Apple is reportedly preparing to allow other app stores to access its devices in Europe. The effort comes in response to European Union (EU) rules that are to take effect in 2024, and it could serve as a test run for a similar change to...
Apple is adding three new tools to help users protect their data in the cloud. The new security features will be rolled out over the next year, Apple said in a Wednesday (Dec. 7) press release. “We constantly identify and mitigate emerging threats to their...
Apple is adding 700 price points and new pricing tools to its App Store. With the updated pricing system, developers will be able to choose from a total of 900 price points — nearly 10 times the number available now — that range from 29...
MercadoLibre has filed complaints against Apple with regulators in Brazil and Mexico. In filings with antitrust regulators, the Latin American eCommerce giant complained that Apple requires companies that sell digital goods and services within apps to use Apple’s payment system, Reuters reported Monday (Dec. 5). ...
Elon Musk said in a series of tweets that Apple has “mostly” stopped advertising on Twitter and has threatened to remove Twitter from the App Store. Tagging Apple CEO Tim Cook in one tweet, Musk asked Monday (Nov. 28), “What’s going on here?” As this...
One week after reports that China’s COVID outbreak was hampering production on Apple’s iPhone 14, the company made it official. “We continue to see strong demand for iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max models,” Apple said in an update Sunday (Nov. 6) on...
The heads of Apple’s online retail and information-systems operations are leaving the company, part of a series of high-profile departures from the tech giant. According to a report Tuesday (Nov. 1) from Bloomberg News, Anna Matthiasson, vice president of online retail, is stepping down, while...
Foxconn, Apple’s chief iPhone assembler, is moving operations to other parts of China to deal with a growing COVID outbreak, a move that could drastically cut back on production. According to multiple media reports Monday (Oct. 31), the company is bussing workers from its plant...
For Apple, the ecosystem is taking shape, but the services business shows a slowdown. FX rates are a headwind, to be sure, and so is lapping strong growth seen in years past. In a fiscal fourth quarter that showed total paid subscriptions at more than...
