A patent published today describes Apple's concept for its Passbook app and the idea of using near-field communications to redeem digital coupons. A new patent from Apple provides loads of information ...

Users of Apple's Passbook feature for iOS have a new option for getting tickets, coupons, and more delivered to their devices, as Skycore has launched support for cross-carrier delivery of Passbook ...

A little more than two months ago, I shared my disappointment with Apple’s (AAPL) then new Passbook offering. It was slim pickings at the launch in terms of coupons, reward cards and ticketing apps ...

People who receive a digital Apple store gift card via e-mail can add it to their Passbook app and use it at their local Apple retail store. Apple is finally tapping into its own Passbook app by ...

Although it’s widely known that Apple Passbook is an area that very few shoppers have bothered with yet, what is less clear is why and whether Apple Pay’s repeated use of Passbook is going to motivate ...

With Apple's Passbook quickly becoming the de facto way for developers to create digital tickets, store cards and passes, Microsoft capitalized on ways to strip the data from .pkpass files and ...

Apple's Passbook has a surprising set of fans; app developers. A Wired post this morning describes how a variety of companies have seen uptake of their apps skyrocket once Passbook compatibility was ...

Editor’s Note: Semil Shah is an EIR at Javelin Venture Partners and has been a contributor to TechCrunch since January 2011. You can follow him on Twitter at @semil. This post is about Apple’s ...

A new beta version of iOS 6.1 has been seeded to developers today, and it includes a better, more explanatory first-run Passbook experience for users. The updated Passbook app now features a card that ...