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Apple plans to make online shopping a little easier this fall. iOS8, the new iPhone operating system that's coming out later this year,  will let you scan your credit card when buying something in Safari . Instead of typing in numbers, you'll be able to hold up your card and have the iPhone automatically recognize the numbers and punch them in for you. Here's what it will look like, with photos courtesy of 9to5 Mac: Apple debuted both the new iPhone and Mac operating systems in San Francisco on Monday. Though you can't get the updates until this fall, a few developers already have access -- and the credit card feature is just one of several changes that are coming to your phone and computer. The company also has plans to make texting easier, and might be changing the font on the Mac for the first time ever. Some apps  like Uber  already use similar technology to the new card-scanning option, allowing you to hold your credit card up to your phone...

Android is on a roll. A staggering 81 percent of the smartphones shipped worldwide in the third quarter of this year were running Google's mobile operating system, according to technology research firm IDC. This is up from 74.9 percent during the same time last year, IDC found. Meanwhile, Apple's numbers fell. The worldwide market share of iOS, the operating system that powers iPhones, dropped during the third quarter to 12.9 percent from 14.4 percent, according to IDC. The reason is less than shocking: iPhones are freaking expensive. As the chart below shows, the average selling price for an iPhone last quarter was $635. But the average price for a smartphone running Android -- there are many manufacturers -- was only $268. "If you go to emerging markets, it's a price game," IDC Research Manager Ramon Llamas said, referring to countries like China and India. "Devices like [Apple's iPhone] and the new Bl...

Screen grab/Google Play store BlackBerry denied it had anything to do with "potentially fake" reviews of the BlackBerry Messenger for Android app on the Google Play store and said it is working with Google to get to resolve the problem. BlackBerry won a rare bit of praise earlier this week when it finally released its standalone BlackBerry Messenger app for iPhone and Android devices to huge demand. Screen grab/Twitter/Matt Baxter-Reynolds BBM is "user friendly" and "smooth." At least according to these "potentially fake" reviews. The mobile instant-messaging app was downloaded more than 10 million times in the first 24 hours, BlackBerry said , and many users were so pleased they decided to post glowing reviews of the software online. Problem with some of the reviews appearing in the Google Play app store, however, was that they looked oddly familiar to one another. Well, nearly identical really. One particularly obse...

BlackBerry seems to be on seventh heaven after the cross platform version of its BBM or  BlackBerry Messenger app recorded 10 million downloads and positive reviews . However, it looks like a large number of positive reviews, at least on the app's Android listing on the Google Play store, appear to be fake or 'astroturfed' (paid or a PR effort).   One of the reasons for doubting the intent behind the BBM for Android reviews was that they featured the same text complete with grammatical errors, and a five star rating. The text said, "Thank you so much Blackberry team. I was waiting this app. It is really great user friendly and smooth." These reviews were first  spotted  by Matt Baxter-Reynolds who posted a screenshot on Twitter.   Interestingly, one review started with the text, "Please post the following comment on the new BlackBerry Messenger Android APP. 'Thank you so much black berry team...'" followed by the same positive review. Th...

Apple will launch its new iPhone today at an event in California. Get all the information on features, colours and specs here, as it happens.    Latest 21.00: That's all folks. Thanks for tuning in. 20.50: UPDATE: turns out it was a false alarm. O2 has confirmed that it will be selling iPhone 5S and 5C on future-proof O2 Refresh tariffs, and they will support 4G. The new iPhone models will also be supported on Three's 4G network when it launches in December. Related Articles Apple iPhone 5S and 5C: fingerprint sensor and plastic make iPhone 5 debut 10 Sep 2013 Sponsored Chief digital officers could be the key to success 20.27: The analyst comments are still pouring in, but we'll leave it there for now. Watch out for Matt Warman's first impressions, coming soon. 20.19: IDC Research Director Francisco Jeronimo is impressed with the fingerprint sensor: Twitter: Francisco Jeron...

On Tuesday, Apple will host its first event since its  Worldwide Developers Conference in June.  The company says the event should  "brighten everyone's day. But what exactly will Apple reveal today? Here's some of what the Cupertino tech giant may have up its sleeve. 1. iPhone 5S The rumor mill leading up to tomorrow's event has been  working overtime for the "iPhone 5S."  The expected new iPhone is said to be the same size as the iPhone 5, and might come in gold -- and be made of Liquidmetal, an "indestructible" alloy that's twice as strong as titanium. One possible major improvement is the inclusion of a fingerprint sensor embedded into the convex home button, a  "big headlining feature" for the 5S  according to Cult of Mac. The phone may also feature a 12-megapixel camera with dual flash for better photos in low light, and  128 GB of storage. Sound like the 5S could be pricey? Apple may have something in mi...