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Facebook might let you auto-upload photos from iOS
The feature is a big deal for Facebook since photos are a core driver of return visits and time on site. Most people take way more photos with their phones than they upload to Facebook and the social network wants to close the gap. Instead of having to manually choose photos and wait for them to upload, Photo Sync makes this all very low friction, which could drastically boost the number of photos people publish.
You could upload all your photos to Facebook and restrict their visibility to only you. Thus, when you’d want to put a photo on Facebook, it’ll already be there. This is big for them; perhaps they should expect that Apple will block this.
Apple, AuthenTec and the future of the iPhone
I read this:
With Apple rumored to be attempting to acquire a security solutions provider, a new move by AuthenTec to sell a portion of its business suggests Apple is most interested in its fingerprint scanning technology.
Apple bought this company in July for about 350 million dollars. And it makes me think: if Apple puts a fingerprint sensor on the home button of the iPhone, they could enter the mobile payments industry by the big door. Plus, they already have so many credit cards with one-click purchases on iTunes and the App Store, it really looks like a logical next step.