Months after Apple debuted the iPad, the tablet had more than 20,000 apps. The company’s Vision Pro headset, now five months old, has a tenth of that figure. And that could be a problem for Apple as it expands sales of its “spatial computing” product...
India’s antitrust watchdog says Apple abused its dominant place in the app store market. That’s according to a report Friday (July 12) by Reuters, citing a confidential report by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) which accuses Apple of engaging “in abusive conduct and practices”...
For Apple, the iPhone and the App Store have historically been linchpins for its ecosystem — where the hardware is an onramp to a broad range of services that forge a continuum of commerce, content and payments. But Apple’s opening its payments tech and its...
Artificial intelligence (AI) features in new smartphones from Samsung and Apple signal a shift that could alter user interactions and mobile commerce. Samsung set the stage at its Galaxy Unpacked event this week, introducing AI capabilities in its latest foldable devices, the Galaxy Z Fold...
July 12, 2024
For Apple, the iPhone and the App Store have historically been linchpins for its ecosystem — where the hardware is an onramp to a broad range of services that forge a continuum of commerce, content and payments. But Apple’s opening its payments tech and its App store to rivals in Europe, which seemingly loosens some […]
June 21, 2024
The holiday-shortened week saw the FinTech IPO Index slip 2.1%. Year to date, the index has eked out a meager 2.3% gain. Apple’s continued push into payments — and specifically,...
June 17, 2024
The headlines moving the CE 100 Index this week were dominated by Apple’s announcements at its developers conference that covered everything from AI to payments. And yet the tech behemoth’s...
June 14, 2024
Affirm saw its stock rally 7.8% this past week, but the overall trend for the FinTech IPO Index was down, as the group sank 3.8%. Affirm Gets a Bump from...
July 15, 2024
iPhone sales stabilized in the second quarter amid growth in the broader smartphone market. New data released Monday (July 15) by IDC shows a 6.5% increase in global smartphone shipments, while Counterpoint Research — published Monday as well — found a 6% increase in phone sales to consumers. “Apple’s momentum in Q2 improved significantly from […]
July 14, 2024
Months after Apple debuted the iPad, the tablet had more than 20,000 apps. The company’s Vision Pro headset, now five months old, has a tenth of that figure. And that...
July 14, 2024
India’s antitrust watchdog says Apple abused its dominant place in the app store market. That’s according to a report Friday (July 12) by Reuters, citing a confidential report by the...
July 11, 2024
Apple has agreed to open its mobile wallet tech to rivals, thus avoiding fines in Europe. The agreement, announced by the European Union (EU) Thursday (July 11), is binding for...
