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Signify just announced a new Philips Hue Tap dial switch, portable Hue Go lamp, and fully customizable track lighting in a range of smart lighting updates today. The Hue Tap dial switch (€49/$49) is available in matte black or white and adjusts lights with a turn of the dial. The faster you turn it the faster your lights brighten or dim. It features four buttons than can control scenes in up to three rooms or zones in the home. The magnetic base allows the Tap dial to be used as a remote control. The Philips Hue Perifo…

The US Treasury Department on Tuesday selected four states that will be the first to tap into the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (CPF), a $10 billion fund for broadband infrastructure and other digital connectivity projects. The initial round of funding from the CPF, totaling $583 million, will go to projects in Louisiana, New Hampshire, Virginia and West Virginia. All told, the first funding round should bring high-speed internet to more than 200,000 homes. The state plans are intended to deliver reliable internet…

At WWDC 2022, Apple showed off some major updates and changes coming to Apple Wallet. Following the integration Wallet has had with state driver’s licenses in Arizona and Colorado, the company expects 11 more states to follow suit. Currently, the states working on integrating Apple Wallet as a legitimate form of ID are already integrating it into TSA checks at select airports. The list of states that have planned Wallet ID integration is as follows: Connecticut Georgia Hawaii Iowa Kentucky Maryland Mississippi Ohio…

SAN FRANCISCO: Jack Dorsey-run financial payments service Square has announced it is working with Apple to enable Tap to Pay on iPhone, Apple's contactless payment acceptance capability, within the Square Point of Sale (PoS) app.Ahead of publicly launching the service later this year, Square also announced an Early Access Program for Tap to Pay on iPhone, allowing select sellers to begin testing the new technology."Bringing Tap to Pay on iPhone into the Square ecosystem ensures that new sellers will have another free…

Square announced on Thursday that it will begin to support Apple’s Tap to Pay technology later this year with a beta test arriving this summer as part of the company’s Early Access Program. Right now if a company is using Square to process sales it needs to use Square’s familiar dongle to receive payments. With support for Apple’s Tap to Pay it should be able to process a big chunk of payments with nothing but an iPhone and the Square app. The new program will allow iPhone users to pay with their phone within Square’s…

Soon, sellers using Square's Point of Sale app can accept payments with only an iPhone. The mobile payment company has announced that it's working with Apple to enable the feature within its application and will launch the service to the public later this year. It will provide sellers with an easy-to-use payment solution, since they'll no longer need to use Square's add-on devices and terminals. All customers need to do is to tap their credit cards, debit cards or phones with digital wallets such as Apple Pay on the…

Apple offers various useful features to iPhone users that lead to a smooth user experience. One such feature is Back Tap which the company introduced with iOS 14. The feature allows you to use a shortcut to a particular app or feature when you double-tap or triple-tap on the back of your iPhone. For instance, users can back tap on their iPhone to take screenshots, launch Siri and more. Users are allowed to set up any shortcut they want. So, if you also want to use the accessibility feature offered by Apple, then follow…

Tap to Pay with iPhone, a new payment system that will allow people to accept payments using nothing more than an iPhone, will be available to members of Square's new early access program this summer, the company has confirmed. Announced via press release, the new program will allow a limited number of people to try Stripe's implementation of Tap to Pay with iPhone ahead of its full launch. Square today announced that it is working with Apple to enable Tap to Pay on iPhone, Apple's contactless payment acceptance…

The latest update to the Google Authenticator doesn’t show the 2FA codes spontaneously and now waits for the user’s tap to reveal the codes.According to 9to5Google, the feature is available on Google Authenticator 5.20. But this version has not been widely rolled out yet through the Play Store. However, you may be able to receive the feature in the coming weeks.Traditionally, Google’s two-factor authenticator (2FA) app displays a six-digit login code as soon as you open the app. But in the new update, you need to tap…

Apple Search users will soon notice a new campaign pricing type. CPT, or cost-per-tap is Apple’s version of CPC, or cost per click. It is calculated by dividing your total spend by the number of taps your ad received. Apple Search ads help people discover your app when they search on the app store. Like traditional manual cost per click ads:you choose a maximum amount you’re willing to pay each time someone clicks, or taps, your adthe actual amount you’re charged is based on what your nearest competitor is willing to pay…