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Apple Considering BOKU (Mobile Payment Company) Acquisition TechCrunch reports that both Apple and Google are in early talks with mobile payments company Boku. Boku is a startup company that has partnered with mobile carriers to allow customers to purchase goods using their mobile phones. Target to Carry iPhone Beginning November 7th Retail store chain Target today announced that it will begin carrying the iPhone as of November 7th in its 846 stores that offer Target Mobile centers. Target will carry both the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS, and will offer quick, on-the-spot... iPhone 5 to Support NFC-Based Portable 'Remote' Computing? Apple's interest in Near Field Communication (NFC), the short-range wireless technology that supports such services as "tap and go" credit card payments, has been well-established, but a new report claims that Apple maybe be planning to inclu... Apple Tops U.S. Smartphone Vendors, Trails Android Consortium A new report from research firm Canalys shows Apple taking the lead among U.S. smartphone vendors in the third quarter of 2010, with its 5.5 million units representing 26.2% of the market and enabling it to surpass Research in Motion and its 5.1 mill... iOS 4.1 Daylight Saving Time Bug Strikes Europe Several weeks ago, we noted that users in New Zealand and Australia had discovered a bug in iOS 4.1 that caused recurring alarms to go off an hour early after those countries switched to daylight saving t... iPhone Snags 60% of Japanese Smartphone Market MobileCrunch reports on a new report from Japanese research firm MMRI claiming that Apple held a 60% share of the Japanese smartphone market for the period of April through September, easily outdistancing second-place Sony Ericsson's 20.6% sh... 'Fortune' Adds Its Voice to Verizon iPhone Confirmations Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times made headlines as the first flagship news publications to confirm that a Verizon iPhone is set to launch early next year. ... Apple Becomes Fourth-Largest Mobile Phone Vendor Research firm IDC yesterday released results for global mobile phone unit sales in the third quarter of 2010, highlighting Apple's leap into the top five vendors to grab the fourth spot behind Nokia, Samsung, and LG, and ahead of Research in ... iPhone 4 Sells Out in Apple's Chinese Online Store in Only 10 Hours, Scalpers Blamed iPhone 4 in Apple's Chinese online store: "No Supply" Earlier this week, Apple debuted its Chinese online store, offering consumers in that country the ability to order the full range of Apple products directly from the company. M.I.C...