People over the age of 65 could soon purchase a subsidized Apple Watch to use as a health tracker.
Apple could subsidize Apple Watch for seniors with private Medicare plans
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Apple Pay chief Jennifer Bailey to deliver keynote at the leading payments tech event
Jennifer Bailey, Apple Pay’s Vice President, is scheduled to deliver the keynote speech at TRANSACT, the world's largest payments technology show taking place April 30 – May 2, 2019, in Las Vegas's Mandalay Bay Convention Center.
Two innovations that make Apple’s updated Smart Battery Case a worthwhile purchase
Apple yesterday released a revised Smart Battery Case for the latest iPhone XR, iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max models which provides customers with multi-day battery life. Here are two key innovations that set this case apart from the previous model.
Verizon is now offering free access to Apple Music
Verizon Wireless said today that folks on its Beyond Unlimited ($50 per month) and Above Unlimited ($60 per month) plans can now get free Apple Music as a perk on an ongoing basis.
Apple’s first collaboration with A24 is Sofia Coppola’s “On the Rocks” starring Bill Murray
Apple is apparently collaborating with indie entertainment studio A24 to produce original movies for its upcoming streaming service, with Variety reporting yesterday that the companies' first project will be a feature film directed by Sofia Coppola, starring Bill Murray and Rashida Jones of “The Office” and “Parks and Recreation”.
Video: former iOS chief Scott Forstall reveals tidbits about macOS & Apple TV development
Since his firing in 2012 over refusing to sign an apology to customers concerning the Maps debacle, Apple's former Senior Vice President of iOS software, Scott Forstall, has focused his energies on producing Broadway shows. Thanks to a rare interview with Scott published last week, we now have a nice glimpse of Apple's creative process during Steve Jobs's heyday.
Apple releases Smart Battery Cases for iPhone XR, XS & XS Max
Apple on Tuesday released a handful of new Smart Battery Cases for its latest line of iPhones. The Cases are priced at $129, available in both black and white colorways, and are available for the iPhone XR, the iPhone XS and the iPhone XS Max.
New renderings show another possible triple-lens iPhone design
New renders surfaced on the web today, purporting to show the design of Apple's next handset. In a joint venture, Indian website CompareRaja and notorious smartphone leaker Steve Hemmerstoffer (OnLeaks) released the images, which they believe to represent a legitimate iPhone prototype.
DuckDuckGo’s address and map searches are now powered by Apple Maps
Private search engine DuckDuckGo announced Tuesday that it's now switched to privacy-focused Apple Maps services to “set a new standard of trust online” for address and map searches on desktop and mobile. DuckDuckGo is one of the search engines natively supported as an option in Safari for iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Apple’s chip wizard Johny Srouji is allegedly being considered for the CEO job at Intel
Johny Srouji, Senior Vice President of Hardware Technologies at Apple, is allegedly one of the semiconductor experts on Intel's list of potential candidates for the CEO job.
Netflix raises Standard plan from $11 to $13 a month, Basic & Premium get a price hike too
Netflix has raised prices again: the Basic tier went from $8 to 9 per month, the Standard tier increased from $11 to $13 per month and the Premium tier jumped from $14 to $16 per month.
Apple’s replaced 11 million iPhone batteries under the discounted $29 program
Apple has replaced an astounding eleven million iPhone batteries under its discounted $29 replacement program, which ended December 31, 2018. The initiative was put in effect at the start of 2018 in the aftermath of the throttling scandal.