MCX says its Apple Pay rival is being bashed because it’s ‘challenging the status quo’

You may think that Merchant Customer Exchange members are being heavy handed in blocking Apple Pay and Google Wallet from their stores because they want to promote MCX's own CurrentC mobile payment platform. But according to MCX, that's not the case — instead, these merchants are rebelliously trying to shake up the mobile payments industry.

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Posted in 2014 at 08:26PM, October 29

Apple Allowing Non-Developers to Apply for OS X Beta Program

Alongside iOS 7.1.1, Apple has introduced a new OS X beta program that will see non-developers given an opportunity to download OS X betas before they are released to the public.

Join the OS X Beta Seed Program and accept the Beta Seed and Confidentiality Agreement. Apple will provide a Beta Access Utility for your Mac, which gives you access to pre-release versions of OS X in the Mac App Store Updates panel.

Users can apply to join the beta program on Apple's new Appleseed Beta website, which allows users to apply using an Apple ID.

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Posted in 2014 at 08:26PM, April 22

How Nintendo plans to make sure next console doesn’t bomb like Wii U

It's safe to say that Nintendo has learned a few things from its launch of the Wii U, its latest console that has been a horrendous flop in the gaming market. And contrary to many analysts' opinions, the biggest problem isn't that Nintendo lacks a strategy for smartphones and tablets so much as the Wii U has simply lacked the must-have games such as Super Smash Bros. and Mario Kart that would make it a must-buy. However, Ars Technica reports that Nintendo is planning to make an important change that could ensure that its next major console doesn't face a dearth of good games during its launch period.



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Posted in 2014 at 08:26PM, February 04