PUBG, Fortnite and Electronic Arts’ “Apex Legends” scored 26.3 million, 22.5 million and 25 million respectively in their first week of release…
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Researchers: ‘No individual brand is as predictive of being high-income as owning an Apple iPhone’
Apple’s iPhone has become the best indicator of wealth from among everyday items…
Oliver Schusser, Apple Music’s new leader spurs global growth
In April 2018, Apple announced the promotion of Oliver Schusser to lead Apple Music Worldwide….
Top Apple’s App Store developers are earning 64% more than Google Play’s
We analyzed quarterly consumer spending in apps from the top 100 publishers on the App Store and Google Play between Q1 2014 and 2019…
Apple’s App Store removes three dating apps in violation of FTC child protection act
Three dating apps have been removed from Apple’s App Store and Google’s Google Play Store…
NYT Editorial Board: Regulators should take a close look at Apple’s App Store
Of the 17 most popular screen-time and parental-control apps in the App Store…
Apple’s growing antitrust problem
Apple’s expansion into services could test the hardware company in several ways…
Apple says treats all app developers equally as Dutch open probe
Apple, already the subject of EU antitrust scrutiny, on Thursday became the target of a Dutch investigation…
EU regulators say Dutch Apple probe complements their own investigation
A Dutch antitrust investigation into whether Apple unfairly favors its own apps…
Dutch antitrust regulator investigating charges of abuse by Apple in its App Store
Apple is being investigated by a competition regulator in the Netherlands over the dominance of the App Store…
New adware with destructive capabilities infects hundreds of Android apps in Google Play store
Researchers have uncovered a new adware strain that was running rampant on the Google Play Store…
Propaganda 2.0: Chinese Communist Party’s message gets tech upgrade
In a bright red office in south Beijing, some of China’s most studious Communist Party members…
Apple CEO Tim Cook promises to investigate Saudi Arabian app that allows tracking of women
An app that allows Saudi men to track the whereabouts of their wives and daughters is available in Apple’s App Store…
Apple’s App Store revenue surged on Black Friday to $169.3 million globally, setting a single-day record
$117.3 million was spent by App Store users outside the United States on Black Friday, for a global total of $169.3 million, up 18.4 percent from 2017…
iPhone owners happier, richer, have more friends than those who settle for Android knockoffs
Apple iPhone users tend to have more money, more friends, and are generally happier…
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 bursts into flames inside New York woman’s purse
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 cellphone spontaneously combusted inside a Long Island woman’s purse…
App developers will only hurt themselves if they try to leave Apple’s revolutionary App Store
Apple and Google have made billions of dollars by charging developers to sell their apps…
Apple and Google face growing revolt over App Store ‘tax’
A backlash against the app stores of Apple Inc. and Google is gaining steam, with a growing number of companies…
If you use one of these products, you’re probably wealthy
Some tastes are acquired…
Apple, Google cashed in on Pizzagate-offshoot conspiracy app
An app promoting a conspiracy theory featuring Hillary Clinton and a child sex ring lingered at the top of Apple’s App Store…
Owning an iPhone is the most common sign of wealth
A new paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research aims to infer demographics based on…
Apple’s Q218 earnings most important (and impressive) metric
On May 1st, Apple announced its financial results for the last quarter…
The EU needs to do more to reign in Apple, Amazon, and Google
The European Union intends to tighten the standards regulating the digital economy…
EU proposes to regulate tech giants’ business practices following Spotify’s complaint against Apple
Tech giants including Google, Apple and Amazon will for the first time face rules governing their commercial relations…
EU antitrust chief says investigation of Google’s Android, AdSense is advancing
Investigations into how Google may be using its Android smartphone operating system…
Analyst: Apple Music will average 40% annual growth over the next three years
Apple, the world’s largest company by market value now has more than 40 million paid subscribers…
Apple needs to reconsider its HomePod strategy
Apple may sell only 2 million–2.5 million HomePods over the entire course of 2018…
Apple’s App Store is destroying Google Play in services and subscriptions
Apple’s U.S. customers installed 45 new iPhone apps in 2017, a growth of 10 percent over last year…
Apple Music’s hip-hop programming head Carl Chery exiting for Spotify
Carl Chery, Apple Music’s head of artist curation overseeing hip-hop and R&B programming…
No, Apple is not pulling the plug on iTunes Store
Fresh rumours are circulating that Apple may be preparing to wind down iTunes music downloads…
Oliver Schusser named new Apple Music chief as service passes 40 million subscribers
Apple Music is thinking globally as the streaming service officially surpasses 40 million paid subscribers…
Apple Music hits 40 million paid subscribers milestone
Apple Music recently greatly expanded with a Music Videos section…
Spotify opens at $165.90 on first day of trading
Spotify officially opened at $165.90 this afternoon in its public debut…
Apple Music becoming a virtual record label?
Apple Music executive Jimmy Iovine says streaming services are too similar…
Apple Music hits 38 million paid subscribers
Apple Inc’s streaming music service now has 38 million paid subscribers, up from 36 million in February…
Hey Apple, it’s time to drop the ‘Hey’ from ‘Hey Siri’
You don’t have to say “Hey Alexa,” so why do we still have to say “Hey Siri?”
There are nearly 50 million smart speaker users in the U.S.
There are now nearly 50 million smart speaker users in the U.S…
Apple updates Apple Music for Android
Version 2.4.0 of Apple Music for Android has been released with additional features for music video playback…
Why I’m thinking about getting an Apple HomePod
When I first saw Apple’s announcement of the HomePod…
Apple could gain 20% with a less expensive iPhone, says Trefis
Apple shares are currently trading around an all-time high figure of $180…
Spotify files for direct listing of up to $1 billion; claims 71 million paying subscribers; lost $1.5 billion last year
Music streaming service Spotify filed for a direct listing of up to $1 billion…
Apple Music expands student membership pricing to 82 new countries
Apple Music is expanding its subscription music service to 82 new markets…
