Apple has no real history with big ticket acquisitions, but it should make an exception for Disney’s ESPN as it hones its live sports focus…
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Apple is No.1 in product placements in film and TV
Apple is the brand with the most product placements on both film and TV; the MacBook is the most placed product of any brand…
‘Love Notes to Newton’ movie now free (watch here)
“Love Notes to Newton” is a film about the beloved pen-based Personal Digital Assistant created by Apple Computer and what it meant…
Apple to begin payments to iPhone users in $500 million ‘Batterygate’ iPhone throttling settlement
Apple will soon begin paying $65 to owners of older iPhone in class-action lawsuit over iPhone throttling, otherwise know as “Batterygate.”
Apple TV+ lands new docuseries featuring legendary football champion Lionel Messi’s MLS move to play for Inter Miami CF
Apple TV+’s new six-part documentary event featuring exclusive behind-the-scenes access to Lionel Messi, the greatest-of-all-time in a sport…
Ford taps former Apple exec Stern to shepherd autonomous driving business
Ford Motor Company on Monday named former Apple executive Peter Stern as the president of its newly-formed integrated services unit…
Caltech reaches ‘potential settlement’ in Apple, Broadcom Wi-Fi patent lawsuit
Caltech, Apple, and Broadcom have reached a “potential settlement” in their patent infringement lawsuit over Wi-Fi chips. Caltech had…
How Apple lost the K-12 education market to Google
Apple’s share of the K-12 education market has been eroding since at least 2017, when cheap Windows computers and Google Chromebooks…
New Apple patent application reveals in-air hand gestures to control Mac, iPad, and Apple TV
Apple has filed a patent application for computer systems that can provide virtual reality and mixed reality experiences on a variety of…
Lionel Messi is seriously boosting MLS and Apple TV
Lionel Messi, the greatest football player of all time, is significantly boosting Major League Soccer (MLS)’s international profile, its…
Will Apple buy (parts of) Disney?
Rumors of Apple buying Disney have been circulating for years, with many believing that it would be a match made in heaven…
NBA’s local TV rights draw interest from Apple, other tech and media companies
Apple, ESPN-owner Disney, Amazon, DirecTV, and Alphabet’s YouTube have expressed interest in streaming local NBA games, potentially taking…
Apple, other leading chipmakers to invest in Arm as it eyes September IPO
Leading global chipmakers, including Apple, Samsung Electronics, Nvidia, and Intel, are expected to invest in Arm as soon as the company is…
In unusual move, TSMC not charging Apple for defective 3nm chips
In an unusual move contrary to the normal way of doing business, chip fabricator TSMC is not charging Apple for defective 3nm chips ahead of…
Apple CEO: ‘We’ve been doing research across a wide range of AI technologies, including generative AI, for years’
Apple CEO Tim Cook said that the increased R&D spending was in part driven by work on generative AI, the same field that is driving spending…
Jim Cramer: ‘Own Apple, don’t trade it’
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday repeated his advice to “own Apple, don’t trade it” on the strength of the company and the U.S. consumer…
Apple halts MacBook, iPad imports into India after sudden licensing demand
Apple is among the biggest tech names freezing new imports of laptops and tablets to India after the South Asian country abruptly banned…
Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, and NVIDIA form ‘Alliance for OpenUSD’ to drive open standards for 3D content
Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, and NVIDIA, together with the Joint Development Foundation (JDF), an affiliate of the Linux Foundation…
Apple shares hit new all-time closing high
In Nasdaq trading today, shares of Apple Inc. rose to hit a new all-time closing high. Apple’s all-time intraday high was set on…
Apple shares hit new all-time closing high
In Nasdaq trading today, shares of Apple Inc. rose to hit a new all-time closing high. Apple’s all-time intraday high was set on…
Apple iPhone grew 6.1% in China as overall Chinese smartphone market declined 7.3% in Q2
Apple’s iPhone grew 6.1% in China even as the overall Chinese smartphone market declined 7.3% YoY in the second quarter of 2023…
