The smartphone is no longer just a shopping tool. It has become the storefront. That was the central takeaway from the “2025 Global Digital Shopping Index: The Rise of the Mobile Window Shopper and What It Means for Payments,” a PYMNTS Intelligence report commissioned by...
In an ocean of artificial intelligence (AI)-related angst, Apple is reportedly offering investors a life preserver. That’s according to a report Wednesday (Feb. 18) from Bloomberg News, which pointed out that the iPhone maker’s correlation to the Nasdaq 100 Index fell to 0.21 last week,...
Apple is promoting the ability of Apple Pay to let users pay over time in stores as well as in apps and online. This capability is available with iOS 26 and users’ eligible cards, the company said in a Tuesday (Feb. 17) promotional email seen...
Apple is reportedly weeks away from its next product launch. The iPhone maker will hold that event on March 4, Bloomberg News reported Monday (Feb. 16), citing an invitation from the company. Apple is planning to announce several new devices in the coming weeks, the...
Apple plans to delay the launch of several new capabilities for its Siri virtual assistant, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Feb. 11), citing unnamed sources. Some features that the company expected to add in March as part of an iOS 26.4 update are now likely to be...
Apple plans to allow other companies’ voice-controlled artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to operate within its vehicle interface, CarPlay, Bloomberg reported Friday (Feb. 6), citing unnamed sources. The company is working to support these third-party apps in CarPlay and plans to make this capability available to AI providers...
Apple Inc. is scaling back plans for an AI-based health coach, a retreat that underscores the difficulty of turning health tracking into a paid service. The shift matters for Apple’s wearables and services goals. Bloomberg reported on Feb. 5 that Apple has wound down the...
Apple is ready to begin offering app developers an expanded advertising opportunity. The new service, which allows for increased advertising by App Store developers during user searchers, will be available in March, the company said in a recent update. “When a user searches on the...
Apple reportedly plans to increase the capabilities of Siri, turning the digital assistant into an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot later this year. The chatbot will be added to the operating systems of the iPhone, iPad and Mac; will be integrated into core apps such as mail,...