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Apple’s App Store and iPhone Challenges Create Services and Ecosystem Headwinds
April 29, 2024

Thursday (May 2) will see Apple announce its latest quarterly earnings results. Amid the volatility of hardware sales that springs to mind, there may be signs of pressure as the tech giant seeks to expand its ecosystem. Some of what we might term the company’s “core” or “bread and butter”...

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Apple Gets Six Months to Bring iPad Under EU Law
April 29, 2024

European regulators are giving Apple six months to bring its iPad up to code. The European Commission said in a Monday (April 29) news release that it designated Apple as a “gatekeeper” with respect to its operating system for tablets under the Digital Markets Act (DMA)....

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Apple’s Marketing Head for Vision Pro Retires
April 24, 2024

Apple’s head of marketing for its new headset, the Vision Pro, has retired from his role.  Frank Casanova has worked at the Big Tech firm for 36 years, according to a Wednesday (April 24) Bloomberg report. Casanova left the company last week, Bloomberg said, citing an update on his...

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Report: Apple Expected to Launch New iPad Models May 7
April 23, 2024

Apple will reportedly launch new products in a May 7 online event. The company sent invitations to the media Tuesday (April 23), and those files feature a graphic that includes the iPad stylus, Apple Pencil, CNBC reported Tuesday. The graphic can also be seen on the Apple...

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Apple Acquires Paris AI Startup Datakalab
April 23, 2024

Apple has stepped up its foray into artificial intelligence (AI) by acquiring Datakalab, a Paris-based AI tech startup.  The acquisition, finalized on Dec. 17, was quietly noted in a filing with the European Commission and reported by French media. It’s part of Apple’s reported push into AI. ...

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Apple Cut iPhone Prices in China, but Consumers Didn’t Bite
April 23, 2024

Apple’s troubles in China continue, with iPhone sales reportedly plummeting 19% during the last quarter. That brought the company’s flagship product to its worst performance since the start of the COVID pandemic in 2020, Bloomberg news reported Tuesday (April 23), citing data from Counterpoint Research. Apple dropped to...

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EU Regulators Set to Accept Apple’s Proposals on Tap-and-Go Tech
April 19, 2024

European Union (EU) antitrust regulators are reportedly preparing to approve Apple’s tap-and-go mobile payments system proposals as early as May.  The tech company had proposed to open the system to rivals after being accused by the European Commission (EC) of thwarting competition.  After getting feedback from Apple’s rivals and customers,...

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Apple Says China Ordered Removal of WhatsApp, Threads From App Store
April 19, 2024

Apple has removed Meta’s WhatsApp and Threads, as well as Telegram and Signal, from its App Store in China. The company was ordered to do so by the Cyberspace Administration of China, which cited national security concerns, Apple told Reuters in a report posted Friday (April 19)....

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Will Virtual Card Numbers Spark a Rush to Spend Apple Cash?
April 10, 2024

For Apple — and as been seen already with Block (formerly Square) — the drive is to get consumers to spend the cash, rather than just bank it. Apple, of course, has been forging an ecosystem that includes financial services, where Apple Cash serves as...