Vlado Grancaric Lead Mobile Engineer at Odecee gives an overview of what has been happening in the land of Apple and Google in the last month.

1. Sync Mobile 9
What’s on in Mobile?
Presented by Vlado Grancaric, Ashton Williams and Daniel Bradby
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2. Agenda
• What
• Vector
• Code
• Kickstarter
• Question
2
has
happened
since
last
month?
(Vlado)
• In
Apple’s
world
• In
Androids
world
• Other
Assets
on
iOS
(Ashton)
Signing
on
iOS
@
NAB
(Daniel)
project
of
the
month
(Vlado)
about
the
Merge
(Vlado)
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3. What has happened since last month?
Apple’s World
3
Yosemite
was
released
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5K
iMac
Mac mini and it sucks as they didn’t give it a big speed bump and you can’t even upgrade the RAM now.

4. What has happened since last month?
Apple’s World
4
Apple
Pay
went
live
in
the
US New
iPad
Air
and
Mini
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iPad Air / Mini has Touch ID
Apple Pay went live with the iOS 8.1 upgrade
There is an untethered jailbreak for iOS8 - 8.1 by Pangu
- Apple Sim in the works
- Shipping with new iPad Air 2 and Mini 3 cellular
- Will work with multiple US and UK carriers.
- Can switch back and forth between cellular providers
- Can change on the go allowing you to get a short term contract for the duration of your trip
-

5. What has happened since last month?
Androids World
5
Gmail
Inbox
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New
firmware
update
- Highlights important info at a glance
- Reminders, Assists and Snooze.
- Currently invite only
- Similar to Email apps like Mailbox
The firmware update brings with it:
- offline music support
- some GPS functionality (more for future Android wear devices like Sony Smartwatch 3 which will have built in GPS)
- Bluetooth connectivity to headphones and speakers
-

6. What has happened since last month?
Androids World
6
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- New Nexus 6 device has 6in screen
- 13 MP camera
- Comes with turbo charging (can get 6 hours of use with 15 min of charging)
- 32GB and 64GB models
- Cost starting $649
- Nexus 9
- Brush metal
- 16GB and 64GB models
- Cost starting AU$479
- Nexus Player
- Collaboration with ASUS
- streaming media player for movies, music and videos
- Can play Android games on your TV with gamepad
- Google Cast compatible

7. What has happened since last month?
Androids World
7
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- Main features
- Material Design
- Notifications
- Battery
- Security
- Device Sharing
- Runtime and performance
- ART and 64 bit
- Loads more

8. What has happened since last month?
Other
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Big brick-and-mortar retail chains were conspiring to sidestep the
typical 2% to 3% fees they’re charged by credit card companies
when consumers pay with credit.
Rather than NFC, CurrentC uses QR codes displayed on a
cashier’s screen and scanned by the consumer’s phone or vice
versa to initiate and verify the transaction.
Can apply discounts and use loyalty programs
The company is run by merchants including Walmart, Target,
Best Buy
The idea behind MCX was that if enough retailers teamed up,
they could convince consumers to adopt their mobile payment
system that would let retailers avoid paying credit card fees in the
2 percent to 3 percent range by processing payments through
Automatic Clearing House transactions through bank accounts
that have much smaller fees.
http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/25/currentc/
big brick-and-mortar retail chains were conspiring to sidestep the typical 2% to 3% fees they’re charged by credit card companies when consumers pay with credit.
Rather than NFC, CurrentC uses QR codes displayed on a cashier’s screen and scanned by the consumer’s phone or vice versa to initiate and verify the transaction.
Can apply discounts and use loyalty programs
The company is run by merchants including Walmart, Target, Best Buy
The idea behind MCX was that if enough retailers teamed up, they could convince consumers to adopt their mobile payment system that would let retailers avoid paying credit card fees in the 2 percent to 3 percent range by processing payments through Automatic
Clearing House transactions through bank accounts that have much smaller fees.
The problem with the CurrentC system, as John Gruber points out, is that it’s based more around solving the retailers’ credit card fee problems than the consumers’ payment friction problems. Users have to open their phone, open CurrentC, open the scanner, scan
the code from the cashier, and wait for the transaction to be confirmed. That may present more friction than simply paying with a credit card, and it’s certainly harder than a quick Touch ID verification and tap of Apple Pay.

9. Kickstarter project of the month
No joke real life hover board (Back to the future here I come)
Page
9
The
world’s
first
real
hoverboard
You
can
currently
hover
1in
off
the
ground
$899
and
you
will
get
one
in
Aug
2015
they
are
going
fast
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/142464853/hendo-hoverboards-worlds-first-real-hoverboard?ref=category_popular

10. Kickstarter project of the month
AMPY Captures your Kinetic Energy
Stores
your
physical
energy
one
battery
1
weeks
worth
of
physical
activity
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Was
US$95
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1071086547/ampy-power-your-devices-from-your-motion?ref=category_popular