Apple faces antitrust probe in Poland over App Tracking Transparency rules
Apple is being investigated by a regulator in Poland over App Tracking Transparency for iOS, with the privacy initiative being called potentially anti-competitive.
Apple is being investigated by a regulator in Poland over App Tracking Transparency for iOS, with the privacy initiative being called potentially anti-competitive.
In its latest update to its app, Revolut's digital banking service has added support for Apple Pay in a few European countries.
Despite very small overall marketshare for iPhone in Poland, where Android reportedly makes up 64 percent of all smartphones in use, the newly launched Apple Pay has been a tremendous hit, reaching around 200,000 users in its first ten days.
As promised in May, Apple on Tuesday flipped the switch on Apple Pay in Poland with eight regional banks, introducing the digital payments standard to a market well accustomed to mobile payments.
Continuing a gradual global expansion, Apple Pay will arrive in Norway, Poland, and Ukraine within the next several months, Apple CEO Tim Cook disclosed on Tuesday.
Apple on Friday announced that its "App Development with Swift" curriculum is being adopted by 70 European schools, including ones in the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Luxembourg, Poland, and Portugal.
Filling in a significant European gap, Apple Pay could be headed to Poland as soon as the first quarter of 2018, a report claims.
Apple may be preparing a large European expansion for Apple Pay later this year, as new rumors point to Poland and the Netherlands joining a list of rollouts.
With the release of iOS 10.3 on Monday, Apple has also extended Wi-Fi and VoLTE (voice-over-LTE) calling to more carriers worldwide, most notably enabling both options for the U.K. branch of O2.
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