With Apple set to report second quarter earnings on Tuesday, observers will be watching for two big trends…
Tag: Apple services
Apple’s services business saw massive 60% profit margins in 2015, more growth expected
Apple’s iTunes, the various App Stores, Apple Music, Apple Pay, Apple Care and miscellaneous licensing revenue…
Credit Suisse: Apple’s underappreciated services business could be growth engine
One part of Apple‘s business is undervalued and overlooked: Services…
As it passes 2 million locations, does Apple Pay really matter?
In the weeks since Apple’s earnings, a number of metrics have come to light that testify to Apple Pay’s impressive growth…
Apple mulls iMessage port to Android; move would send encrypted messaging mainstream
Apple could soon move more of its apps to Android, a move that could put encrypted messaging into the hands of the wider…
The secret is out: Apple’s radical business model change is market moving
Apple’s tireless investment in R&D has put it on a path to a radical change in its business model which could change its valuation by nearly two-fold…
The ‘monthification’ of Apple
CEO Tim Cook and CFO Luca Maestri took turns encouraging analysts to imagine how much money Apple customers may someday spend…
Apple pounded by wave of price target cuts
Consumer electronics giant Apple saw its shares fall sharply Wednesday, a day after the company reported mixed December-quarter results…
Apple’s surprising new $20 billion business
On its own, Apple’s services generate more sales than Southwest Airlines, Starbucks and the Gap…
Apple CEO Cook’s focus on India is insanely great
Apple reported record Q1 revenue yesterday, warning that Q2 iPhone sales may shrink slightly because of global economic and social instability…
Apple CEO Cook: We’re seeing ‘extreme conditions unlike anything we’ve experienced before’ in the global economy
What’s keeping the CEO of a company that just reported the most profitable quarter in history up at night?
Jim Cramer: Apple Inc. is set to outperform
Apple sold a total of 74.8 million iPhone units; that figure is an all-time high but was slightly under consensus estimates…
Apple CEO and CFO see broad global economic ‘weakening’
Following fiscal Q1 results that missed expectations on the top line, Apple…
Most Apple analysts maintain positive ratings, but cut price targets
Apple just posted the most profitable in the history of free-market capitalism, but…
Piper Jaffray: iPhone to resume growth in 2016 despite poor macroeconomy
Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Luca Maestri mentioned negative macro trends nine times during prepared statements, and another four in the Q&A session…
Goldman Sachs: Buy Apple because it’s becoming a services company
It’s time to stop thinking of Apple as a hardware company and start thinking of it as a service company…
China’s slowdown won’t deter Apple
His family already has just about every other Apple gadget. “Apple products are becoming family members,” he said…
iCloud is a major weakness: Will Apple ever fix it?
Those who are interested in the state of Apple as a company will know that online services…
I love my iPhone 6, but i’m going to whine about it anyway
iPhoto has always been a weak application in my view. I stopped trusting it long ago…
Apple’s ‘iWallet’ could debut as soon as this fall
Apple is accelerating work on a mobile payments system, or digital wallet…
Apple and online payments: 800 million reasons why that’s a good idea
Consumers are using Apple devices more than any other mobile device to shop…
Is Apple getting ready to jump into mobile payments?
Ever since Apple introduced the Passbook…
Apple seems to be preparing to invade the mobile payments space
Apple appears to be shooting for the moon…
Will Apple solve the credit card fraud problem?
We have a number of mobile payment initiatives and products available…
Bypassing the credit card: Apple patent application reveals major financial system beyond iWallet
Apple currently has a treasure trove of inventions relating to…
PayPal wants to partner with Apple in mobile payments, sources say
Apple may finally appear serious about facilitating the purchase…
Is Apple ready to disrupt yet another industry?
Apple is laying the groundwork to disrupt yet another industry…
Tim Cook as good as confirms Apple prepping mobile payments via Touch ID
When Touch ID was first rumored, there had been much speculation about…
Apple pushes deeper into mobile payments; lays groundwork to expand service for physical goods
Apple Inc. is laying the groundwork for an expanded mobile-payments service…
iWallet: Apple exploring expansion of mobile payments, sources say
The initiative is being led by Eddy Cue…
Analyst sees multiple iPhone releases per year after meeting with Apple CEO Cook
Apple is now primed for ‘multiple refreshes per year’ of the popular devices…
Apple $700: Don’t get burned again
Apple isn’t a bad company (it’s a great one!), and I’m certainly not…
Solving Apple ID frustration
If you use the iTunes Store, or any other Apple online service…
It’s no longer Steve Jobs’ baby; the ‘new Apple’ is coming
Logic says that Apple is in transition…
Service outages affect Apple’s App Store, iTunes, and FaceTime for hours
Lingering issues with Apple’s Internet-based services caused…
New Apple Siri trademark updates reveal potential future services on the horizon
The US Patent & Trademark Office recently showed activity in a series of Apple filings…
What to expect – and hope for – from Apple’s WWDC 2013 keynote
Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) is finally right around the corner…
Analyst: Apple to reach 600 million users with credit card accounts on file by year end
Apple could see more than 600 million users by the end of 2013…
Apple preparing to unleash a blizzard of new products, says source
The calm before the storm…
