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Friday 12 September 2014

Will Ferrell wants to play video games with you

Actor and comedian Will Ferrell launches an Indiegogo campaign to raise money for children with cancer. One lucky winner to play video games with Mr. Burgundy himself.

















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Apple's free album has some folks mad about U2

High traffic causes iPhone 6 preorder problems, a free U2 album leads to confusion, and SanDisk breaks a record with its new SD card.

















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2015 Chrysler 200C: A dud no longer (CNET On Cars, Episode 50)

The lowly Chrysler 200, reinvented; which state has the fastest drivers; and how to get TV in your car.

















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Black cheese? Burger King Japan unveils burger dark as night

Burger King Japan takes a trip to the Dark Side by offering an unusual burger stacked with startlingly black cheese. But don't worry, it's all edible.

















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Most anticipated audio and home theater products in Fall 2014

If you're looking to upgrade your home theater in the next few months, these are some of the new products to look out for.

















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Apple's free album has some folks mad about U2

High traffic causes iPhone 6 preorder problems, a free U2 album leads to confusion, and SanDisk breaks a record with its new SD card.

















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HTC is giving away an awesome Hydra Edition HTC One M8

HailHydra

If you’ve been keeping up with everything happening in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you know there’s no need to whisper “Hail Hydra” to your closest friends anymore. In fact, thanks to HTC, all […]



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Apple Pay pays off for Apple





A report suggests that Apple may make as much as 0.0015% of every transaction handled through Apple Pay, a new payments platform that was introduced alongside the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. This means that through Apple Pay, like the App Store, Apple has found another venue to earn additional revenue on top of iPhone hardware sales.


Through Apple Pay, Apple can generate as much as 15 cents for every $100 that Apple Pay handles. And since banks and card issuers are at the center of the Apple Pay experience with Apple being the conduit and not a rival, banks are said to be paying Apple for the privilege of being on the platform:



They are also paying hard cash for the privilege of being involved: 15 cents of a $100 purchase will go to the iPhone maker, according to two people familiar with the terms of the agreement, which are not public. That is an unprecedented deal, giving Apple a share of the payments' economics that rivals such as Google do not get for their services.



Another reason why financial institutions are jumping onboard is that Apple Pay is secure with cryptograms, Dynamic Account Numbers, and tokens alongside security of Touch ID.



Given that many retailers will have to update their payment processing terminals for the EMV chip cards next year, many of those terminals will also support NFC payments. This makes the timing just right for Apple to enter the NFC market with its Apple Pay standard, even if retailers aren't explicit partners that will support Apple Pay as many of those terminals should be able to handle iPhone payments via NFC.


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