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iPhone’s Softer Demand Leads Barclays to Downgrade Apple
January 02, 2024

Analysts at Barclays are forecasting continued weak demand for Apple’s iPhone. That forecast, and the downgrade that came with it, caused Apple’s stock to drop 3.6% Tuesday (Jan. 2), the largest one-day percentage drop in months, wiping out more than $107 billion in market value, Bloomberg News reported.  “We expect reversion...

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Apple Wins Legal Victory as Court Lifts Watch Ban
December 27, 2023

Apple can resume selling its latest smartwatches in spite of a recent import ban. A federal appeals court on Wednesday (Dec. 27) paused that ban, CNBC reported, allowing the tech giant to once again sell its Series 9 and Ultra 2 watches. The ban went into place...

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Apple Appeals Smartwatch Ban After White House Refuses to Intervene
December 26, 2023

Apple is appealing a ban that threatens its $17 billion smartwatch business. The tech giant filed a challenge to the ban imposed by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) — the result of a patent dispute — at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal...

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Apple Stops Online Sales and Repairs of Smartwatches in Patent Dispute
December 21, 2023

Apple stopped selling its latest smartwatches, the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2, in its online store Thursday (Dec. 21) due on to an ongoing patent dispute. The company will no longer provide repair services for out-of-warranty watch models either, Bloomberg reported...

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Apple Falls Short in Bid to Stop Watch Ban
December 21, 2023

The federal government will not let Apple delay an upcoming ban on Apple Watch imports. The International Trade Commission (ITC) on Wednesday (Dec. 20) denied the company’s appeal of an earlier ruling that would block sales of the two latest iterations of its smartwatch. That ban will likely go into effect...

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Apple Plans to Launch Vision Pro Mixed-Reality Headset by February 
December 20, 2023

Apple is reportedly preparing to launch its Vision Pro mixed-reality headset by February.  The company has been increasing production of the headset at its facilities in China, with the aim of having units ready for customers by the end of January and on the shelves in February, Bloomberg...

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Apple Payment Services Restored After Short Outage
December 20, 2023

A number of Apple’s payment features were down for part of Wednesday (Dec. 20) morning. The company’s Card, Cash, Pay and Wallet systems were down between 6:15 a.m. and 6:49 a.m. for some users, CNBC reported. However, Apple’s status page did not indicate the fix for another four hours,...

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Apple Hurries to Update Watches Before Ban Begins
December 19, 2023

Apple is reportedly scrambling to update its smartwatches ahead of a U.S. ban. The tech giant’s engineers are working to change the devices’ algorithms that measure users’ blood oxygen levels, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Dec. 19). It’s that feature that led medical technology Masimo to argue...

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Lawmakers Question Apple’s Limits on Android Access to iMessage
December 18, 2023

A group of bipartisan lawmakers has called for a probe into whether Apple violated antitrust laws by shutting down third-party applications that enabled Android devices to use the Apple’s iMessage service.  This move by Apple has sparked a debate about competition, consumer choice and the future...