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Apple’s Value Drops From $3T to Under $2T in Year
January 03, 2023

Apple’s market capitalization dropped below $2 trillion a year after hitting $3 trillion. Reuters reported Tuesday (Jan. 3) that the company’s stock slipped 4% on Tuesday — the first trading day of the new year — and added that Apple became the first firm to...

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Apple CEO Tim Cook Apprehensive of Japan App Store Regulation
January 02, 2023

Tim Cook met with Japan’s PM over concerns of the country’s possible app store regulations. The Apple CEO met with the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Dec. 15 to discuss the country’s potential regulation of app stores. According to a report by Nikkei, Cook...

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Apple Considering Allowing Use of Other App Stores in Europe
December 13, 2022

Apple is reportedly preparing to allow other app stores to access its devices in Europe. The effort comes in response to European Union (EU) rules that are to take effect in 2024, and it could serve as a test run for a similar change to...

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Apple Beefs Up Cloud Encryption to Protect Data
December 07, 2022

Apple is adding three new tools to help users protect their data in the cloud.  The new security features will be rolled out over the next year, Apple said in a Wednesday (Dec. 7) press release.  “We constantly identify and mitigate emerging threats to their...

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App Store to Allow Prices from 29 Cents to $10K
December 06, 2022

Apple is adding 700 price points and new pricing tools to its App Store.  With the updated pricing system, developers will be able to choose from a total of 900 price points — nearly 10 times the number available now — that range from 29...

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MercadoLibre Files Antitrust Complaints Against Apple in Brazil and Mexico 
December 05, 2022

MercadoLibre has filed complaints against Apple with regulators in Brazil and Mexico.  In filings with antitrust regulators, the Latin American eCommerce giant complained that Apple requires companies that sell digital goods and services within apps to use Apple’s payment system, Reuters reported Monday (Dec. 5). ...

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Musk: Apple Threatened to Pull Twitter From App Store
November 28, 2022

Elon Musk said in a series of tweets that Apple has “mostly” stopped advertising on Twitter and has threatened to remove Twitter from the App Store.  Tagging Apple CEO Tim Cook in one tweet, Musk asked Monday (Nov. 28), “What’s going on here?”  As this...

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Apple: COVID Has Slowed iPhone 14 Shipments
November 07, 2022

One week after reports that China’s COVID outbreak was hampering production on Apple’s iPhone 14, the company made it official. “We continue to see strong demand for iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max models,” Apple said in an update Sunday (Nov. 6) on...

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Apple Loses Online Retail VP and CIO
November 01, 2022

The heads of Apple’s online retail and information-systems operations are leaving the company, part of a series of high-profile departures from the tech giant. According to a report Tuesday (Nov. 1) from Bloomberg News, Anna Matthiasson, vice president of online retail, is stepping down, while...