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06-10-2014, 05:42 AM
Apple's iOS 8 Delivers Credit-Card Scanning, Better Mobile Privacy
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Apple's reveal of iOS 8 at WWDC (http://mashable.com/category/wwdc/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) last week delivered a number of surprises, but users are still discovering more features, including a new credit-card-scanning option in Safari
The feature enables you to use the iPhone's (http://mashable.com/category/iphone/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) camera to scan your credit-card number when prompted by a website during ecommerce transactions
See also: The 18 Most Important Features in iOS 8 (http://mashable.com/2014/06/04/ios-8-features/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
When presented with a credit-card field in the iOS 8 version of Safari (http://mashable.com/category/safari/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), you'll see a "Scan Credit Card" prompt, a new part of the Passwords and AutoFill option already available in iOS 7, which allows you to store credit-card details for future online purchases. The new feature uses character recognition to translate the image of your credit card into distinct numbers on your iOS device, according to 9to5Mac (http://9to5mac.com/2014/06/05/safari-in-ios-8-uses-camera-to-scan-and-enter-credit-card-info/). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/09/apple-ios-8-credit-card-scanning/?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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Apple's reveal of iOS 8 at WWDC (http://mashable.com/category/wwdc/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) last week delivered a number of surprises, but users are still discovering more features, including a new credit-card-scanning option in Safari
The feature enables you to use the iPhone's (http://mashable.com/category/iphone/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) camera to scan your credit-card number when prompted by a website during ecommerce transactions
See also: The 18 Most Important Features in iOS 8 (http://mashable.com/2014/06/04/ios-8-features/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
When presented with a credit-card field in the iOS 8 version of Safari (http://mashable.com/category/safari/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), you'll see a "Scan Credit Card" prompt, a new part of the Passwords and AutoFill option already available in iOS 7, which allows you to store credit-card details for future online purchases. The new feature uses character recognition to translate the image of your credit card into distinct numbers on your iOS device, according to 9to5Mac (http://9to5mac.com/2014/06/05/safari-in-ios-8-uses-camera-to-scan-and-enter-credit-card-info/). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/09/apple-ios-8-credit-card-scanning/?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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