And I forgot to mention the Drone will drop a treat for the dog….

John


> On Jul 31, 2017, at 11:30 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> 
> Nah I only use self check out if I am getting one or two things. Mostly large 
> order or do the click list service. Click list is nice unless you are buying 
> meat or produce that you like to look at before you purchase.
>  
> From: [email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]> 
> [mailto:[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of John 
> Robinson
> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2017 10:30 AM
> To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers
> Subject: Re: [MacGroup] This and that.....
>  
> Ed,
>  
> I got to thinking maybe you were talking about Self Checkout, if so the 
> scanner WON’T scan the phone…it’s not calibrated for anything other than the 
> product barcodes….I would have to use the Kroger card on my keychain  if I 
> went through self checkout.  In line they use a different hand scanner that 
> will work for the phones.
>  
> John
>  
>  
> On Jul 31, 2017, at 10:04 AM, [email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
>  
> John how do you use the Kroger Plus card with the scanner?
>  
> From: [email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]> 
> [mailto:[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of John 
> Robinson
> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2017 10:00 AM
> To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers
> Subject: Re: [MacGroup] This and that.....
>  
> Jim,
>  
> Stay with it…sometimes it’s awkward….but you’ll get used to it….
>  
> I also found another great addition to ApplePay….most of you may already know 
> this…
>  
> For my birthday I always ask for Apple, the family gets so sick and tired of 
> this..but it’s better than socks or a tie….
>  
> The usual iTunes, then a couple for Apple, one came from an email, when 
> received it gave me several choices…I could print and take the paper to the 
> Apple Store, I could use the email OR I could add to my Wallet…
>  
> I’ve never done this before but here’s how it works.
>  
> From the email I chose add to Apple Wallet but for the one that was an actual 
> gift card I discovered that all I had to do was click on the “Passes” and 
> then the camera opens and it grabs the QR Code off the back of he card
>  
> <image002.png>
>  
> and instantly adds the amount to my wallet….so look at the Wallet now……I have 
> the credit and debit cards above (some are behind others, not all show) then 
> at the bottom I have the Passes listed, so my rewards card to Walgreens, same 
> with Kroger the old Starbucks card I no longer use since they take ApplePay 
> and at the top you see a “gray” Apple Store” and a small “tan” card behind 
> the Apple Card, which is another Apple Store card.  So shopping on line or in 
> the store now I have everything on the iPhone….
>  
>  
>  
> <image003.png>
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
> I’m hoping that one day the restaurants will come into the 21st century and 
> allow their gift cards to be added to our Wallets so payment can be made for 
> the charges even if they don’t accept ApplePay.  I’ll start the push with 
> their managements.  All this is so much easier, and safer than giving the 
> server our card….Apple is striving to make our lives easier and more 
> secure….we need to show we approve by using their system every chance we can.
>  
>  
> John
>  
>  
>  
> On Jul 31, 2017, at 2:45 AM, James Bennett <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>  
> I used Apple Pay at the Walgreens at Frankfort Ave & Ewing Friday. Wouldn’t 
> accept it the first few tries. Finally worked on the 3rd or 4th attempt. 
> Don’t know if it was me holding the phone wrong or the reader, ‘cause I’ve 
> only used Apple Pay a few times so far.
> Jim
>  
> On Jul 28, 2017, at 1:21 PM, tom holloman <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>  
> John
> Agree. Did remind clerks. I suggested have tech check reader to Walgreens and 
> she just gave me a blank look. Starbucks said they didn't have it. The reader 
> was old kind. Worked perfect at ace hardware too. Didn't work at our local 
> grocery store and clerk said I was only one that had tried.they could care 
> less.only two places that have on our island are the grocery store and ace, 
> so most my use off island. Yesterday was first time I had so much trouble. 
> Had over $100 in cart at Walgreens. Would have left but we are on tight 
> schedule because late planes were all full so I paid cash.
> Tom
> 
> On Jul 28, 2017, at 7:12 AM, John Robinson <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
> Tom,
>  
> Most all the Starbucks take ApplePay, the one here was not on the top of the 
> list so other stores had it long before we did…now when I purchase a drink I 
> have to remind the clerk, especially if they are new, to hit the CREDIT 
> button before handing the reader through the window…if I’ve tried to lower 
> the watch to quickly it won’t work, I have to raise the watch and then go to 
> the reader a second time…it then always works.  Walgreen’s is a perfect read 
> every time, so your store needs to work on this.
>  
> John
>  
>  
> On Jul 28, 2017, at 1:07 PM, tom holloman <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>  
> That's good news especially after my experience on Maui yesterday. First one 
> great at Whole Foods held watch up and bang, done. Next one Walgreens reader 
> didn't take watch or iPhone. Has to be reader because it had just worked at 
> Whole Foods. Also tried at different machine in their pharmacy, same result. 
> Next stop Starbucks because I thought they took it but they said no.
> These merchants need train clerks or keep machines working.
> I really hate to hand my card to a stranger.
> Tom
> 
> On Jul 28, 2017, at 5:54 AM, John Robinson <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>  
>  
>  
> 1st   
>  
>  Last night my wife found the nail polish she had been looking for ever so 
> long.  Amazon didn’t have it….”out of stock, didn’t know if it would ever be 
> offered”.
