Pavel Jelic It's the second day of the 34th week of this year and we haven't forgotten you about the traditional IT roundup. In today's IT roundup, we take a look at how Samsung launched a rival service to Apple Card. In the second news, we will talk more about the current situation regarding TikTok, and in the third news, we will focus on this year's Adobe MAX conference, which will be available for free to all participants. So let's get straight to the point.
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Samsung launched competition for Apple Card
There have been rumors for a long time that Samsung should come up with its own solution in the form of a payment card. Of course, Samsung began to solve its own payment card after Apple unexpectedly came up with its own Apple Card credit. Today was a fateful day and we saw the launch of the competition for Samsung's Apple Card - specifically, the Samsung Pay Card. Early adopters can apply for this card now, but for now only in the UK. Just like Apple, Samsung also decided to connect with a company that provides all its cards. Specifically, there were connections with Mastercard and Curve. Thanks to this, Samsung managed to create a great payment card that will surely be loved by countless users. Curve has been offering its own "smart" payment cards for a long time. If you are currently hearing about Curve for the first time, it is a card that you can easily control from your iPhone. The main feature of Curve is the ability to integrate all your payment cards into a single Curve card, so you don't have to carry all your cards in your wallet.
Curve then offers several different features in the app, such as the option to reverse a card you have already paid for and much more. However, for unclear reasons, Curve users are now unable to apply for a Samsung Pay Card. Of course, this card has high security, so you don't have to worry about your payment data being stolen. In addition, Curve offers advantageous rates for payments abroad, and the same will be true for the Samsung Pay Card. In addition, users can get money back from their purchases through cashback. It should be noted that, unlike the Apple Card, Samsung does not offer a physical version of its card - it is therefore purely a digital payment card. Samsung Pay Card payments should not be capped at £45, which is the UK limit. As I mentioned above, Samsung Pay Card is only available in the UK for now, we should see expansion later. This is a certain advantage for Samsung, as Apple Card has not yet expanded from the US. Availability in Europe, including in the Czech Republic, is of course unclear for now.
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Oracle is interested in acquiring TikTok
Another day and more information about TikTok. If you're already thinking that you're fed up with this whole TikTok thing, you're definitely not the only one. During the last few weeks, nothing else has been discussed other than the banning of TikTok in the USA, the possible purchase of TikTok by Microsoft and others. Yesterday we you informed that the current President of the United States, Donald Trump, has given ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, a 90-day deadline to find a buyer for its "American" part of the app. Within a month, there should be a statement from Microsoft regarding whether it has decided to buy TikTok or not. If Microsoft doesn't make a deal, Trump simply wanted to make sure that things would keep moving and that TikTok would have a few dozen more days to find a potential buyer.
Even before Microsoft, the information that Apple should be interested in the "American" part of TikTok spread across the Internet. However, this was refuted, and Microsoft remained practically the only company interested in him - and it has been like this until today. We have now learned that Oracle is still in the game, and has expressed interest in the "American" part of TikTok. It was reported by the Financial Times magazine, and it is said that Oracle should communicate with ByteDance in some way and agree on possible conditions. For now, it is not clear who will take over TikTok, but one thing is clear – if ByteDance fails to find a buyer within 90 days, TikTok will simply be banned in the US.
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The Adobe MAX 2020 conference will be free of charge
Just like Apple, Adobe also comes up with its own conference every year, which is called Adobe MAX. As part of this several-day conference, Adobe will prepare a special program, often with well-known celebrities. Traditionally, you have to pay to participate in Adobe MAX, but this year it will be different and the entrance fee will be completely free. However, do not be confused - there will not be a physical conference, but only its online form. As you may have guessed correctly, the physical conference will not take place this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Therefore, each of us will be able to participate in the mentioned online conference for free. Specifically, Adobe MAX will take place from October 20 to 22 this year. If you would like to participate in this year's Adobe MAX conference, just register using these pages from Adobe. Finally, I will mention that every registered attendee is automatically entered into the Adobe MAX t-shirt contest, in addition every registrant should get access to the professional materials and other files that will be available during the conference.
