Small businesses will soon be able to take payments on iPhones without additional hardware, a feature Apple started developing in 2020 with its $100 million acquisition of Mobeewave, Bloomberg reported on Thursday (Jan. 27), citing unnamed sources with insider information, Canadian startup Mobeewave created the...
A Dutch regulator has fined Apple Inc. up to 50 million euros ($57 million) for not letting rival payment systems tie in to dating app providers, according to a Bloomberg report Monday (Jan. 24). The hefty fine, which is set to be paid in weekly...
Apple’s digital car key technology that opens and starts vehicles with a device app is coming to Hyundai and Genesis this summer and could be available to additional motor vehicle brands soon, according to multiple media reports. Remote lock controls via smartphones aren’t new —...
Apple will follow a Dutch ruling to let a third-party payment options for dating apps, Reuters reported Saturday (Jan. 15). This will be the first time the tech giant will allow outside payments within an App Store app. The company plans to release two “entitlements”...
Apple could delay its mixed reality headset by “at least a few months,” the first time the tech giant would be forced to delay a major new product release since the Apple Watch in 2015, Bloomberg reported Friday (Jan. 14), citing unnamed sources. Apple’s headset...
Apple is seeing some speculation on whether the company will get into the metaverse, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday (Jan. 12). That comes as there’s been a lot of talk about the metaverse lately, referring to the virtual world where companies are trying to...
Apple plans to allow alternative payment systems in South Korea to put the tech giant in compliance with a law that took effect in September banning app store operators from requiring use of their own in-app payment systems, the Korea Communications Commission said Tuesday (Jan....
Developers earned $260 billion from the Apple App Store since its launch in 2008, with a record increase of roughly $60 billion in 2021 alone, Apple said in a recent blog post. The App store ecosystem facilitated $643 billion in billings and sales during 2020,...
Will Apple’s new augmented reality (AR) headset be a doorway to the metaverse? Don’t count on it, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said in his Power On newsletter Sunday (Jan. 9), predicting that the company’s AR headset will be meant for shorter sessions and not for users...
