Friday Apple Rumors: Apple Reportedly Steps Out of NFL Bidding

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Here are your Apple Rumors for today:

Apple Rumors, NFL Bidding, AAPLOculus: Facebook’s (FBOculus Rift won’t likely be getting support for Apple (AAPL) computers anytime soon, reports MacRumors. Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus Rift, said that his company doesn’t intend to bring the virtual reality device to AAPL’s computers until they make a good one. He said that the company doesn’t build computers with strong enough graphics processing units to handle the device. Luckey also said that they would add support for the company’s computer if this changes.

NFL: Apple is reportedly not interested in streaming rights to NFL games, Recode notes. A new report claims that the tech company won’t be bidding on the rights to stream 18 Thursday night games from the NFL. This report claims that the tech company doesn’t see the material as enough to help separate its set-top box from the rest of its competition. Other companies, including Facebook, Amazon (AMZN), Verizon (VZ) and Yahoo (YHOO), are reportedly bidding on the streaming rights.

Pay: Apple Pay has added another 27 banks to its list of partners in the United States, reports 9to5Mac. The payment service ran by AAPL has more than 1,000 partners behind it and has continued to grow following its recent expansion into China. More retailers have also started accepting Pay as it grows to become a viable replacement to pulling out a debit or credit card to make payments.

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