Apple’s advertising practices have drawn the ire of France’s competition watchdog. The country’s Autorité de la Concurrence on Tuesday (July 25) issued a statement of objection to the iPhone maker’s practices of using user data for advertising on iOS devices. “Apple is accused of having abused its dominant position by...
Apple reportedly plans to ship about 85 million units of the upcoming iPhone 15 — about the same number of iPhones it shipped last year — despite global economic challenges. The tech giant is aiming to maintain stable shipments even in the face of the...
Apple has opened applications for the Vision Pro developer kit, enabling developers to build and fine-tune the app months in advance of a planned 2024 launch. According to the tech giant, the $3,499 Apple-owned development device will be loaned to successful applicants and will have...
Apple has reportedly taken a tough stance against the British government’s proposed updates to the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) 2016. The tech giant has said it will remove its messaging services FaceTime and iMessage from the United Kingdom if the proposals are made law, BBC News reported Thursday...
Apple has begun offering its Tap to Pay on iPhone feature to merchants in the U.K. The new offering, announced Thursday (July 13), lets merchants accept Apple Pay and other contactless payment methods with just an iPhone. “We’ve seen Tap to Pay on iPhone transform...
Apple has reportedly begun selling its devices via the Chinese social media platform WeChat. WeChat is owned by Tencent and is considered China’s leading messaging app. Apple will sell iPhones, iPads and other products, via the super app, according to multiple published reports Tuesday (July 11), including Reuters. The news...
Apple appears to be all-in on Meta’s new text-based app Threads. A report Sunday by 9to5Mac notes that the platform is on the brink of surpassing 100 million users four days after its launch. Among those users: a handful of Apple’s accounts. “To my knowledge, Apple...
Buyers of Apple’s mixed reality (MR) headset will reportedly have the device tailored to them before purchase. The company will gather information about the buyer’s sizing requirements and vision prescription during the purchasing process for the Vision Pro, which was unveiled in June and is...
Apple has apparently scaled back its production forecast for its mixed-reality headset amid manufacturing troubles. Also on hold: plans for a more affordable version of the $3,500 Vision Pro headset, the Financial Times (FT) reported Monday (July 3). That report, which cites multiple sources with...