Apple commits $2.5 billion to address California housing crisis
Apple has partnered with Destination: Home, as well as California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA), and Housing Trust Silicon Valley…
Apple lands new documentary film ‘The Pigeon Tunnel’ from Errol Morris
Apple Original Films announces new documentary film, “The Pigeon Tunnel,” from Academy Award-winning documentarian Errol Morris…
Apple shares hit new all-time intraday and closing highs
In Nasdaq trading today, shares of Apple Inc. rose to hit new all-time closing high. During trading today, Apple also reached a new…
Spain antitrust watchdog fines Apple and Amazon $218 million
Spain’s antitrust watchdog, CNMC, fined Amazon and Apple a total of €194.1 million ($218.03 million) on Tuesday for colluding to limit the…
Apple shares hit new all-time closing high
In Nasdaq trading today, shares of Apple Inc. rose to hit a new all-time closing high. Apple’s all-time intraday high was set on…
Downsizing Disney looks to unload its TV assets; Apple may be eyeing ESPN
Disney is looking to sell its TV assets. Bob Iger built Disney into a top entertainment company by acquiring Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm…
Investors brace for earnings from Apple, rest of ‘Magnificent Seven’ American companies
Led by Apple, a handful of massive growth and technology names that have dominated the U.S. stock market in 2023 are set to report…
Apple reportedly in talks with Germany’s Bundesliga over media rights
Apple has reportedly held talks with Germany’s Bundesliga about streaming the league’s matches on Apple TV+, taking over streaming rights…
Apple gives Tesla a pass on 30% App Store fees
Apple’s “In-App Purchase” system charges developers when users pay to unlock features inside apps. Currently, Tesla is skirting the…
Apple’s UK sales hit record £1.5 billion on strong iPhone sales
Apple’s UK sales have hit a record £1.5 billion, driven by strong demand for its top-of-the-line iPhones. Apple’s UK retail arm…
Apple TV+ shows get 51 Emmy award nominations
The third — and, perhaps, final season — of “Ted Lasso” earned Apple TV+ 21 of its 51 total Emmy nominations for the 2023 edition of the…
The Nasdaq 100 ‘special rebalance’ aims to cut Apple, Microsoft, others down to size
Apple, Microsoft, and the rest of big tech have rapidly grown too big for the Nasdaq 100. The index’s solution is a “special rebalance.”
As global PC shipments continue to decline, Apple’s indomitable Mac sees strong demand
The latest Canalys data reveals that the worldwide PC market decline continued in Q2 2023, albeit at a slower rate than the prior two…
Lionel Messi’s MLS – Apple – Adidas deal is unprecedented, generational, cataclysmic
Why is Apple reportedly paying for part of Lionel Messi’s unprecedented, generational, and, frankly, cataclysmic, deal to come play…
Mac shipments surge 10.3% as PC market craters
Apple’s Mac shipments surged 10.3%, even as worldwide PC shipments declined 13.4% year over year during the second quarter of 2023…
Apple opens official online store on Tencent’s WeChat
Apple has opened a store on WeChat, China’s dominant messaging app. This marks an expansion of Apple’s retail channels in the world’s…
Why Apple and the rest of big tech are getting hit by the Nasdaq 100 ‘special rebalance’
Apple, Microsoft, and the rest of big tech have gotten too big for the Nasdaq 100 index. Unfortunately, the Nasdaq 100’s solution…
Apple iPhone 15 production running behind schedule, analyst claims
Production of Apple’s upcoming iPhone 15 handsets is running about a month behind schedule, Barclays analyst Tim Long said in a note…
Nasdaq 100 plans special rebalance to curb dominance of Apple, select others
The Nasdaq 100 index is set to adjust the weighting of its 100 components, with the “magnificent seven” stocks Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia…
Apple is Warren Buffett’s biggest investment coup ever
Warren Buffett’s biggest investment coup during his 58 years of leading Berkshire Hathaway is Apple. With Apple’s market value now…
Apple’s Irish tax escrow account has lost almost a billion dollars in the last year
The amount available at the end of the day for either Apple or the Irish government from lengthy legal proceedings over the company’s Irish…
