Oh no, Samsung has a Passbook wallet app, too
Android fans that want something akin to Apple’s Passbook wallet features will get their wish as Samsung has the solution. Here’s why that’s good and bad. Read more »
Passbook mobile ticketing expanding to 13 MLB ballparks this season
MLB continues to further integrate mobile tech into its fan offerings. While iOS is by far its most popular mobile platform, the head of baseball’s digital arm says it’s “shrinking every day” as Android grows. Read more »
Apple makes it easier to find Passbook apps in iOS 6.1 update
Apple has restored a page within Passbook that explains what it does as well as the vital link that takes users to “Apps for Passbook” in the App Store. Read more »
Passbook is for tickets, gift cards, coupons — and now business cards
Vizibility turns its mobile business cards into Passbook cards for iPhone owners running iOS 6, a new take on Apple’s digital wallet service that we haven’t seen before. The first company to be using them will be Re/Max realtors. Read more »
Why Passbook could join Ping in the Apple graveyard
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Apple’s Passbook joins the mobile payments gold rush. But Jeff Fagel, of edo Interactive, has doubts about its viability and says until we see a system that’s easier for everyone, plastic will remain king. Read more »
The Apple Roundup: Apple supplier Foxconn admits hiring underage workers
Here’s our daily pick of stories about Apple from around the web that you shouldn’t miss. Today’s installment: Apple’s biggest supplier admits breaking China’s underage hiring law, profile of a maps app that’s taking advantage of Apple’s failure, and teardowns of the Lightning connector and iPod nano. Read more »
The Apple Roundup: MLB fans embrace Passbook baseball tickets
Here’s our daily pick of stories about Apple from around the web that you shouldn’t miss. Today’s installment: will mobile tickets replace paper, past complaints about Apple Maps, a gathering in Europe to hash out patent problems doesn’t accomplish much, and teens continue buying iPads. Read more »
Lemon targets Passbook with mobile wallet API
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Lemon, maker of a mobile wallet apps that stores digital copies of IDs, cards, receipts, coupons and tickets, is now opening up its app to outside publishers, who can integrate their cards and services through a new API. This will heighten the competition with Apple’s Passbook. Read more »
Passbook makes Apple next legal target of online reservations company
Apple has become one of dozens of companies being sued by Ameranth over wireless synching software — in Apple’s case, it’s over Passbook. Ameranth is not just your average patent troll, however: it has taken investment from Microsoft and Motorola. Read more »
Apple’s new Passbook isn’t quite ready for prime time
Using the app for what it’s advertised for — scanning barcodes — works as intended. But getting to that point was more complex than it should be. In all, the app feels incomplete and perhaps rushed. In other words, it doesn’t feel like an Apple product yet. Read more »
The Apple Roundup: Apple recruiting Googlers for Maps help
Here’s our daily pick of stories about Apple from around the web that you shouldn’t miss. Today’s installment: Apple is targeting Google Maps developers for help with its maps app, iPhone 5 stock, games could be harder to find in iOS 6 App Store, and more. Read more »
How Apple’s Passbook can bring mobile ticketing mainstream
More than half of all U.S. adults own a smartphone. But using them as a replacement for paper tickets still hasn’t found a home in the mainstream. Some big brands are counting on Apple’s newly rolled out Passbook feature to push mobile ticketing forward. Read more »
Now boarding with Apple’s Passbook: two more major airlines
We got just a taste of some companies participating in Passbook, the new location-aware ticket and coupon app in Apple’s iOS 6. A new report says two major airlines will be integrating with the service, making it that much more useful for future users. Read more »
PassSource helps developers create passes for iOS 6 Passbook
From iOS developer Kudit, the service will let anyone easily participate in iOS Passbook, a feature coming in the next version of the software. In the future, PassSource will also offer an analytics dashboard for pass creators to track how their passes are being used. Read more »
What iPhone with NFC & Passbook means for airlines, plus 4 other Apple stories to read today
Here’s our daily pick of stories about Apple from around the web that you shouldn’t miss. Today’s installment: The airline industry is anticipating an NFC iPhone, Yelp gets further integration with iOS devices, App Store’s changing search and the influence of Steve Jobs on Disney stores. Read more »
The 4 most delightful things in iOS 6
There were dozens of new iOS 6 features announced at WWDC, but for me the most interesting things are the little, sometimes-overlooked updates that have the biggest impact. Here are four things Apple is doing in iOS 6 that I’m most excited about. Read more »
