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Apple Leads Rapidly Contracting Australian Smartphone Market
August 16, 2016

That latest numbers on the Australian smartphone market are a basic good news, bad news situation for Apple. The good news is they still lead the Australian smart phone market. The bad news is the market is slowing down notably as it rapidly approaches saturation....

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Apple Expands Carrier Billing Abroad
August 16, 2016

It looks like Apple is quietly investigating some new methods of payments in the iTunes and App Stores in a move to bring users into the fold that either don’t have a credit card to add to their accounts or have one, but don’t want...

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Apple Slated To Release iPhone 7 On September 7
August 11, 2016

Apple’s much-anticipated iPhone 7 is slated to be introduced on Sept. 7, and it is also working on a new MacBook Pro laptop line for the first time in four years. According to a Bloomberg report that cited people familiar with the matter, the MacBook Pro line...

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Apple’s Antitrust Fight With Aussie Banks Rages On
August 10, 2016

The battle between Apple and a consortium of Australian banks over Apple Pay is continuing to escalate. Apple has now accused the banks down under of  leveraging “innuendo and misstatements” in an attempt to force their way past restrictions Apple has placed in its payments platform....

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Apple Kicking Fake Bitcoin Apps Out Of App Store
August 10, 2016

Apple is reportedly gearing up to stem the influx of counterfeit bitcoin wallets that are showing up in the App Store. According to a report, in the last week or so, more than 10 counterfeit bitcoin apps have made it into the App Store, with...

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Apple Buys Turi To Beef Up Its AI, Machine-Learning Reach
August 08, 2016

Artificial intelligence is getting a lot more notice from the technology heavy hitters, with Apple reportedly acquiring Turi, the machine-learning and artificial intelligence startup. According to a report, Apple spent around $200 million to purchase the Seattle startup as it pushers further into the artificial...

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This Week In Apple History: The Move That Led To Touch ID
July 29, 2016

If you are looking at your iPhone and feeling the full pull of the nostalgia this week, perhaps your soul is quietly celebrating the fourth anniversary of Apple’s acquisition of the firm behind Touch ID (AKA the feature that makes Apple Pay use possible). For...

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PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: Apple’s Q3 Earnings
July 27, 2016

Perhaps because analyst predictions for Q3 were conservative based on Apple’s recent performance, the company managed to beat the street in Q3. Share prices rose even as the company reported a continued decline in iPhone sales. There was good news for the beleaguered Apple Pay,...

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Apple Beats The Street, Share Price Soars
July 27, 2016

The wait is over — Apple’s Q3 earnings are in, and as the markets open everywhere today, investors and journalists are happy with Cupertino yet again. “Apple Crushes Earnings” is the headline editorial out of Business Insider this a.m., and while that was probably the...