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Mobile Commerce
Apple Faces Mounting Challenges as Stock Slumps
June 06, 2025

As Apple heads into its annual developers conference this coming week, it is facing a slew of problems that has led to a stock price slide of 20% this year thus far, the worst performance since at least 2010.  Expected to dominate headlines at Apple’s...

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Apple Appeals European Commission Order on Interoperability With Competitors’ Products
June 02, 2025

Apple reportedly filed an appeal against an order from the European Union’s antitrust regulator that requires the company to make its iOS operating system more compatible with other companies’ products. The company filed its appeal Friday (May 30) at the EU’s General Court in Luxembourg,...

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Apple: Developers Paid No Commission on 90% of 2024 Sales
May 29, 2025

Apple’s App Store in the United States facilitated $406 billion in developer billings and sales last year. The findings are the results of a study by Professor Andrey Fradkin from Boston University Questrom School of Business and economist Dr. Jessica Burley from Analysis Group, according...

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Report: Apple to Change How It Names Operating Systems
May 28, 2025

Apple reportedly plans to change how it names its operating systems, identifying them by a year rather than a version number. The new names will be based on the upcoming year, rather than the current year, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (May 28), citing unnamed sources. This...

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Mobile Phone Shoppers Are Mexican Merchants’ Best Friend
May 28, 2025

Over the past decade, annual growth in Mexico’s economy has zigzagged from 2.7% (in 2015) to minus 8.4% (2020) to 3.2% in 2023, IMF data shows. By contrast, Mexican consumers are on a straight upward trajectory when it comes to how they shop. Almost half...

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Apple Expands ‘Tap to Pay on iPhone’ Availability in Europe
May 27, 2025

Apple has extended Tap to Pay on iPhone to eight more European countries. The feature, which enables merchants to use an iPhone to accept in-person contactless payments, was launched Tuesday (May 27) in Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Greece, Iceland, Luxembourg and Malta, Apple said in...

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Report: Apple to Add Dedicated Video Game App to Devices
May 27, 2025

Apple reportedly plans to add a dedicated app for video games to its devices in the next versions of its operating systems, which are set to be released in the fall. The company will preinstall the app on the iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV,...

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From High Street to Home Screen, UK Consumers’ Mobile Shift Accelerates
May 27, 2025

While the trend toward mobile-first shopping is global, the U.K. presents a unique dynamic: consumers are actively using mobile for purchases and engagement, yet the country ranks last among eight surveyed nations in overall digital shopping engagement. This presents both challenges and significant opportunities for...

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Report: Apple to Introduce AI-Enhanced Smart Glasses in Late 2026
May 22, 2025

Apple reportedly plans to introduce artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced smart glasses that would compete with Meta’s Ray-Bans. The company aims to produce a large quantity of prototypes by the end of the year and then release the smart glasses at the end of 2026, Bloomberg reported...