DeviceFidelity In2Pay iCaisse4 Plug and Play Mobile Payment Solution for iPhone 4
DeviceFidelity announced the In2Pay iCaisse4 plug and play mobile payment solution. In2Pay iCaisse4 is a specially designed protective case that enables iPhone 4 to be used to make payments at contactless-enabled merchants worldwide.
DeviceFidelity’s In2Pay mobile payment solution has earned global recognition as a plug and play solution for simple wave-and-go payments at hundreds of thousands of merchants worldwide. Through its partnership with VISA, DeviceFidelity’s In2Pay solution is being used in trials by banks and wireless carriers in North America, Europe and Asia.
“DeviceFidelity is playing a leading role in unlocking the true potential of NFC mobile payments, and iPhone has helped in introducing the technology to consumers around the world,” said John Weise, President and CEO of Zenius solutions.
In2Pay iCaisse4 provides protection against handset damage by shielding all surfaces of the iPhone 4 except the screen. The In2Pay iCaisse4 has a microSD slot that is designed to accept the In2Pay microSD secure contactless device, issued by a financial institution or wireless carrier as a credit, debit, prepaid or a multiple account digital wallet. Once consumers plug in their In2Pay microSD, they can simply wave their iPhone 4 to pay at retail stores, fast food restaurants, in taxis, vending machines and tens of thousands of other merchants enabled to accept contactless payments worldwide. The In2Pay microSD contains the same secure smart card chip that is used in millions of chip and PIN smart cards issued in EMV-compliant countries worldwide. Transactions conducted by this device with the terminals are compliant with industry standard payment schemes such as the VISA payWave that generates a dynamic variable verification code for every transaction, helping prevent fraud. The In2Pay iCaisse4 integrates seamlessly with the In2Pay App for iPhone. Read more
Apple Updates Safari 5
Apple released Safari 5.0.1, turning on Safari Extensions and introducing the Safari Extensions Gallery. Apple introduced extensions support in Safari 5 in June so developers could begin creating extensions with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript web standards. With Safari Extensions Gallery, users can quickly find extensions that add powerful new features to Safari, from toolbars that display live web feeds to sophisticated programs that filter web content. Safari 5.0.1 allows users to download and install extensions either from the Safari Extensions Gallery or directly from a developer’s site.
“Safari 5 has been a big hit, and user response to the innovative new Safari Reader has been fantastic,” said Brian Croll, Apple’s vice president of OS X Product Marketing. “We’re thrilled to see so many leading developers creating great extensions and think our users are going to love being able to customize Safari.”
“Millions of our customers already use Amazon Wish Lists to store items they want to buy for themselves or receive as gifts,” said Gianna Puerini, vice president of Worldwide Design and Community at Amazon.com. “With Safari 5, we were able to quickly build the Add to Amazon Wish List extension that lets customers add items from any website to their Amazon Wish List with the click of a button.”
“We’re excited to continue working closely with Apple to bring visually compelling Bing experiences to Safari,” said Jeff Henshaw, general manager of Bing User Experience. “The Bing Extension for Safari brings Bing search intelligence to everyday browsing with Safari. When a user selects text in Safari, Bing instantly recognizes what they might need and pops up helpful, informative tips, from real time maps and driving directions to real time translations to direct web search results.” Read more
Apple Mac OS X Updated
Apple has decided to launch the mid-2010 update for the Apple Mac OS X.
The new version – The Mac OS X v10.6.4 Update iMac (Mid 2010) – contains all components released on the 15th of June with the version 10.6.4 update and several components specifically designed for the new line of iMacs.
Compatibility and performance related updates for the new iMacs were included in this update.
According to Apple, this update improves compatibility with large format SDXC memory cards and introduces support for the freshly launched Apple Magic Trackpad, a wireless navigation device similar to the trackpads found on MacBook and MacBook Pro models with multi-touch support.
