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Tag: Apple ecosystem

EU’s anti-Apple deal on mandating USB-C charging port likely June 7th

Friday, June 3, 2022 8:58 am14 Comments

EU countries and EU lawmakers are set to agree on USB-C as a common charging port for mobile phones, tablets, and headphones…

Apple testing iPhones that dump Lightning port for USB-C, Bloomberg News confirms

Friday, May 13, 2022 2:51 pm12 Comments

On Wednesday, Ming-Chi Kuo tweeted that Apple is considering moving from the venerable Lightning port to USB-C with the iPhone 15…

EU plan to mandate USB-C charger port for devices takes step closer

Wednesday, April 20, 2022 3:33 pmThursday, April 21, 20227 Comments

The European Union’s plan to mandate USB-C as a common charging port for smartphones, tablets, and headphones took a step closer…

EU wants to force all smartphone, tablet, and headphone makers to use USB-C charging port

Thursday, September 23, 2021 8:57 am15 Comments

In a move impacting Apple more than its rivals, the EU aims to have a common USB-C charging port for mobile phones, tablets and headphones…

Apple’s iMessage set to get major update at WWDC?

Friday, June 4, 2021 3:33 pmFriday, June 4, 20218 Comments

At the center of Apple’s promotional materials for WWDC next week is iMessage which may be a hint that the company’s popular messaging…

Apple services bundles are all about customer lifetime value

Friday, August 14, 2020 2:11 pm10 Comments

Apple is reported to be close to unveiling a series of bundles for the company’s various services such as Apple TV+, Apple Music…

Apple’s new CarKey feature will let you unlock a car with your iPhone

Wednesday, June 17, 2020 10:34 am10 Comments

For some time now, Apple’s iPhones and Apple Watches have supported NFC. In the not-so-near future, with an upcoming feature that Apple calls “CarKey” …

Apple’s App Store ecosystem facilitated $519 billion in commerce in 2019

Monday, June 15, 2020 9:02 pm3 Comments

Apple today announced the App Store ecosystem supported $519 billion in billings and sales globally in 2019 alone. The new study, conducted by…

BMW could be first to have Apple’s futuristic ‘CarKey’ iPhone feature

Monday, March 23, 2020 10:31 pm17 Comments

‘CarKey’ feature that will let drivers — of the ultimate driving machine, at first — replace physical key fobs with their iPhone. That’s right, BMW …

Apple’s ‘CarKey’ lets users send digital keys via Messages

Wednesday, February 19, 2020 3:52 pm8 Comments

Apple is working on a new “CarKey” feature that will allow an iPhone or an Apple Watch to unlock, lock, and start NFC-compatible vehicles…

Juniper Research forecasts strong growth for Apple Pay

Tuesday, February 11, 2020 10:03 am3 Comments

New data from Juniper Research forecasts strong growth for Apple Pay. Global contactless transaction values will reach nearly $6 trillion in 2024…

Apple’s AirPods Pro totally blow the competition out of the water

Monday, February 3, 2020 1:11 pm7 Comments

Five minutes after unboxing the AirPods Pro, he realized that they are the best earbuds money can buy, totally blowing the competition out of the water…

EU lawmakers, eyeing Apple, overwhelmingly call for standard device charger

Thursday, January 30, 2020 1:01 pmThursday, January 30, 202013 Comments

EU lawmakers overwhelmingly called on Thursday for rules to establish a standard charger for all mobile device makers across Europe…

It’s a bad idea for the EU to force Apple to dump iPhone’s Lightning port

Friday, January 24, 2020 11:08 am11 Comments

Apple disagrees with the European Union’s idea. It’d be a lose-lose-lose situation for the EU to force Apple to dump iPhone’s Lightning port …

Apple pushes back against EU call for common phone charger

Thursday, January 23, 2020 2:05 pm9 Comments

Apple on Thursday again pushed back against European Union lawmakers’ call for a common phone charger standard, warning the move could hamper innovation…

EU wants to force all smartphone makers to use the same charging port

Tuesday, January 14, 2020 11:07 am22 Comments

Members of the European Parliament want binding measures for chargers to fit all mobile phones and other portable devices…

Apple has more than enough money to buy a Hollywood studio, but should they?

Tuesday, September 17, 2019 11:32 am7 Comments

Now that Apple is diving into the content business with Apple TV+, should Apple “go full Hollywood” and buy up a studio?

Walt Mossberg’s takeaways from Apple’s iPhone event

Friday, September 13, 2019 12:06 pmTuesday, September 17, 20195 Comments

Apple is trying to do what they think of it as being “early HBO,” so not many shows, not much quantity, but high quality…

The Apple Card isn’t just a credit card, it’s Apple’s secret weapon

Wednesday, August 21, 2019 1:06 pm6 Comments

Apple’s new credit card, the Apple Card, is now available for all US customers. But the Apple Card isn’t just a credit card; it’s Apple’s secret weapon…

Apple’s Reminders app is ready to be a true task manager in iOS 13 and macOS Catalina

Monday, August 19, 2019 4:30 pmMonday, August 19, 2019No Comments

With macOS Catalina and iOS 13, the Reminders app is finally ready to take its place alongside the rest of the task apps in the Apple ecosystem….

