WOW Tom, it's so good it knows where the business are going to be before they exist!
John Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 5, 2016, at 6:05 PM, Tom <[email protected]> wrote: > > Careful with Payfinders. It shows three places that accept it within 8 miles > of my house and none even exist on the island. Hotel Molokai is there but no > Tantes. I walked down and they never heard of Apple Pay. > <image1.PNG> > >> On Jan 3, 2016, at 2:12 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> O.K., it’s an obsession, when news like this hits I have to get it >> out…inquiring minds want to know and so do the merchants. I will send this >> to a few businesses after I send to my groups. I have almost totally >> stopped shopping at Kroger as Meijer accepts ApplePay and Kroger doesn’t. >> There are two terminals at Panera Bread that accept ApplePay, the third >> doesn’t so I will wait if the next opening is at the register that hasnt’ >> been configured for our secure payment system…it’s a great way to let the >> merchants know we are serious about their adoption. >> >> If interested there is a new App that will help us find shops that accept >> our payment of choice, it seems it’s being well accepted and immediately >> generating a large number of users…More descriptive info. is below the story >> from the App I just downloaded. >> >> >> >> >> New PayFinders app for locating Apple Pay merchants reports 750% increase in >> users in two days >> >> A new app designed to crowdsource an interactive map of businesses that >> accept Apple Pay just reported adding 12,673 new merchants in North America, >> 95 percent of them being small businesses. In parallel, its developer >> reported that the new app's users have increased an incredible 750 percent >> over the past two days, indicating a lot of interest in Apple Pay. >> >> <15365-11645-ApplePay001-l.jpeg> >> >> PayFinders helps users locate merchants who accept Apple Pay >> >> >> Brian Roemmele, the PayFinder app's creator, announced the jump in Apple Pay >> interest on Twitter earlier today, observing that "Christmas was good to the >> iPhone 6 series and Apple Pay adoption." On Christmas Day, Roemmele had >> earlier noted that 'indirect activation data suggested that the Target and >> BestBuy $100 off Apple Watch promotion may have doubled [the number of Apple >> Watch] devices in use.' >> >> Apple is quickly expanding Apple Pay's reach beyond the U.S., with the >> service launching in the UK in June and more recently in Canada and >> Australia last month. It is expected to begin operating in China early in >> 2016. >> >> >> >> I downloaded the app and here is what it gave me within 13 miles of my >> location…Awesome! >> >> <IMG_2620.PNG> >> >> >> >> To get a list I find the closest at the top of the list >> >> >> >> <IMG_2621.PNG> >> >> >> >> By zooming in near my location the stores nearby are shown in greater >> detail…. >> >> >> <IMG_2622.PNG> >> >> >> >> This is going to be helpful, and something Apple should have included within >> their Maps app from the beginning….. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> Posting address: [email protected] >> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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