Arber's Blog: October 2014

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Early Payment Glitches Ruin Apple Pay's Recent Launch

Apple Pay is a new service that has its bugs,
but it will pull through

There are bugs in the system of Apple Pay
For example, people using Apple Pay may be double charged on a payment accidentally
In-app purchases aren't doing well either
Apple Pay launched when both the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus came out
Apple Pay is told to be a simpler way to purchase things
You must be near a payment terminal and both the phone and terminal must have a NFC chip (near-field communication)
This limits the in-store service availability (NFC chip)
If you can't get the NFC chip, you can pay with the touch of a finger (fingerprint scan)
Saves people time putting in credit card information over and over again
The doubled charge problem is not Apple's, but the bank's technology at the time
Apple will help banks cancel the duplicate charges for customers
There are less than 20 terminals with this NFC chip
Apple can work with companies like Staples and Target

Google Releases New Weather App

These are the different pages you can go
on the Google News App

New weather app from Google for iOS
Besides weather, you can see different topics such as World News, Sports, and Health
Of course, it will show the temperatures as well as today's and the future forecasts
You can also see other news reports by tapping any news headline
App provides news coverage of over 65,000 different publications
If you want news and weather from a specific location, just type it in the search engine and it will come up
It was previously only available for Android phones
Has 60 different country versions
Other companies such as Yahoo and Microsoft do have their own news apps as well
"An easy to use app" is what the reviewer had said in his closing statement
Today, it is still available for Android users at the Google Play Store

Apple's New iPad is in Gold

There is a new color coming out for the new iPad coming out this month; Gold!
The new iPad's length is 9.7 inches
The face of the iPad will be white
There are rumors going around that not only have they been working on these 6th generation iPads, but...
It's also rumored that there will not be any design changes and that it will include the A8 processor
With the creation of the "Golden iPad," the new iPads will be matched with its latest phones as well
The 5S, 6, and 6 Plus all come in gold, black, and silver, just like the iPads
Several other companies, including LG, are all jumping this "Gold Bandwagon"
It's also revealed that the 7th generation iPads will come out next year, reported to have a whopping 12.9 inch screen