Apple’s built-in voice assistant Siri is now able to answer U.S. election questions, as well as deliver live results as votes are counted…
Tag: Apple News
Apple to cohost Democratic debate in New Hampshire tonight
Apple is co-hosting tonight’s Democratic presidential debate in New Hampshire and is soliciting questions from the public through the Apple News app…
Apple needs to bundle Apple News+
Apple News+ was never going to work as a stand-alone subscription offering. Apple needs to bundle Apple News+ into an “Apple Prime” offering…
Apple News business chief steps down after slow start
The head of business for Apple’s news app has stepped down less than a year after launching Apple News+, a subscription service that has struggled…
Apple News launches 2020 U.S. presidential election special coverage
Apple today introduced special coverage of the 2020 US presidential election, curated by Apple News and featuring featuring news, info and data…
Apple’s Services can hit $100 billion in annual revenue by 2024 – analyst
Apple’s annual revenue for their Services category, which includes the App Store, Apple TV+ iTunes Store, Appel TV+, Apple Music, Apple Pay, and more…
Apple rings in new era of Services as App Store sales hit Christmas week record
App Store customers spent a record $1.42 billion between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, a 16 percent increase over last year, and $386 million on New Year’s Day 2020 alone, a 20 percent increase over last year and a new single-day record…
Apple is poised to transform and dominate the media landscape
Apple’s hardware and software (already in the hands of millions) extends from the watch and the phone to the tablet and TV…
Nine months in, Apple News+ isn’t wowing publishers
The early results so far indicate that Apple’s move to offer a paid subscription service for news is having little impact…
Apple News teams with ABC News for 2020 presidential election coverage
Apple News and ABC News will collaborate to provide up-to-the-minute coverage of the key events of the 2020 presidential election…
Democratic National Committee: Apple News to co-host its first presidential debate in February
The Democratic National Committee announced on Thursday the hosts of the next four presidential debates…
Apple News+ offering three-month free trial in U.S. and Canada this weekend only
Apple today started offering an extended three-month free trial period for Apple News+ to first-time subscribers…
Apple News+ stumbled because it’s the service most outside Apple’s control
The most damning thing about Apple News+ is that no one seems interested in talking about it at all…
Conde Nast CEO: ‘The jury is out’ on Apple News+
Conde Nast CEO Roger Lynch told the audience of Recode’s Code Media conference that he hadn’t made up his mind yet…
Apple News+ struggles to add subscribers
Apple News+ has struggled to add subscribers since first week of launch in March, sources say…
Apple considers bundling digital subscriptions as soon as next year
Apple Inc. is considering bundling its paid internet services, including News+, Apple TV+ and Apple Music, as soon as 2020…
Apple TV+, Apple News+, Apple Arcade, and many other Apple services blocked in China
Apple’s burgeoning slate of digital subscription services are blocked by China’s authoritarian government…
CNN looks to take on Apple News+ with new digital news subscription service
Approximately a dozen engineers and other executives are working on the project, CNN digital chief Andrew Morse confirmed…
Apple could crush Netflix, Spotify, and Disney+ with a $25 per month all-inclusive plan
There’s no doubt that Apple is playing to win. The company has already said that it will offer a year of Apple TV+ for free for anyone who buys a new iPhone, Mac, or iPad this fall…
NBC extends deal to be exclusive seller of ads in Apple Stocks and Apple News
NBCUniversal has extended its partnership with Apple News to now be the exclusive seller of ads in Apple’s Stocks app, as well as Apple News…
Apple mulls offering a ‘super bundle’ of Apple Music and Apple TV+
Apple’s hopes of creating a super-bundle of media content for one flat monthly fee have run into early opposition, with some record labels nervous about the prospect of offering their music for a lower price.
Apple launches Apple News+, an immersive magazine and news reading experience, in the UK and Australia
Apple News+, a new subscription service that brings together over 150 popular magazines and leading newspapers into a convenient and curated experience…
How long before we get a $100 ‘Everything Apple’ subscription including an iPhone?
If you suspect Apple is heading toward offering us a single all-in subscription package, the company’s moves this week regarding Apple TV+ and, more quietly, AppleCare+, make a lot of sense…
The iPhone and Apple’s services strategy
The success of the iPhone XR strongly suggests that there is more elasticity in the iPhone market than ever before…
Apple surprises with aggressive device and services pricing
Apple Inc.’s biggest surprise at its keynote address on Tuesday was not a new feature, device, or service, but an aggressive pricing strategy…
Apple’s path to success beyond the iPhone gets clearer
Sales in Apple’s accessories category — which includes Apple Watch and AirPods, as well as Beats headphones and HomePod speakers — are skyrocketing…
Apple releases iOS 12.4 with iPhone migration, support for HomePod in Japan and Taiwan, and more
Apple today released iOS 12.4 which introduces iPhone migration to directly transfer data from an old iPhone to a new iPhone…
Apple News+ publishers aren’t happy with their payouts
Apple has high hopes for Apple News+, the premium news subscription service it launched in March…
Apple TV has 16% share of U.S. streaming TV devices
Apple TV has grown to approximately 16% share of streaming TV devices in the U.S. as of Q219 and is projected to grow to over…
Apple News launches candidate guide ahead of 2020 Democratic debates
Apple today introduced a new candidate guide in Apple News, providing a timely, trusted and comprehensive look at the 20 individuals participating…
What’s Apple’s strategy for keeping the iPod touch alive?
Apple killed off all of its iPod models except for the iPod touch being the sole holdover and it finally was updated after four years…
Apple’s iPad apps for Mac are getting huge upgrades in macOS Catalina
While macOS Catalina isn’t being released until the fall, there are already four catalyst apps on the Mac…
Analyst: Apple stock will outperform on growing services sales
Apple is currently growing its services revenue at a double-digit clip “with potential acceleration given new revenue streams” (such as Apple News+, which racked up 200,000 subscribers in its first week)…
Hands on Apple’s new 2019 iPod touch, plus benchmarks
The new iPod touch features Group FaceTime and AR experiences, a first for iPod…
The new 2019 iPod touch will support all of Apple’s new services
Apple on Tuesday announced a new iPod Touch, replacing the previous model that was introduced in 2015…
Analyst: Apple needs new services to succeed because existing ones will slow significantly
Apple Inc. needs to succeed with its new services offerings given that…
Apple News+ offers exclusive covers, innovative storytelling from hundreds of publishers
Since Apple News+ launched in March, publishers have been using the platform to showcase innovative live covers…
Killing fake news: Can Apple News+ save journalism?
Apple has portrayed News+ as an effort to save journalism…
Apple: $300 is my new 12-month price target
After reading the Q2 earnings transcript, I am going to make another bold projection…
Is Apple News+ worth $9.99 a month?
It’s been hugely hyped and roundly criticized, but after more than a month’s intensive use…
Apple CEO Cook says Apple’s launch of streaming, gaming and other services is ‘unlike anything that’s been done before’
Last month, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced a new direction for his company…
Apple has been battered all year by bad headlines, but stock keeps rising
When Apple reports second-quarter earnings on Tuesday after the bell, sales will be down from the same time last year…