>  
> Then she found a company that offered the product…who are they?  Are they a 
> front for my info?  Are they simply mining credit card numbers, addresses, 
> email addresses?   
>  
> But, if she wants it, I better take the chance and order…(been married 54 
> years, I’ve learned my position)….
>  
> In the cart and now to checkout….once in checkout I was so hoping PayPal 
> would be there..and fantastic, it was!  Whew, now no info to this 
> firm…however right beside PayPal wasApplePay!!!  Goodness the Gods are 
> smiling…
>  
> Hit ApplePay, the next process was to authenticate with the fingerprint…game 
> over, I was done…not a single other thing to do, Apple completes the entire 
> transaction.  I hear the ping on the iPhone from Apple, seconds later another 
> ping from the company thanking me for the order, giving me the order number 
> and date of delivery…
>  
> No being transferred to PayPal, putting in my password to PayPal and picking 
> the institution I want them to use for the payment…
>  
> Folks, this ApplePay is amazing, using it on the internet is even better than 
> at a Point Of Purchase checkout at a store….You owe it to yourself to utilize 
> this system…
>  
>  
> 2nd  
>  
> Just how good is Siri?  Lots of comparisons by the rag writers, for me the 
> answer lies in does Siri do what I want?
>  
> This morning on the way to work I was beside a Sone Container Semi, I 
> wondered if the company was publicly traded…”Siri, is Stone Container 
> Corporation a publicly traded company”?   
>  
> Here is what she sent….now you see why I talk as much to this lady as I do my 
> wife…before you protest, remember, we’ve been married 54 years!!  
>  
> Stone Container Corporation
>  
> SSCC was formed in November 1998, with the merger of Jefferson Smurfit 
> Corporation (JSC) and Stone Container Corporation (Stone). JSC’s roots go 
> back to 1974, when Dublin, Ireland-based Jefferson Smurfit Group (JSG) 
> acquired partial interest in Time Industries, a Chicago-based paper and 
> packaging company. 
> 
> 
> 
> JSG established a major presence in the United States with the 1981 
> acquisition of the Alton Box Board Company and the 1982 acquisition of 
> Diamond International’s packaging operations. In 1983, JSG’s U.S. operations 
> reorganized and the majority of these operations became subsidiaries of JSC. 
> JSC went on to establish a leadership position in the U.S. paper and 
> packaging industry with its 1986 acquisition of 50 percent of Container 
> Corporation of America (CCA) from Mobil Corporation. 
> 
> 
> 
> Morgan Stanley Leveraged Equity Fund II (MSLEF II) purchased the other half 
> of CCA. JSC restructured as a privately held company in 1989, jointly owned 
> by JSG and MSLEF II.
> 
> 
> 
> As part of the restructuring, JSC acquired the remainder of CCA. In 1994, JSC 
> recapitalized as a publicly traded company.
>  
>  
> 3rd  
>  
> This one is hard to understand, why would anyone be buying the iPhone 7 when 
> the 8 is just a couple months away?  Maybe the Android users are reading the 
> same news the rest of us see,  a new Android virus every 10 seconds, 
> expecting 3.5 million this year alone….for some reason they are moving NOW 
> instead of waiting for the 8….good news for Apple but unexpected.  
>  
> The iPhone 8 isn't even here yet and Android owners are already switching to 
> Apple
>  
> A Message from Sears  
> <http://eb2.3lift.com/pass?tl_clickthrough=true&redir=http%3A%2F%2Fcat.ny.us.criteo.com%2Fdelivery%2Fckn.php%3Fcppv%3D1%26cpp>Published
>  July 25, 2017
>  
> <1501002431322.jpeg>
>  
> File photo: Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software 
> engineering, speaks during an announcement of new products at the Apple 
> Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif., Monday, June 5, 2017. 
> (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)  (Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All 
> rights reserved.)
>  
> In a report published on Tuesday, market research firm CIRP revealed that 
> Apple attracted more Android switchers in the most recent quarter than at any 
> other time in the past year. 
>  
> While over 75% of iPhone buyers were upgrading from the iPhone 5s, iPhone 6 
> or iPhone 6s (as well as the SE, 5c and Plus models), 20% of consumers 
> surveyed said that they were switching over from an Android device.
>  
> "The good news for Apple is that relative to earlier quarters, they attracted 
> a higher percentage of iPhone buyers from Android phones," said CIRP partner 
> and co-founder Josh Lowitz. "In the past three quarters before the June 2017 
> quarter, Android owners had represented 14% to 17% of iPhone buyers. With 
> lengthening upgrade cycles and a growing percentage of owners with the most 
> recently released models, continued platform switching will be important to 
> the success of the next iPhones."
>  
> In addition to the increased rate of Android switchers, far more iPhone 
> buyers elected to upgrade to the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus in the quarter 
> ending in June than the previous quarter. The percentage of 7 or 7 Plus 
> buyers didn't quite crack 70% last quarter, but this quarter, the number 
> jumped to 81%.
>  
> Additionally, legacy models sold in the same quarter last year (when the 6s 
> was the latest iPhone model) accounted for 34% of all iPhones sold in the US. 
> This year, that number fell to 19%. Even with the iPhone 8 set to be unveiled 
> in the next two months, consumers are still buying the latest, greatest 
> iPhones. It'll be interesting to see how this affects iPhone 7s and iPhone 8 
> sales later this year.
>  
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