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Android Pay and Apple Pay has been operating in Australia for a couple months now, and here is my thoughts on using the services. For the past couple of months, I have been using Android Pay since I own an OPPO Find 7 which is NFC enabled; I don't own an iPhone however, it is generally the same concept. Banks: Android Pay supports ANZ (Australian New Zealand Banking Group) - the 4th biggest bank in Australia, American Express and a handful of smaller financial institutions, and credit unions with support for Westpac coming soon. Apple Pay on the other hand supports ANZ and American Express. **At the moment, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), Westpac and National Bank of Australia (NAB) - the other 3 biggest banks in Australia - launched a cartel to the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) for not giving access to the NFC access on the iPhone, which would enable contactless payments to be made through their own digital wallets. Reason is that the banks do not want to forfeit the millions of dollars per year they would have earned from Apple Pay through interchange fees. A draft decision on the case will be made in October 2016. APPLE PAY: ANDROID PAY: Stores: Unlike the other countries, where it is a hit or miss adventure trying to figure out what store accepts Apple or Android Pay, around 90% of stores in Australia accepts 'tap and go' technology. According to ANZ, before to Android and Apple Pay, around 60% of their customers uses tap and go technology on their cards, and Australia is one of the first countries to use this kind of technologies. This means, that if you are buying groceries from Coles or Woolworths, buying food from Macca's (McDonald's, KFC, Subway, Red Rooster, Hungry Jacks, Nandos, or other resturant, buying office supplies from Officeworks, buying stuff from department stores such as Target, Big W, Kmart, Myer or David Jones, buying electronics and phones from Harvey Norman, JB Hi-Fi, The Good Guys, filling up your car at the service station at Woolworths Caltex or Coles Shell or purchasing phones or recharge credit from Telstra, Optus or Vodafone, you will be assured that Apple Pay or Android Pay will definitely work, 100% of the time, with no issues. All the stores that I have visited supported Apple Pay or Android Pay with no problems, and the payment goes through with no issues and no hassles. And the list above is all the major stores and eateries in Australia. Many medium and smaller stores also accepts these types of mobile payments - with the smaller stores, just make sure if they have tap and go enabled terminal so you can use Apple or Android Pay. Devices: Apple Pay is supported on iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6S, 6S Plus, SE, 7 and 7 Plus, running on the latest version of iOS. Android Pay is supported on any NFC Phone, running Android 4.4 or above, and the device is NOT rooted. Final Thoughts: There is a lot of promise for the two mobile payment systems, and within Australia, payments has become easier and quicker - no need for finding your credit or debit card in your wallet blackhole. Hopefully in the near future, both mobile payment systems will add support for transport system, replacing gocard for Brisbane and surrounds, Opal Card for Sydney or Minki Cards for Melbourne where it is only a tap and go on your phone, no need digging around finding the card. My experience with it so far is excellent as it provides a safe and secure way of purchasing goods and services. If you have any questions, or need clarification, comment below

Android Pay expands to NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland, Ulster Bank and Santander That means almost every major bank in the UK now supports Android pay apart from barclys and TSB Tsb support is supposed to be coming this month. Source: http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/android-pay-expands-to-natwest-royal-bank-of-scotland-ulster-bank-and-santander-1328493

http://officialandroid.blogspot.com/2016/03/tap-pay-uk.html After a long wait Google's finally bringing Android Pay to the UK. Nice to see we weren't left too far behind. So glad I opted out for my OnePlus Two now with no NFC, tap and pay payments are so convenient considering how lazy people can be. Already supported by tons of UK banks and shops as well as being able to pay for the Tube on the underground in London like Apple Pay, so nice when it's finally here.

