Month: January 2024
Apple offers to open iPhone NFC payments to third-party providers after EU investigation
Apple will let third-party mobile wallet and payment providers access the iPhone’s NFC capabilities in concessions meant to address a European Commission antitrust investigation, the regulator announced today. The Commission is now seeking feedback on the commitments, which would end Apple Pay and Apple Wallet’s exclusive access to the iPhone’s…
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The Morning After: Is Call of Duty losing its grip on gamers?
A Call of Duty game sells. That’s what it does. And it usually tops the sales charts, almost every year since 2009. However, last year was a bit different: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III landed in second place. To convey the gravitational pull of CoD, when Microsoft was fighting to buy…
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Tech spending forecast to boom in 2024 – and these are the areas set to see the most investment
New forecasts from Forrester have projected a healthy 5.3% growth in technology spend for 2024, a significant boost over the 3.5% measured in the previous year. As economic conditions show slow signs of improvement, two key factors are expected to fuel the growth moving forward – increased investments in software…
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X expands audio and video calling to Android
X (formerly Twitter) is now rolling out its audio and video calling capabilities to Android users following their iOS launch last October. Users may need to update the app to see the feature, according to X developer Enrique Barragan, who also says that any user can receive calls, but only…
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Worried about what apps will actually come with the Vision Pro? Here’s what Apple has planned
Apple’s take on the virtual computing headset, the Vision Pro, will soon be in people’s hands (and on their heads), but there’s been some concern about what apps will actually be available to run natively – and thankfully, Apple has now given us an idea. In an official Newsroom post,…
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Leia is building a 3D empire on the back of the worst phone we’ve ever reviewed
A 200-person startup named after Star Wars’ Princess Leia may have quietly cornered the market on glasses-free 2D to 3D screens — after clawing its way back from one of the biggest gadget flops of the past decade. Remember the Red Hydrogen, the 3D phone that crashed and burned so…
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