Apple Pay tipped to be coming to web purchases

If recent rumours are to be believed, Apple Pay won’t just be limited to select iOS devices but will be coming to online purchases as well, which means taking the fight to PayPal. It’s said Apple might unveil this plan at the upcoming WWDC 2016. It isn’t known though if it’ll work with devices that don’t have fingerprint sensors, such as desktops, or if it’ll only work with the Safari browser. At the moment Apple Pay only works with iPhone 6/6s, iPhone 6/6s Plus, iPhone SE, both iPad Pro models, iPad mini, and Apple Watch, because it makes use of your fingerprint to verify the purchase or your heartbeat, which is the case with the Apple Watch. There have been recent rumours that Apple is also releasing a new MacBook with a Touch ID fingerprint sensor, so that could answer that concern. We’ll just have to wait a few weeks if there is any truth to the speculation.

Source: Digital Trends

LG Innotek is reportedly exclusive dual-lens camera module supplier for ‘iPhone 7 Plus’

"iPhone 7 Plus" dual camera design mockup by Feld & Volk

If a recent Korean report is to be believed, LG Innotek instead of Sony will be supplying the rumoured dual-lens camera modules for the upcoming Apple “iPhone 7 Plus.” The shipping of the modules, according to Business Korea, should start this month and will see LG monopolizing the supply of that part for the rest of the year. But that could change by 2017 if other partners enter the picture. Sony was expected to be fulfilling this order or at least take majority of it since the company has been a regular image sensor supplier for Apple. But low production yields and earthquake damage at its Kumamoto facilities have caused manufacturing issues for Sony. Sony denied any disruption in production but reports like these say otherwise. Previous rumours claim that LG was supposed to take the first wave of orders but it seems they’ll be taking on all orders.

Source: Apple Insider

Google rumoured to be re-thinking its revenue sharing with app developers

After Apple announced its new plan for app developers, Google’s reportedly thinking of doing the same thing for its own developers. According to Recode, though, the 85/15 revenue split Google also plans to implement will begin immediately. It won’t require developers to have a user subscribe for one year before the new revenue sharing method kicks in, which is what Apple is doing. Unnamed sources said Google has been trying this out with entertainment companies over a year ago with video services to boost its offerings as well as have them work on its TV streaming devices such as the Cast dongle. There isn’t any confirmation yet, though, if Google will implement this and when. Google has long been trying to get developers to invest in its platform like they do with Apple so we won’t be surprised if the tech giant does resolve to do this.

Source: Recode

‘True Detective’ might be canceled soon

You don’t like to see this happening to your favorite shows but it looks like True Detective is next on the chopping block, if reports are to be believed. True Detective in its first season was met with critical acclaim and was a hit for HBO. Unfortunately, the second season was flop and wasn’t able to meet the expectations for the first season. And so there is a chance that this will happen when Casey Bloys, HBO’s former head of comedy, steps in for Michael Lombardo as head of programming. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Bloys will be the one to decide the fate of the show. THR also claims that True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto is “more likely” to be offering a new show instead of trying to revive this show. A new season could happen but at this point we won’t be surprised if HBO decides to pass on it.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter | Via: SlashGear