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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...

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iPhone Sales Nearing The 1 Billion Mark
July 25, 2016

After a run of rough headlines, Apple is nearing a pretty big piece of good news. The world’s most successful smartphone maker is on the cusp of selling its billionth iPhone. The billionth iPhone mark is anticipated to come sometime around when Apple reports its...

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Apple App Store Developers Make More Money Than Google Play Ones
July 21, 2016

Apple may be facing a slowdown in smartphone sales and struggling with adoption rates for Apple Pay, but when it comes to mobile apps, its developers still make more money than developers for Google’s App store. That’s according to App Annie, the mobile analytics firm....

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Not A Lot Of Excitement For iPhone 7, New Survey Shows
July 21, 2016

Are people tired of the iPhone and Apple’s seemingly ubiquitous efforts to get us to buy a new one every year or so by adding a few bells and whistles to the overall concept and giving it a new number? Well, that’s exactly what a...