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Apple denies WSJ’s report accusing it of giving its own apps preferential treatment in App Store search results

Piggy-backing on recent complaints accusing Apple's application bazaar of anticompetitive practices, the Wall Street Journal today alleged that the Cupertino tech giant consistently ranks its own apps above those from rivals in App Store search result rankings in an effort to thwart competition. Apple's denied the report, arguing that all App Store apps are algorithmically ranked based on machine learning, past consumer preferences and other signals.

WSJ details Apple’s upcoming pivot to services

Apple will lay details of its metamorphosis from an iPhone company into a hardware + services one tomorrow. Ahead of the star-studded "It's Showtime" event, The Wall Street Journal has published interesting tidbits surrounding the company's upcoming new subscription services.

WSJ joins Apple’s news subscription service, NYT & other major publishers reportedly opt out

Next Monday, Apple is expected to unveil a subscription service in the News app based on its purchase of the all-you-can-eat $10 per month magazine subscription service Texture. While The Wall Street Journal has been confirmed as one of the launch partners for the service, The New York Times and The Washington Post have reportedly passed on it due to Apple's terms.