Soundcloud Link: https://soundcloud.com/thewanshow/the-wan-show-tech-gaming-talk-fridays-at-16-30-pacific-4 Main News Topics Google I/O 2015 Megathread, Android M, Android Pay, Google Photos, Now, Cardboard and more! Source 1: linustechtips.com/google-io-2015-megathread-android-m… OP: AlexGoesHigh Google Current stats search, chrome, android, and YouTube each have 1 billion users Gmail has over 900 million users over 4000 different smartphone designs run Android (8 of 10 of all smartphones) Android Auto has 35 partners worldwide including Ford, Audi, Honda, Volkswagen and more (dozens of 2016 cars will ship with Auto) 7 devices with Android Wear Android TVs available from multiple OEMs like Sony, Razer, and Nvidia HBO Now is coming to Android this summer with full Chromecast support (including iOS support from Chromecast) Android M Preview (6 main new features) App permissions management manage each app permission individually apps will request permissions when they need and not on installation fully disable certain permissions individually 8 toggles that can be managed: location, camera, microphone, contacts, phone, sms, calendar, and sensors Web experience devs have access to Chrome Custom Tab API’s allowing them to embed the web browser into the app also add app features to the in-app browser tab eg. open a link on Pinterst and the browser now has a “Pin it” button on top App links now smarter with web links eg. a Twitter link on an email will open Twitter instead of asking what to do with it Fingerprint Support will be backed into Android natively no need for OEMs to release new drivers or APIs to support a fingerprint sensor Improved power management and hardware support improve power consumption on Android mainly with the introduction of Doze, a new feautre that will use the sensors on a device to kill background processes when in standby mode alarms and priority services will still be active Google reports that Doze can give up to twice the battery life on the Nexus 9 M will include native support for USB Type C comes with special features like using the device’s battery to charge another device instead of charging itself Extras minor features include improved word selection, copy and past, and better, more independent volume controls for alarms apps and music Android Pay full replacement of Google Wallet uses NFC and Host Card Emulation Google claims it’s about “simplicity, security, and choice” works with all four major CC providers: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover Android Pay will be pre-installed on AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile on new devices will work in 700,000 stores in the US and also for purchasing apps & in-app purchases on Google Play not limited to M, Andoird Pay will work with any device running Android 4.4 and up that support NFC Fingerprint support for Pay is limited to M Android Wear took some pop shots at the Apple Watch like the watchface not being the default home screen Wear apps can take advantage of the glance screen function (shows info without needing to touch or wake the watch eg. Google Maps street directions) new launcher which you can draw emoji on new apps coming with new features eg. Spotify using the mic to detect the song and give you data about it Wear has over 4,000 apps at this point Nvidia GeForce 980Ti officially launching at Computex on June 2nd Source 1: linustechtips.com/nvidia-geforce-980ti-officially-launching… OP: Bouzoo Source 2: wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980ti-officially… Source 3: linustechtips.com/gtx-980-ti-gpu-z-appears… (benchmarks) holding a press event at Computex that will be streamed to the public bringing the GM200 powerhouse in to fill the void between 980 and Titan X Titan X has been very successful with more units sold than the original Titan or the GTX 690 GTX 980Ti is said to be aiming for performance similar to the Titan X with a lower purchase price the GM200-310 in the is rumored to feature 980Ti 2816 or 3072 CUDA cores, 176 texture mapping units and 96 ROPs 6GB of VRAM core clock maintained at 1000 MHz and 1076 MHz boost 8+6 pin power, DVI, HDMI, 3x display port 3DMark FireStrike score rumored at 14071 (Titan X scores 15602 and GTX 980 scores 11168) Volvo dealer tries to demonstrate safety features, ends up hitting onlookers Source 1: linustechtips.com/if-you-dont-want-to… OP: Rhith_Kumar_Sp Source 2: http://time.com/money/3896931/volvo-self-parking-accident/ demo unit of the Volvo XC60 was used to showcase driver assistance features last week dealer wanted to show off the City Safety system by driving into a group of onlookers, expecting the vehicle to stop on its own Volvo spokesperson says the car’s system is “not meant to be used in this fashion” the men hit in this “dem0000000onstration” were bruised, but not seriously injured original video suggested the car malfunctioned while trying to self-park Volvo says that is not the case - the demo was meant to show the City Safety system, which avoids rear end collisions with other vehicles at low speeds this system does not detect pedestrians - that system is $3,000 extra and is aptly named the “Pedestrian Detection System” Volvo has said that even if the car was equipped with that system, the driver’s foot on the accelerator would have overridden the automated system “I would like to emphasize that Volvo Cars strongly recommends never to perform any tests towards real humans, only dummies or similar objects should be used.” moral of the story is know what tech is inside your device before you try to demo a feature it doesn’t have Colorful to Become World's Second Biggest Graphics Card Vendor in 2015, surpassed MSI, ASUS and Gigabyte Source 1: linustechtips.com - colorful to become worlds second biggest OP: Ahhming Source 2: techpowerup.com Colorful is a China based company selling cards to