Good News: Apple no longer is the iPhone company

Tuesday, August 6, 2019 11:00 amTuesday, August 6, 20196 Comments

When the iPhone grew to represent more than 50% of Apple’s revenue, critics worried that the company was overly dependent on the device…

Apple software becomes lifestyle

Thursday, July 18, 2019 4:28 pmThursday, July 18, 20195 Comments

Hardware becoming software is one of the key trends of this decade…

iPhone sales are falling, and Apple’s app fees might be next

Wednesday, March 6, 2019 1:00 pmWednesday, March 6, 201913 Comments

As iPhone sales slip, Apple has been positioning its booming digital-services business as its new profit engine…

When Apple runs the hub, who pays?

Wednesday, February 27, 2019 1:44 pmWednesday, February 27, 20194 Comments

Apple’s role as a hub means different things for different types of companies…

Erasing complexity: The comfort of Apple’s ecosystem

Thursday, March 22, 2018 2:25 pmThursday, March 22, 201811 Comments

Every year soon after WWDC, I install the beta of the upcoming version of iOS on my devices and embark on an experiment…

Apple’s HomePod is openly hostile to any hardware or service not made by Apple

Friday, February 9, 2018 11:32 amFriday, February 9, 201858 Comments

The notion of Apple’s ‘walled garden’ ecosystem of products precedes even the iPhone…

CNET reviews Apple’s HomePod: Strong wireless speaker with awesome sound

Tuesday, February 6, 2018 8:58 amTuesday, February 6, 20184 Comments

The Apple HomePod produces awesome sound across a broad range of genres…

How to use your new HomePod with your Apple TV

Monday, February 5, 2018 11:37 amMonday, February 5, 20186 Comments

I recently got a new 4K UHD television set and purposefully didn’t invest in a sound bar because…

David Pogue hands-on with Apple’s HomePod: ‘Better sound than any competitor’

Friday, February 2, 2018 2:30 pmFriday, February 2, 201820 Comments

After missing its holiday shipping deadline, Apple is almost ready to release the HomePod…

How will Sonos compete against Apple’s HomePod?

Friday, February 2, 2018 11:32 amFriday, February 2, 201817 Comments

Over the past 16 years, the wireless speaker company Sonos has had to contend with a parade of naysayers…

Apple’s HomePod speaker requires an iOS device to work

Friday, February 2, 2018 10:29 am21 Comments

HomePod is currently strictly for Apple device owners…

Apple’s HomePod, the iPod for your home

Thursday, January 25, 2018 12:15 pmThursday, January 25, 201812 Comments

Apple’s HomePod will take the high end of the smart speaker market…

London School of Economics: Why the iPhone X matters to Apple

Thursday, November 9, 2017 12:59 pm7 Comments

Apple is one of the world’s most valuable and richest firms…

Apple grows their ecosystem – and their advantage

Wednesday, April 12, 2017 2:00 pmWednesday, April 12, 20175 Comments

Apple slipped off its high horse in 2015 and 2016…

Apple’s iPhone 7 keeps converting Android users

Wednesday, February 1, 2017 4:35 pm8 Comments

Apple on Tuesday released its financial report for the first quarter of fiscal year 2017…

Apple: Can services save the day?

Tuesday, January 24, 2017 11:33 am13 Comments

I recently read an interesting article containing excerpts from last week’s Macquarie note…

Apple will have to earn its next $1 trillion in the cloud

Thursday, January 19, 2017 4:32 pmThursday, January 19, 201713 Comments

Lost in the hand-wringing over Apple’s iPhone 13% year-over-year slide in sales is the recognition…

iOS will hit $1 trillion in revenues for Apple sometime this year

Thursday, January 12, 2017 12:02 pmThursday, January 12, 201712 Comments

In its first 10 years, the iPhone will have sold at least 1.2 billion units, making it the most successful product of all time…

PC Magazine’s Miller: Apple’s iPhone 7 Plus is the best smartphone I’ve ever used

Wednesday, November 23, 2016 1:25 pmWednesday, November 23, 201611 Comments

For the past several weeks, I’ve been using an iPhone 7 Plus, and have found it to be a wonderful smartphone…

The merits of using iCloud Drive on the iPad

Friday, October 14, 2016 2:02 pmFriday, October 14, 20165 Comments

For me, a perfect world in terms of productivity at the office as well as at home would reside exclusively around Apple products…

Apple is reinventing itself before our eyes – and that makes AAPL a strong buy

Friday, July 29, 2016 12:01 pmFriday, July 29, 201610 Comments

Just when seemingly everyone was ready to give up on Apple, they shocked everyone by soundly beating earnings expectations…

iPhone ASP decline in Q316 shows Apple’s Services strategy at work

Thursday, July 28, 2016 9:25 amThursday, July 28, 20163 Comments

The 40 million iPhones Apple sold in the June quarter brought in an average of $595 each…

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