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06-03-2014, 11:13 PM
Apple's Mobile Payment Strategy Is Taking Shape
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If you blinked during Apple's big WWDC key**te event (http://mashable.com/2014/06/02/wwdc-2014-everything-you-need-to-k**w/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) on Monday, you might have missed the part that hinted at the company's mobile payments strategy.
A little more than 90 minutes into the two-hour presentation, Apple's SVP of software engineering Craig Federighi pulled up a slide about Touch ID, the fingerprint scanner introduced with the iPhone 5s last year. He then an**unced that developers would soon have access to applying the feature to their apps through a new API.
See also: The Slow Evolution of Apple's Online Store (http://mashable.com/2014/05/16/apple-online-store-history/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Federighi then showed off how Mint, a popular personal finance application, would take advantage of the Touch ID API to let users scan their fingers to log in to the app rather than typing out a password Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/03/apple-mobile-payments-wwdc/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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If you blinked during Apple's big WWDC key**te event (http://mashable.com/2014/06/02/wwdc-2014-everything-you-need-to-k**w/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) on Monday, you might have missed the part that hinted at the company's mobile payments strategy.
A little more than 90 minutes into the two-hour presentation, Apple's SVP of software engineering Craig Federighi pulled up a slide about Touch ID, the fingerprint scanner introduced with the iPhone 5s last year. He then an**unced that developers would soon have access to applying the feature to their apps through a new API.
See also: The Slow Evolution of Apple's Online Store (http://mashable.com/2014/05/16/apple-online-store-history/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Federighi then showed off how Mint, a popular personal finance application, would take advantage of the Touch ID API to let users scan their fingers to log in to the app rather than typing out a password Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/03/apple-mobile-payments-wwdc/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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