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” …
Tag: Apple ecosystem
Apple’s App Store ecosystem facilitated $519 billion in commerce in 2019
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
‘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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
Hardware becoming software is one of the key trends of this decade…
iPhone sales are falling, and Apple’s app fees might be next
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?
Apple’s role as a hub means different things for different types of companies…
Erasing complexity: The comfort of Apple’s ecosystem
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
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
The Apple HomePod produces awesome sound across a broad range of genres…
How to use your new HomePod with your Apple TV
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’
After missing its holiday shipping deadline, Apple is almost ready to release the HomePod…
How will Sonos compete against Apple’s HomePod?
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
HomePod is currently strictly for Apple device owners…
Apple’s HomePod, the iPod for your home
Apple’s HomePod will take the high end of the smart speaker market…
London School of Economics: Why the iPhone X matters to Apple
Apple is one of the world’s most valuable and richest firms…
Apple grows their ecosystem – and their advantage
Apple slipped off its high horse in 2015 and 2016…
Apple’s iPhone 7 keeps converting Android users
Apple on Tuesday released its financial report for the first quarter of fiscal year 2017…
Apple: Can services save the day?
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
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
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
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
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
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
The 40 million iPhones Apple sold in the June quarter brought in an average of $595 each…
Bernstein: Apple could be first to $1 trillion market value, propelled by services revenue – Cramer agrees
With consumers paying a monthly fee for their devices and services…
Why services may be the key to Apple’s comeback
Apple’s post-earnings sell-off was no surprise. For the first time in 13 years, revenue contracted…
Apple finds itself in uncharted territory
No, this isn’t another takedown of Apple Maps…
Apple now makes more money from services than by selling Macs
The overall shift means Apple’s services unit is now the company’s second largest category…
6+ reasons why Apple iPhones don’t matter anymore
While it has only been a few weeks since I last said it, it’s worth repeating in context of Apple’s recent financial results…
What everyone’s missing in Apple’s across-the-board earnings miss
Judging from the pundits, the sky has started to fall on Apple’s halcyon days…
