Mac OS Ken: 10.27.2014

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

4.7 • 996 Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2014

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

CVS and Rite Aid Turn Off NFC Terminals to Thwart Apple Pay Amazon Rewards Visa Now Supports Apple Pay Tim Cook Targeting China for Apple Pay Gazelle Survey Shows Near 50-50 Split for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Pre-Orders New Site Highlights Bendy-Shapey-Flexy-iPhone-6-Gate iFixit Gives iPad Air 2 a 2-out-of-10 Reparability Rating iFixit Gives iPad mini 3 a 2-out-of-10 Reparability Rating Macworld: The Tantalizing Mystery of NFC in New iPads 9 to 5 Mac: The Boring Solution to the iPad-NFC Mystery AT&T Locking Apple SIM to Its Network Nike CEO Says His Company Working with Apple on Stealthy Wearable Tech lynda.com: Learn Apple software, plus business and creative skills, from easy-to-follow video tutorials at .

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0:00.0	This is Mac OSKIN.
0:10.0	CVS doesn't want your dumb Apple money.
0:16.2	Bendy Shapy Flexi iPhone 6 gate rears its head and taking apart an iPad mystery
0:22.0	and some iPads.
0:24.0	It's Monday, October 27, 2014.
0:27.0	I'm Ken Ray and this is news from MacoS. Can.
0:31.0	Brought to you by yours truly and supported by IChart magazine,
0:36.1	putting Apple and Tech News in focus, E-Y-E-I-Chart magazine, available for iOS Newsstand now.
0:46.7	Apple customers have gotten the shaft not once but twice from companies other than Apple
0:50.8	over the last few days.
0:52.9	Once was tied to AT&T and the Apple Sim in new iPads, though that will affect a relatively
0:58.9	small number of people for now.
1:01.4	We'll hit that in a bit. The bigger flip off to consumers came compliments of a couple
1:05.8	of the largest pharmacy chains in the US. Interesting thing about the NFC payment terminals
1:12.0	in stores that aren't partnered with
1:13.8	Apple for Apple Pay, Apple Pay will still work through a lot of those terminals.
1:20.0	Kind of cool, right?
1:21.2	Even though CVS and Rite Aid aren't Apple Pay partners you can use
1:25.3	your iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 plus to pay for all of the snacks, hair dye, and
1:29.6	medicine your heart desires through Apple Pay.
1:33.4	Or you could, until CVS and Rite Aid decided to turn their NFC payment terminals off.
1:41.4	No lie. Is it a security concern that has them acting cautiously?
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