Bloomberg's Mark Gurman and Matthew Townsend have conducted interviews with several current and former retail employees at Apple who claim that the iPhone maker's vaunted brick-and-mortar stores have become less shopping-friendly in recent years.
Samsung has informed people who have pre-ordered its $1,980 Galaxy Fold smartphone that it will cancel all orders if it fails to ship the foldable device by May 31.
Following after Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting, investor Warren Buffett sat down with CNBC's Becky Quick to discuss Apple, one of his biggest holdings, with CEO Tim Cook commenting that the fund's sizable holding in his company shows that the iPhone producer isn't really a traditional technology company anymore.
Apple typically buys smaller companies from time to time for their talent or specific technologies but rarely comments on the deals. But now, Tim Cook himself has said in an interview with CNBC that his company has snapped up 25 startups in the past six months.
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman in February claimed that Apple internally weighed debuting a modular version of the high-end Mac Pro desktop at WWDC 2019, and now he's alleging that the company could also preview its upcoming external display at the developer-only event.
Tucked away as a side-note in Bloomberg's massive report on the new iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch features coming at WWDC 2019 is a mention of a multi-user mode for HomePod.
Bloomberg today released a detailed report outlining some of the previously mentioned features coming to Apple platforms at WWDC 2019, including previously unknown enhancements like a dedicated Calculator app for Apple Watch and revamped Reminders and Health apps in iOS 13.
Upcoming new iPhones and iPads are expected to switch from two upper antennae and two lower antennae made from LCP to a single Modified PI (MPI) material and liquid crystal polymer (LCP) for the upper antenna and three MPI assemblies for the lower antenna.
Payments for the British Government's Global Entry Service can now be made through Apple Pay, meaning transactions can be approved with fingerprints or facial recognition.
The European Union's competition authority is launching an antitrust probe into Apple’s conduct after considering Spotify's competition complaint which alleges that Apple's own music-streaming service gives the iPhone maker an unfair advantage over rivals.
Apple's tightly-knit Industrial Design group led by Chief Design Officer Jony Ive has seen its fair share of notable departures in the past few years to the point where almost no one remains from the original team that began to turn around Apple's fortunes at the turn of the century.
Apple has dropped support for 32-bit iPhone and iPad apps with the release of the iOS 11 software back in September 2017, prompting some developers to simply leave their old games behind rather than update them to be playable on newer iOS device models. But there's some hope left for these legacy titles as a startup named GameClub has managed to secure $2.5 million in investment to bring a bunch of classic iOS games back to life.