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Feb 21, 2019

Apple Partners With Alipay in China to Boost iPhone Sales Through Financing

Evan Selleck

Apple is decidedly not sticking to just one option when it comes to potentially boosting iPhone sales in China. While it has already been reported that reducing the price of some iPhone models has helped

APPLE NEWS

Feb 21, 2019

Apple and Goldman Sachs to Launch New Credit Card with Wallet App Integration

Rajesh Pandey

Apple plans to work with Goldman Sachs to offer a joint credit card that will offer new Wallet features to iPhone owners. The two companies plan on rolling out this new credit card for testing

APPLE NEWS

Feb 21, 2019

European Developers Have Been Paid over $25 Billion via the App Store

Rajesh Pandey

Apple vice president of Apple Music and International Content Oliver Schusser has revealed to Macerkopf that European developers have been paid over $25 billion via the App Store. Last year, Apple had revealed that it

APPLE NEWS

Feb 20, 2019

Apple Seeds iOS 12.2, watchOS 5.2, and tvOS 12.2 Beta 3 to Developers [Update x2: iOS 12.2 Public Beta Now Available]

Evan Selleck

Apple continues to move ahead with prerelease testing of the next major update to iOS. Update 2: Apple has officially seeded the third public beta to public beta testers. This is the corresponding beta, so

APPLE NEWS

Feb 20, 2019

Apple Planning to Release Unified SDK for Mac and iPad Apps at WWDC 2019

Rajesh Pandey

In a bid to make developing games, apps, and other tools for macOS and iOS easier, Apple is working on a multistep initiative called "Marzipan." The whole initiative will be completed by 2021 and allow

APPLE NEWS

Feb 20, 2019

Apple Could Preview Modular New Mac Pro at WWDC 2019

Rajesh Pandey

We might see Apple showcase the new modular Mac Pro at WWDC 2019. As per a Bloomberg report, Apple is mulling showing the new Mac Pro on which it has been working since the last

APPLE NEWS

Feb 20, 2019

Apple Shares New iPhone XS and iPhone XR How-to Videos for Depth Control, Photos App, More

Rajesh Pandey

Apple today shared a series of how to videos on its YouTube channel which show how to use the various camera-related features on the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR. The first

APPLE NEWS

Feb 19, 2019

Siri Will Offer Today at Apple Session Suggestions in iOS 12.2

Evan Selleck

Apple seeded the third developer beta of iOS 12.2 earlier today, and another new feature has been discovered. Apple will make getting suggestions for potentially worthwhile Today at Apple sessions a bit easier, as

APPLE NEWS

Feb 19, 2019

What’s New in iOS 12.2 Developer Beta 3

Evan Selleck

When Apple introduced the first developer beta of iOS 12.2, it brought with it several new additions. That included support for Apple News in Canada, support for "Hey Siri" in the forthcoming, and oft-

APPLE NEWS

Feb 19, 2019

Apple Watch Getting Exclusive Hermés Gradient Watch Faces in watchOS 5.2

Evan Selleck

The Hermés brand has been part of the Apple Watch family for quite some time, thanks to watch bands and watch faces. Now, that will extend to additional watch faces as well. According to

APPLE NEWS

Feb 18, 2019

Apple Seeds macOS Mojave10.14.4 Beta 3 to Developers

Evan Selleck

Apple is moving ahead with the developer beta seeds of its latest build of macOS Mojave. Apple on Monday officially seeded the third developer beta of macOS Mojave 10.14.4. The new software is

APPLE NEWS

Feb 18, 2019

Executive Changes at Apple Have ‘Rattled Rank-And-File Employees’ as the Company Looks Beyond iPhone

Evan Selleck

Apple existed before the iPhone, but there is no denying that the company's first smartphone changed things forever. But here we are more than a decade beyond the launch of the first iPhone and

Apple is teaming up with Dream Corps to help more people learn to code

APPLE NEWS

Feb 18, 2019

Apple is Teaming up With Dream Corps to Expand Educational and Workforce Development Opportunities

Evan Selleck

Apple has made it a priority to help as many people as it can to learn how to code. And now the company is getting some help from another company dedicated to the same mission.

