What Apple might call “business as usual” may be too overbearing for French regulators to take sitting down.The General Directorate for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control has requested that Apple repay several national carriers to the sum of €40.5 million with an additional €8 million in fines. This as the agency points out some troubling clauses in carriage contracts for the iPhones.Apple commanded minimum orders and was able to use carriers’ patents and branding ...

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As Apple Pay skates across the globe, it’s the transaction rates that stand in the way between the program and banks in France.That said, sources are saying that we may see the mobile payments system move into the EU’s third-largest economy starting in September. Major banks are said to be in the basket for the launch while card issuers will be piloting point-of-sales terminals for the next three to ...

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As Apple Pay skates across the globe, it’s the transaction rates that stand in the way between the program and banks in France.That said, sources are saying that we may see the mobile payments system move into the EU’s third-largest economy starting in September. Major banks are said to be in the basket for the launch while card issuers will be piloting point-of-sales terminals for the next three to ...

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It’s taken several months, but at last, the Microsoft Surface Book has come out of its American shell and has landed in Australia, Austria, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.Prices are going to be all over the place, which is why we have a handy little price chart down below for the price of each country’s Surface Book (with US dollar exchanges ...

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