the Chineese market. Colorful started out as (and continues to be) a vendor of wacky, over-the-top GeForce GTX graphics cards Palit is the biggest graphics card manufacturer by volume, with a brand portfolio that includes Galaxy, Gainward, Point of View, and its own namesake. Colorful could become the second largest graphics card maker in terms of shipments by the end of the year, next only to Palit (the current leader in terms of shipments). Colorful has been clocking an average of 500,000 graphics cards shipped per month. Projected to have shipped over 5 million cards in 2015. Outsold ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, and ZOTAC, all of which are multinationals. [Rumour] Microsoft looks to be acquiring Blackberry Source 1: linustechtips.com - microsoft looks to be acquiring blackber OP: Deadher0 Source 2: appleinsider.com - rumor microsoft interested in acquiring blackberr Microsoft is rumored to be talking with investment firms about the prospect of buying out BlackBerry. MS is likely motivated by a desire to deepen its foray into the mobile enterprise and gain access to BlackBerry's patent trove. Chinese technology firms Huawei, Lenovo, and Xiaomi have also expressed an interest. No party has taken definite steps towards an acquisition, and this is not the first time Microsoft has been rumored to buy BlackBerry. Blackberry sold some 1.6 million phones during its fiscal fourth quarter, Apple, for instance, sold 74.5 million iPhones in the same period. US Govt proposes to classify cybersecurity or hacking tools as weapons of war Source 1: linustechtips.com - us govt proposes to classify cybersecur OP: Faissaloo Source 2: betanews.com - us govt proposes to classify cybersecurity or hacking Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) which deals with issues involving national security and high technology has proposed tighter export rules for computer security tools This proposal could hinder the work of security researchers. In an attempt to bring cyber security tools under the umbrella of the law, they will be introducing guidelines on export rules for licensing technology and software as it crosses an international border. Currently, these tools are controlled based on their cryptographic functionality. The new proposed rule could disallow encryption license exceptions. Security researchers need to use tools and scripts that intrude into a protected system. New definition of ‘intrusion software’ refers to a tool which is capable of extraction or/and modification of data or information from a computer or network-enabled device. Tools including hypervisors, debuggers and others that are used for reverse engineering software won’t be considered as “intrusion software”. Star Citizen Assets leaked Source 1: linustechtips.com/main/topic/373446-star-citizen-assets-leaked/ OP: Twisteddictator Source 2: polygon.com Source 3: imgur.com/a/jeZzl (Photos with leak) Leaked by community manager Disco Lando, a CIG employee, while showing off ‘Star Marine’ He posted a screenshot that included a partial URL. Someone guessed the rest of the URL. The download was a 50GB torrent. By the time CIG caught on 2 people had already reached 100%. Some of the leaked material could include story spoilers. Videos of the assets have been uploaded by many SC fans. Google files patent for "smart teddy bear" that would watch and listen to users Source 1: linustechtips.com - google files patent for smart teddy b OP: Aniallation Source 2: mirror.co.uk - google designs creepy toys spy 5759857%C2%A0 Source 3: globalnews.ca - google files patent for smart teddy bear that would interactive teddy bear - has motors to control arms, legs, head mics in ears, cameras in eyes, speaker in mouth patent was filed in 2012 but was just granted it lists that the toys should be “cute” so that “young children may find [them] attractive” in the 21-page patent Google describes anthropomorphic devices that are equpped with sensors which detect when a child is looking at it, then turn its head toward the child to listen and watch “By making ‘eye contact’ with the user, the user is presented with a familiar form of social interaction in which two parties look at each other while communicating,” toys would process commands and provide a suitable response could be used to control other devices around the home such as a Smart TV or music player commands could be relayed through voice or gestures the privacy implications are nothing new, but it shows that Google is trying to collect data from a younger and younger audience trying to track, analyze, and turn us into a good advertiser profile by the time we can speak Microsoft cuts the bandwidth required for cloud game streaming by over 80% Source 1: linustechtips.com - microsoft cuts the bandwidth re OP: Victorious Secret Source 2: geek.com - microsoft cuts cloud game streaming bandwidth by over 80 Source 3: geek.com/tag/doom-3/ Source 4: linustechtips.com/main/page/articles.html/_/articles Source 5: today.duke.edu/2015/05/cloudgaming Source 6: geek.com/tag/gpu/ bandwidth reduction tool called Kahawai, the Hawaiian word for “stream” works off the concept that not all work should be done remotely while a game is being played over a network performance contained in the device is used as well eg. game console or smartphone/tablet enables collaborative rendering, splitting the load between the server and the GPU in the player’s device server still does most of the heavy lifting on shadows, texture mapping, fine-grain details local GPU provides graphical basics (research team refers to this as the “rough sketch”) makes a huge difference to the amount of data required to stream a game without impacting how the game plays used it on Doom 3 streamed at 60fps with no discernible difference between streaming with and without Kahawai (obviously an older game, but still cool) no notable