Others iTunes Radio experiences may be different, but what I've heard on it is rather monotonous.
For 80's new wave, I'd like to hear something other than the same 20 songs.
I'd also like to be able to block songs, so I can listen with my kids. Never heard S** Dwarf, from Soft Cell (love Tainted Love) on the radio, but it seems to be an iTunes Radio hit.
Apple will probably be adding easy ways to use coupons, etc, along with emulating more kinds of cards.
This payment system has to launch worldwide. They can't afford to roll this out in America first. I mean we are still waiting for iTunes Radio n the UK
Correct me if I am wrong but this payment system will only work with Apple devices?
That would be the point. That is the only way to insure security. The other part is their competitors have failed to provide a working system that solved the problems. The companies also know that Apple's customers will use the system making any investment worth it. They will also stay the course and continue to develop the platform, like they have for cars and accessories. Apple competitors tend to jump half cocked into whatever is trending and abandon it when it doesn't pan out.Correct me if I am wrong but this payment system will only work with Apple devices?
e secure and more convenient means of paying for something with your credit card. No need to carry your card with you, and no risk if you lose your phone or it gets stolen, since TouchID and/or your [very strong] iCloud password are required to complete a payment.
I expect Apple has done a lot of research on how Google Wallet works, and on how NFC works with cards, and how the chip and pin works. Not just how it works technically but how convenient it is and how flexible it is, and how secure it is.Google Wallet allows you to register any credit or debit card as your payment method.
The way that I understand Google's payment method works, is that Bancorp issues you a virtual prepaid Mastercard. Your phone is constantly being given a small set of limited timeframe, temporary card number & verification token values, that are downloaded when you have an internet connection.
When you touch your phone to the merchant's NFC reader, the Wallet app gives one of the preloaded tokens to the merchant's machine, which then asks Mastercard/Google for authorization. Google matches up the token code, charges your real registered payment card, and sends back an authorization okay to the merchant.
To the merchant, it was just a prepaid Mastercard. The merchant never sees your real account numbers. Also, listening in would not help a thief, since the tokens are one-time use only.
In other words, Google made a partnership with Mastercard to be their virtual card "maker" for external use. Internally, that "card" actually charges any kind of card you want.
Apple will probably be adding easy ways to use coupons, etc, along with emulating more kinds of cards.
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I thought contactless payment was always limited to small purchases (no more than £20 here in the UK). I can't see the use of that in an Apple Store when most purchases are upwards of £200.
Also Apple has a bunch of NFC patentsI expect Apple has done a lot of research on how Google Wallet works, and on how NFC works with cards, and how the chip and pin works. Not just how it works technically but how convenient it is and how flexible it is, and how secure it is.
I suspect their goal is to make their own approach more secure, more flexible, and more convenient than the methods that are currently out there.
I have no insight to what Apple has planned, or to what they will reveal Tuesday. I do know what I'd do if it were up to me.
- Multiple credit or debit cards. Even ATM cards.
- Some intelligence in selecting a card based on where you are. If I drive up to a bank's ATM and I have an ATM card for that bank, make it my one-touch choice (with the option to choose another). If I've previously used a card at a merchant, have that card be the default the next time.
- Location-based membership or discount cards.
I guess we'll see on Tuesday.
Be prepared for more of it. Soon your car will know if it's you who's driving. Currently, if a traffic camera takes a picture of your car running a red light, you can go to court and argue that you were not the one behind the wheel. Even if you actually were the one behind the wheel.Ironically, the recent history of fraud, in the era of stronger authentication, has gone against consumers.
You see, when it was just signatures, we were protected against fraud due to theft of our card or account number. So even though we were legally liable up to $50, in real life we usually don't get charged at all (if you report it right away).
Now, with more secure authentication like chip & PIN (and soon, TouchID, we suppose), if someone manages to spoof the system, it can be extremely difficult for the victim to prove it was not them.
So we, the consumer, were actually better off when it was less "secure". Now the credit card companies are the ones who will be more secure.
Such is progress.
On the other hand, if someone has spoofed your credit card and is running up purchases across town at the same time as the the traffic violation, you can claim to the court that you were really the one using the credit card, and that someone else had spoofed your car.
Do you have examples of the Fanboys who Poo Poo'd NFC and then changed their tune without explanation?I think it's hilarious how many Fanboys who Poo Poo's the idea of NFC in favor of getting on their knees to iBeacon are now changing their tune.
AND !!!! Acting like their previous comments on MacRumors didn't happen !
Like an Apple Fanatic can never be wrong![]()
Not so fast.Ah. So that means that if I am planning to run red lights, I should first give someone else my iPhone and my TouchId payment failure override code.
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Can someone chime in on whether or not Google ever established partnerships with major stores and credit card companies for Android?
I'm just wondering if this a new thing or will Apple simply frame it as doing NFC 'right' and 'secure'.
We'll probably find out Tuesday. It will probably require an iPhone 6 to get all the functionality, because the previous phones don't have NFC. The iPhone 5 doesn't have Touch ID, so you may not be able to validate your identity using your phone. It may "work" in some cases (you can already use your iTunes-linked credit card to pay for purchases at the Apple Store without ever talking to an Apple employee), but it may be less convenient than pulling your old aWallet out, and selecting a plastic credit card.Would the new pay system only be for iPhone 6 (or whatever it's called), or would also be for the 5/5c/5s?
NFC payments on Android already work at Walgreens, CVS, Macy's, Mcdonalds..7-11..pretty much anywhere where you can tap and pay.
Google allows you to add any credit card you wish as a payment method, and also allows banks to add their own implementation for their account holders. My understanding is that it is more popular oversea's where NFC readers are more prominent. Companies in the USA will be moving to terminals with NFC readers in the next couple years.
So far I'm thinking Apple's implementation will be pretty similar to Google's. Apple just waited till NFC readers were going to become more common place. My gut is also telling me that Apple is trying to allow their ipads to act as terminals where they take a cut as the merchant.
It's kind of funny - Apple will announce NFC payments and then Android users are going to find out they already had the feature but it just wasn't marketed to them.
Be prepared for more of it. Soon your car will know if it's you who's driving. Currently, if a traffic camera takes a picture of your car running a red light, you can go to court and argue that you were not the one behind the wheel. Even if you actually were the one behind the wheel.
When your car knows who was driving, they'll be able to subpoena your car's information and find out it was really you.
On the other hand, if someone has spoofed your credit card and is running up purchases across town at the same time as the the traffic violation, you can claim to the court that you were really the one using the credit card, and that someone else had spoofed your car.