As part of Apple's response to the coronavirus pandemic, its chief executive Tim Cook last Saturday encouraged employees to work from home. However, the Cupertino company seems to have hit some bumps along the road in shifting its global workforce to remote work.
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Apple’s privacy-first approach is why you’re seeing those iOS 13 location tracking reminders
iOS 13's strengthened security means people are seeing frequent reminders when an app like Google Maps is continuously tracking their location in the background. Apple's responded to complaints from concerned developers and some annoyed users by saying this is by design.
DOJ launches broad antitrust review of Big Tech
The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) has launched a broad antitrust review into whether Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook and other technology companies are unlawfully stifling competition.
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.
Unlike the 2013 trashcan Mac Pro, the new cheese grater model won’t bear an “Assembled in the USA” label
The new Mac Pro unveiled during the June 3 WWDC 2019 keynote won't bear an "Assembled in the USA" label because Apple's learned it’s very difficult to manufacture in America.
Three core members of Jony Ive’s design team departing as Apple hires fresh blood
Much ado has been made about a Wall Street Journal report on three core members of Apple's small industrial design team planning to depart Cupertino, taking with them nearly 50 years of combined experience in thinking up shiny gadgets.
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.
Apple teams up with China’s Alipay on interest-free financing for new iPhone purchases
Apple has teamed up with China's Ant Financial Services Group, which owns the AliPay mobile payments network, and several local banks to offer an interest-free loan to customers who are looking to purchase a new iPhone through the company's local online store. The goal is to sharply lower the monthly sums Chinese customers have to pay for brand-new iPhones.
WSJ: Apple and Goldman Sachs’ joint credit card due this spring with cool Wallet features
Apple and investment bank Goldman Sachs are working on a joint credit card, to be launched this spring, that will have some unique features in iOS's Wallet app to help iPhone users manage their money, like setting spending goals and managing balances.
Apple has been reshuffling its executive team as it changes from an iPhone company to one where growth flows from services
Apple's 11-person executive team that remained largely unchanged for five years has been reshuffled as the company put some projects on hold and reorganized engineers with a focus on services. Yes, Apple is readying for life after iPhone whose sales plateaued a few years ago.
Apple’s already signed up many publishers for a news service with a 50:50 revenue split
Major newspaper publishers have balked at Apple's proposed terms for an upcoming news subscription service but according to a new report, a bunch of publishers have already signed up for the service with a 50:50 revenue split.