APPLE NEWS

Feb 16, 2019

Apple Acquires Voice App Designing and Publishing Startup PullString

Rajesh Pandey

Apple has acquired a San Francisco-based startup, PullString which designs and publishes voice apps. Founded in 2011 by former Pixar executives, PullString initially used its technology for interactive voice apps for toys before expanding

APPLE NEWS

Feb 15, 2019

OpenSignal Report Highlights 4G Data Speed Difference Between iPhone 5s and iPhone XS

Rajesh Pandey

A report from OpenSignal highlights the difference between older and newer iPhones in terms of data speeds. The report highlights that while consumers are holding on to their phones for longer, they are missing out

APPLE NEWS

Feb 14, 2019

Lee Clow, Advertising Legend Behind Apple’s ‘1984’ and ‘Think Different’ Ads, is Retiring

Evan Selleck

One of the biggest strengths of Apple's is its marketing efforts, with some of the results being so iconic they'll last generations. The "Think Different" and "1984" ad campaigns, for instance, will be

APPLE NEWS

Feb 14, 2019

Apple Losing Market Share to Chinese OEMs in Thailand and Europe As Well

Rajesh Pandey

It is not just the smartphone market in China where Chinese OEMs are dominating and eating into Apple's market share. The latest numbers from Canalys indicate that Chinese OEMs captured a record 32 percent

APPLE NEWS

Feb 14, 2019

Apple to Sell iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 with Qualcomm Chip to Circumvent Sales Ban in Germany

Rajesh Pandey

Apple today announced that it will start selling modified versions of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 in Germany to circumvent the sales ban imposed on it for infringing Qualcomm patents. To circumvent the ban,

APPLE NEWS

Feb 14, 2019

Apple Revokes Enterprise Certificate of Publishers Sharing Pirated Versions of Spotify, Pokemon Go, More

Rajesh Pandey

Apple continues the cleanup of the apps being distributed through its developer certificate program. After taking down porn and illegal gambling apps, Apple is now taking down pirated version of popular apps that was being

APPLE NEWS

Feb 14, 2019

Many Publishers Have Signed Up For Apple’s News Subscription Service Despite 50% Revenue Split

Rajesh Pandey

Apple wants a 50 percent share from the total revenues generated by publications that sign up for its upcoming premium news subscription platform. This demand might seem insane at first but as per Recode, many

APPLE NEWS

Feb 13, 2019

The SEC Has Filed an Insider Trading Lawsuit Against Former Apple Lawyer

Evan Selleck

Gene Levoff was previously the Senior Director of Corporate Law and Corporate Secretary at Apple. It turns out the lawyer used insider information in all the wrong ways. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (

APPLE NEWS

Feb 13, 2019

Apple Alters Siri’s British and Australian Speaking Voice on HomePod

Evan Selleck

Siri lives in Apple's first smart speaker, the HomePod, and it sounds like the digital personal assistant has been given a small tweak in some regions. The idea appears to be to make Siri

iOS introduces a better, easier way to manage subscriptions

APP STORE

Feb 13, 2019

Apple Makes it Easier to Manage Subscriptions in iOS 12.1.4

Evan Selleck

Managing subscriptions in iOS hasn't always been the easiest process, but it looks like Apple has finally changed that. The change was first spotted Federico Viticci of MacStories. He notes that the change was

APPLE NEWS

Feb 13, 2019

Tim Cook Says Unaware of Absher App Used by Saudi Males to Track Female Family Member Activities

Rajesh Pandey

Earlier this month, the Absher app from the Saudi government on the App Store came under scrutiny after it was discovered that it was used by Saudi males to track their female family members. The

APPLE NEWS

Feb 12, 2019

Apple Watch Series 4 Alerts User of Abnormally Fast Heart Rate Before ‘Supraventricular Tachycardia’ Diagnosis

Evan Selleck

Some doctors do not believe that the baked-in health features within the Apple Watch Series 4 are worthwhile for most people, but one can imagine those who have been informed of major heart issues

APP STORE

Feb 12, 2019

Apple’s App Store is Populated With Gambling and Other Apps That Abuse Enterprise Certificates

Evan Selleck

Apple has an issue on its hands, and it turns out it is much bigger than it was originally thought. It was discovered recently that Facebook was abusing Apple's Enterprise Certificate Program, which allowed

APPLE NEWS

Feb 12, 2019

Average U.S. iPhone User Spent $79 on iOS Apps in 2018

Rajesh Pandey

Apple's move to get developers to move to a subscription-based model for apps on the App Store seems to be paying off. A Sensor Tower report says that revenue generated by per active

APPLE NEWS

Feb 12, 2019

Apple Names its First Head of Marketing for Augmented Reality

Rajesh Pandey

Apple has made Frank Casanova, a long-time senior director of iPhone partner marketing, its first head of marketing for Augmented Reality. The move signifies just how important AR is for Apple. Casanova has been

APPLE NEWS

Feb 11, 2019

Apple and Veterans Affairs Partner to Launch Digital Health Records

Evan Selleck

Back in November, it was rumored that Apple was in talks with the Department of Veterans Affairs in the United States to launch digital health records. Turns out that was indeed the case. Apple has

APPLE NEWS

Feb 11, 2019

Apple Now Has to Detail iPhone Slowdown Due to Performance Management Systems in Italy

Evan Selleck

Italian authorities were not pleased by Apple's tweaks to iPhone software that was meant to address random shutdown issues in older models, but which also led to devices seeing a major impact to their