difference in response times Intel, AMD Form New Cross-License, Graphics Included Source 1: linustechtips.com - intel amd form new cross license grap OP: Patrickjp93 Source 2: kitguru.net - amd clarifies cross license with intel change of contr the companies have agreed not to pursue litigation for any potential patent infringements covers entire patent portfolio for both companies general-purpose processors, graphics adapters, other IPs eg. AMD can design and sell microprocessors compatible with Intel’s x86 instruction set architecture and featuring a variety of extensions Intel could do the same using AMD’s IPs there are a number of terms and limitations, eg. not allowed to build processors compatible with competitors’ infrastructure (sockets, mainboards etc.) if either AMD or Intel change ownership, the agreement is immediately terminated if a transaction happens to acquire either company they will need to negotiate a new cross-licensing agreement if they are to have one in place (the director of corporate communications at AMD was the one making that very clear - not sure if there’s anything to read into there…) speculation that many investors and companies have held off from acquiring AMD since there was not a cross-licensing agreement in place - now that the framework is there it could make an acquisition slightly easier Amazon Expands Same-Day Delivery Source 1: linustechtips.com - amazon expands same day deliver OP: Victorious Secret Source 2: techcrunch.com Orders submitted by noon will arrive by 9pm that day. Regions previously allowed: New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Atlanta, Boston, Baltimore, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Washington, D.C. Expanded to San Diego and Tampa Bay Price is now free for orders over $35 for prime customers. (Prime is $99 a year) Was previously a flat fee of $5.99 for all prime customers. Non-members will continue to pay $8.99 plus $0.99 per unit when requesting same-day delivery. This is separate from Prime Now, which offers 1 hour deliveries in New York City, Miami, Baltimore, Dallas, Atlanta, and Austin to prime members for $7.99 Rapid Fire News Topics LINUS TECH TIPS SHIRTS teespring.com/linustechtips Google Maps, Chrome, YouTube offline support Source 1: linustechtips.com - google maps chrome youtube offline suppor OP: Ahhming Source 2: slashgear.com - google maps chrome youtube offline support extended new version of Chrome in Android will allow you to save a webpage for offline viewing YouTube will allow you to keep a video saved offline for 48 hours - will be available on all Android 4.4 devices or higher “in the near future” Maps will have an offline mode - you’ll have to download the maps you choose to use offline will include turn-by-turn directions coming “later this year” Chinese tech exec spends $100M to create Star Trek-inspired offices Source 1: linustechtips.com/chinese-tech-exec-spends-100m-to-create… OP: TwistedDictator Source 2: theverge.com/star-trek-uss-enterprise… tech exec sits on the board of search giant Baidu office is in the shape of the USS Enterprise functions as office space for Chinese game dev NetDragon Websoft $97 million spent on this office 260 meters long construction began in October 2010 they contacted the show’s rights holder, CBS, who initially thought it was a joke only realized they were serious when the pertinent legal documents arrived for any doubters - it appears in Google Maps Text message completely powers off iPhones Source 1: linustechtips.com - text message completely powers off iph OP: Sirnumbers Source 2: reddit.com/r/iphone/comments/37eaxs/um_can_someone_explain_this_phenomenon Source 3: discussions.apple.com/thread/7058905 “Power” followed by a series of characters, when sent to an iPhone, powers off the device seems to be a problem with iOS 8 some have reported it making all apps crash as well users that had this “freeze” their device (cause apps to fail) reported a fix by texting a photo from their gallery to the number (or numbers) that originally sent the power off text ZOTAC GeForce GTX Titan X with modified hybrid cooling solution Source 1: linustechtips.com/zotac-geforce-gtx-titan-x… OP: ahhming Source 2: zotac.com/geforce-titan-series/product/geforce-titan… hybrid cooler dual-slot, triple-fan solution custom water block, which can optionally be used with liquid cooling solutions running at 1026 MHz base, 1114 MHz boost, memory clock at 7010 MHz no word on price Witcher 3 Tweak Tool give you a TON of options! Source 1: linustechtips.com/witcher-3-tweak-tool… OP: blu4 Source 2: dsogaming.com/… [30 SECOND PRE-ROLL] “We are pretty sure that a lot of PC gamers would love to tweak some of The Witcher 3’s .INI options but are put off by the whole procedure.” a modder, MelekTaus, has released a configuration tool to gain access to numerous graphics options config features support for SweetFX allows you to modify everything in the game - DLC, colors, graphics, audio, and more AMD “It's Coming…” teaser Source 1: linustechtips.com/main/topic/374901-amd-its-coming-teaser/ OP: Epicponage 7 second “hype” video. 2K teased a new game: what is the Advent Administration? Source 1: linustechtips.com - 2k teased a new game maybe its a new OP: Bloodyvalley Source 2: gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/05 Source 3: adventfuture.org/ not much real info teaser is centered around a medical and gene therapy company called Advent Administration the official site says "The Advent Administration strives to create a world free from hunger, pain, sickness, and war. We believe in a global community of happy and comfortable citizens." Advent site message changes to “The ADVENT is lying to you. They want to subdue and destroy us all. We are still here.” the changes to the site hint at the game being centered around a dystopian future idea new Bioshock or new IP?\