Netflix has removed iTunes billing for all new users after customers in more two dozen countries could bypass the in-app subscription method as part of an experiment.
Netflix removes iTunes billing for all new users
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Apple highlights Liquid Retina display in a new iPhone XR ad
Apple on Friday posted a new promotional video to its official YouTube channel. Running one minute and ten seconds long, it highlights the company's Liquid Retina display technology along with all the colors that the $749 iPhone XR is available in.
Look back at your listening trends of 2018 with the free Music Year in Review app
Apple's Music app lacks advanced stats regarding your personal Apple Music listening history, but a free new iPhone app released earlier in December fills that void.
Apple is interested in Sony’s newest 3D camera sensor which can recognize hand gestures
Sony, the biggest maker of camera chips used in phones, appears to be boosting production of next-generation 3D sensors after getting interest from phone makers including Apple.
WSJ details a single underperforming investment that cost Apple $9 billion in 2018
Apple lost a whopping nine billion bucks in 2018 by overpaying for its own shares.
Instagram briefly tested Stories-like horizontal scrolling for the main feed, everyone hates it
In October, iDownloadBlog was among first to report on Instagram's horizontally scrolling design for posts in the Explore tab. That test has now expanded to the main feed, with a huge number of users in the UK and elsewhere spotting it on Thursday afternoon.
Apple may start assembling flagship iPhones in India as early as 2019
Reuters has reportedly learned that Apple is most likely to begin assembling flagship iPhone models in India sometime in 2019. According to the report, Apple's primary contract manufacturer Foxconn will invest 25 billion Indian rupees, which works out to about $356 million, to expand its plant in Sriperumbudur town in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
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iPhone XR accounted for a larger proportion of Android switchers than iPhone 8 & iPhone X
Fresh data from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) indicates that Apple's colorful iPhone XR, which starts at $749, has likely attracted a significantly larger proportion of Android switchers in the United States than iPhone 8 and iPhone X did last November.
Chinese businesses urging employees to boycott Apple after Huawei CFO arrest
The spiraling trade war and escalating tensions between the United States and China have resulted in a recent arrest of Huawei's Sabrina Meng Wanzhou, but now China is striking back.
Claimed iPad mini 5 case hints at Apple Pencil 2 support, new cameras, headphone jack & more
A third-party semi-transparent case that appears to have been designed for Apple's unreleased fifth-generation iPad mini was posted earlier today by leak aggregator SlashLeaks, showing a pill-shaped vertical cutout on the rear side instead of the regular circular cutout.