Apple Pay Details: Apple Gets 0.15% Cut of Purchases, Higher Rates for Bluetooth Payments
Apple's ambitious new mobile payment initiative, Apple Pay, was announced on Tuesday during the company's iPhone event. Many questions still linger about the service, but information is beginning …
iPhone 6 Plus sells out within hours, Apple reports “record number” of pre-orders for new iPhones, AT&T says demand is higher than past two years
Larger iPhone 6 Plus Sells Out, “Record Number” of iPhone Pre-orders — Yep, lots of people tried to order new iPhones as pre-sales began just after midnight on Friday.
Apple Users Download Free U2 Album Two Million Times
Some of you do not want the U2 album Apple is giving away. But lots of you were willing to download it. Or, at a minimum, your iPhones and MacBooks did. — iTunes users have downloaded more than 2 ...
Square raises $100 million at $6 billion valuation
Payments company Square has raised $100 million in new funding at a valuation of nearly $6 billion, according to a Delaware filing obtained by VCExperts.com and shared with Fortune. — The San Franci...
Motorola's unlocked, unbranded Moto X will be called the ‘Pure Edition’
I can think of many, many times where I've called the flavor of Android that ships on Nexus phones “pure Android,” and it looks like Motorola is taking a cue: its direct-sale, unbranded, unlocked Moto...
Microsoft announces new Xbox 360 console and game bundles for holiday season, including Blue and Kinect options
Big on blue? Microsoft expands palette with new Xbox 360 bundle — The $249 bundle includes two games, Call of Duty: Ghosts and Call of Duty: Black Ops II, and a free month of Xbox Live Gold.
Apple says new iOS 8 SMS Continuity feature won't arrive until October
Apple's website detailing Continuity features arriving with iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite in the coming weeks has been updated to announce SMS support won't arrive until October. — The feature, which allo...
Kevin Rose's ephemeral photo and video sharing app Tiiny is now available for download on iOS
Kevin Rose launches Tiiny, a fun iPhone app for sharing temporary photos and videos — After teasing the app earlier this week, Digg co-founder Kevin Rose has released Tiiny …
Accessory makers hit delays as iPhone 6 production eats up Lightning connector supplies
Record shipments of Apple's new iPhone 6 models unveiled this week might mean more headaches for companies building accessories with Apple's Lightning connectors. Several sources tell us in the lead ...
Apple Pay charged a lower transaction rate by banks than typical for credit card transactions, won't be accepted by Walmart and Best Buy
Banks Did It Apple's Way in Payments by Mobile — JPMorgan Chase's chief financial officer, Marianne Lake, took the stage at a financial conference …
About 1000 New York Uber drivers plan to strike on Monday over fares and working conditions
Uber Drivers “Strike” — And Switch To Lyft — Over Fares And Conditions — Testing the labor market. “Uber is not doing anything — it's only an application on our phones.” — Facebook: uberdriversne...
Windows 9's new Start menu demonstrated on video
Microsoft may have demonstrated its new Start menu earlier this year, but thanks to a recent “Windows 9” leak we're now seeing every single part of the company's plans for bringing back this popular f...
Google changes stance, now says net neutrality rules should apply to cellular networks
Google changes stance on net neutrality four years after Verizon deal — Four years ago, Google teamed up with Verizon to argue that most network neutrality rules should not apply to cellular network...
HP fined $59M for bribing Russian officials as part of $108M plea deal for bribes in Mexico, Poland, and Russia
HP fined $58.7M for bribery of Russian government — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co. pleaded guilty Thursday to felony charges that former employees bribed Russian …
California Regulator Says Commercial Carpooling — Like What Uber and Lyft Are Doing — Isn't Legal
Like What Uber and Lyft Are Doing — Isn't Legal — The California Public Utilities Commission is apparently not a fan of the new trend in mobile-enabled ride-sharing: helping two or more people with s...
Alibaba to Close Order Books Early and May Lift Price of I.P.O.
Demand for shares in the Alibaba Group, the Chinese e-commerce giant, was long expected to be strong. But the orders have come in so quickly that the company's banks expect to close their order books...
Mexican companies sue Yahoo, law firm, allege conspiracy to avoid $2.7 billion judgment
(Reuters) - Two Mexican companies have sued Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) and law firm Baker & McKenzie in New York federal court, accusing them of engineering a conspiracy to avoid a $2.7 billion judgment issue...
Preview: Transmit Coming to iOS 8 with Share Extension, Touch ID, Document Provider, and More
Panic's popular file management app for OS X, Transmit, is coming to iOS 8 as a full-featured adaptation for the iPhone and iPad. Built for iOS 8, Transmit will take advantage of new technologies …