It’s way above my pay grade to weigh in on Carl Icahn’s proposal to Apple to accelerate its share buybacks. But the letter made for good reading, nonetheless. Someone did a whole lot of work to assemble a bunch of stats on Apple and its various products...
It’s official. Apple is throwing an iPad launch party on October 16th at the Apple campus in Cupertino, California at 1pm EST. It is widely expected that Apple will use this time to unveil its new iPad models, which has been rumored to be bigger,...
As the hoopla over Apple Pay wanes, skepticism is beginning to set in — even among executives at big retail chains that will be rolling out Apple’s new payment system later this month. On Tuesday (Oct. 7), Target director of finance Bill Ramsey told a...
Shifting technology, new alliances and skepticism among young consumers are creating risks — as well as opportunities — for PayPal, according to Bloomberg. That’s one reason PayPal is being spun off from eBay, which will give the payments business more flexibility to innovate and find...
Pizza Hut, who was the first retailer to truly push the capabilities of the iPhone app and has been a longtime massive support of Apple efforts, said some decidedly non-cheerleaderish comments on Monday (Oct. 6) during a tradeshow panel. “I am more pessimistic about Apple...
Two weeks in and several bug reveals (and patches) later, iOS 8 is not seeing the speedy adoption that Apple’s previous mobile operating systems have enjoyed. According to data released on Apple’s website and spotted by MacRumors, 47 percent of those carrying Apple mobile devices...
Dunkin’ Donuts plans to introduce a mobile ordering feature that will allow their customers to order and prepay for items via their smartphones and then pick them up at the selected location. During a recent presentation to investors in Canton, Mass., it was mentioned that...
On September 9th, Tim Cook introduced a complete game changer to the payments ecosystem, Apple Pay. We found out that the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus would have NFC, would include payment capabilities and could leverage already existing payment systems. With the announcement of...
Apple has targeted their products in developing countries with higher incomes in order to position itself as a premium product. This focus has served Apple really well, allowing the company to capture extremely high margins while continuing to illustrate growth in sales. However, these markets...
