued Apple for alleged patent infringement in its Siri voice assistant, as part of an initiative to help Taiwan's local electronic firms fight back against intellectual property disputes brought by their foreign ...
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