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Verizon and Mastercard team up to turn iPhones into NFC payment terminals [U]

Verizon and Mastercard have announced a new partnership that hopes to advance contactless payment solutions with 5G cellular service. The collaboration is aiming to help small and medium-sized businesses and one of the most interesting possibilities is making iPhone and other smartphones contactless payment terminals without needing any external hardware. Update: While the report from CNBC noted…
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Some iOS versions mysteriously refuse to show ‘69’ as the temperature in the iPhone Weather app [U]

In a curious turn of events, iOS 14.6 and some earlier versions are preventing the temperature from showing as 69 degrees on iPhone in its default Weather app even if that’s the actual reading. Instead, the temperature is being rounded up or down to 68 or 70. Update: Mentioned by my colleague Gui Rambo, one possible explanation could be an issue with converting from Celsius to Fahrenheit: I…
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AEW Elite General Manager launches July 15 for Android and iOS

Join executive leaders at the Data, Analytics, & Intelligent Automation Summit, presented by Accenture. Register here. AEW announced today that its next mobile game, AEW Elite General Manager, will launch July 15 for Android and iOS devices. This will be the second release for AEW Games, following AEW Casino. Crystallized Games is developing Elite General Manager, which is a simulation title…
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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3 Korean pricing leaks

Fresh off Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3 TENAA certification story from earlier today comes a price leak from Samsung’s home market. The Galaxy Fold3 is said to cost between KRW 1,900,000 and KRW 1,999,000 ($1,655 – $1,741) while the Z Flip3 will retail between KRW 1,200,000 and KRW 1,280,000 ($1,045 – $1,110). Speculative renders: Galaxy Z Fold3 • Galaxy Z Flip3 The latest pricing info…
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