The Magic Trackpad works with all iMac models and can be bought for $69. Read more
Apple Safari 5: Runs Faster, Kills Ads
Apple today released Safari 5, the latest version of the world’s fastest and most innovative web browser, featuring the new Safari Reader for reading articles on the web without distraction, a 30 percent performance increase over Safari 4,* and the ability to choose Google, Yahoo! or Bing as the search service powering Safari’s search field. Available for both Mac and Windows, Safari 5 includes improved developer tools and supports more than a dozen new HTML5 technologies that allow web developers to create rich, dynamic websites. With Safari 5, developers can now create secure Safari Extensions to customize and enhance the browsing experience.
“Safari continues to lead the pack in performance, innovation and standards support,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Safari now runs on over 200 million devices worldwide and its open source WebKit engine runs on over 500 million devices.”
Safari Reader makes it easy to read single and multipage articles on the web by presenting them in a new, scrollable view without any additional content or clutter. When Safari 5 detects an article, users can click on the Reader icon in the Smart Address Field to display the entire article for clear, uninterrupted reading with options to enlarge, print or send via email. Read more
Apple releases Aperture 3
New Features Include Faces, Places & Brushes
Apple introduced Aperture 3, the next major release of its powerful photo editing and management software, with over 200 new features including Faces, Places and Brushes. Building on the innovative Faces and Places features introduced in iPhoto® ’09, Aperture 3 makes it even easier and faster to organize large photo libraries. Aperture 3 introduces new tools to refine your photos including Brushes for painting image adjustments onto parts of your photo, and Adjustment Presets for applying professional photo effects with just one click. Stunning new slideshows let you share your work by weaving together photos, audio, text and HD video.
“Millions of people love using iPhoto to organize, edit and share their digital photos,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Aperture 3 is designed for both professionals who edit and manage massive libraries of photos and iPhoto users who want to take their photos further with easy-to-use tools such as Brushes and Adjustment Presets.”
“Aperture 3 gets it right,” said National Geographic photographer, Jim Richardson. “The image editing tools are exactly what I have been asking for, they’re so easy to use and give me a level of control that I never even thought possible.”
“I chose Aperture because it was the most powerful archiving application around, but it’s now an unbelievable imaging tool as well,” said Bill Frakes, Sports Illustrated staff photographer. “I am beyond impressed with the massive changes made in Aperture 3.”
Aperture 3 allows you to organize large photo libraries with even more flexibility using Projects and the new Faces and Places. Faces uses face detection and recognition to find and organize your photos by the people in them. You can view faces across your entire photo library or view just the faces that appear in selected projects. In a new view that speeds up the organization process, Aperture 3 displays faces that have been detected but haven’t yet been named. Places lets you explore your photos based on where they were taken, and like in iPhoto, Places automatically reverse geocodes GPS data into user-friendly locations. In Aperture 3, you can assign locations by dragging-and-dropping photos onto a map or by using location information from GPS enabled cameras, tracking devices or your iPhone® photos.
The new Brushes feature allows you to add professional touches to your photos by simply painting effects onto the image. Aperture 3 includes 15 Quick Brushes that perform the most popular tasks like Dodge, Burn, Polarize and Blur, without the complexity of layers or masks. Brushes can automatically detect edges in your images to let you apply or remove effects exactly where you want them. Aperture 3 includes dozens of Adjustment Presets that apply a specific style or look to the entire image with just a click. You can create your own custom presets or explore the techniques of other photographers by importing theirs.
Aperture 3 makes it easy to share your work with stunning slideshows that weave together photos, audio, text and HD video. You can select one of six Apple designed themes or choose your own transitions, background, borders and titles, and even add your own soundtrack. You can export your slideshows directly to iTunes® to take with you on your iPhone or iPod touch®. You can also share photographs as beautiful prints, create custom-designed hardcover books and publish to online photo sharing sites like Facebook and Flickr, right from Aperture 3.
Pricing & Availability
Aperture 3 is available through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested retail price of $199 (US) and existing Aperture users can upgrade for a suggested retail price of $99 (US). A downloadable 30-day trial version is available at www.apple.com/aperture/trial. Aperture 3 runs as a 64-bit application on Mac OS® X Snow Leopard® on Macs with Intel Core 2 Duo processors.
Full system requirements, online tutorials and more information on Aperture 3 can be found at www.apple.com/aperture.