For three years, we've been hearing about Epic Games' fight with both Apple and Google over how App Stores operate, with the decisions going in wildly different directions in each case. Let's look at why. Before anyone gets lost in a haze of free…

Apple has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit over Family Sharing, agreeing to pay out $25 million to the class to put the matter to rest. Here's how to see if you qualify for your share. The lawsuit was first filed in 2019 in the Superior Court…

The LA Convention Center's West Hall, festooned in E3 garb The Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, is done for good, the event's organizers announced on Tuesday. Apple's success in game sales and disregard for the entire trade show concept can take…

Worried that your smart phone is listening to you? A digital marketing group associated with one of the US's biggest cable companies claims to be doing exactly that. Many of us have had the experience of seeing an ad pop up for a product or service…

The iMac looks the same, but sports faster M3 chips We admit that the most recent incarnation of the iMac hasn't left us breathless, but it's far too soon to write an epitaph for Apple's all-in-one. Apple refreshed the iMac in October with the new M3…

The Indian government announced this week approval of Foxconn's plan to invest an additional $1 billion in a manufacturing plant expected to produce the iPhone. The Karnataka government acknowledged Tuesday it had approved a 139.11 billion rupee…

The iMessage cat-and-mouse game Apple, Beeper Mini and others in the Android ecosystem are playing makes for exciting headlines but a miserable user experience for everybody — and we all deserve better. First, let's acknowledge that cross-platform…

Apple's recent listing for a Cellular Platform Architect to work on 6G technology raised some eyebrows from those wondering why is Apple already hiring for 6G, when it's yet to get its 5G house in order. Here's why it's looking so far forward.…

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that Apple's shipments of iPhones in China declined more than he expected. Kuo linked some of the downturn to Foxconn's Zhenghzhou factory, which is used to produce iPhones. That factory was the site of a labor riot in 2022.…

While global smartphone revenues remained flat year-over-year, Apple led the market with record Q3 revenue and revenue share, with the iPhone 15 positioned to do even better this quarter. That comes despite the iPhone 15 only being available for a…

Apple posted lower annual revenue for the first time since 2019 Despite beating Wall Street estimates for the quarter, Apple's whole-year revenue has dropped year-over-year for the first time since 2019. As part of its quarterly earnings report,…

Apple has shut down internal employee Muslim and Jewish Slack channels A report suggests Apple has suspended internal messaging channels used by Jewish and Muslim employees following tensions related to the Israel-Hamas war. Like many companies,…

Apple planned Android support for the Apple Watch but ultimately scrapped the project once they realized it might affect iPhone sales, according to a recent Bloomberg report. "The move, codenamed Project Fennel, would have brought the company's…

Foxconn's iPhone manufacturing facility in Sriperumbudur, India Noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said Wednesday that Apple will double iPhone production in India through 2024. In recent years, India has emerged as a high-tech manufacturing and assembly…

Apple was dealt a setback in the UK this week when a tribunal ruled that a lawsuit over iPhone batteries worth potentially $2 billion (1.6 billion UK pounds) can proceed. Remember "Batterygate?" Yeah, it's that again. Apple's under the microscope in…

Apple is among the firms India will allow to bring into the country laptops, tablets, and computers under a newly implemented import monitoring and management system. Apple and more than 100 firms have been authorized by the Indian government to…

PrivatBank, Ukraine's largest bank, has announced support for Apple's Tap to Pay feature on iPhone, bringing the contactless payment system to Ukraine for the first time. The feature is supported using PrivatBank's "Terminal" app, available for…

Apple won't report its latest financial results until Thursday evening, but investment firm Goldman Sachs offered investors a first take following the conclusion of the Scary Fast event. "In our view, the announcements made were largely in-line with…

Apple's latest refresh to the Mac line this week claims a victim — the 13-inch MacBook Pro, and with it, something we're actually quite sorry to see go: the much-maligned Touch Bar. While there were rumors and some speculation that Apple might…

Google CEO Sundar Pichai told the US Federal court overseeing his company's antitrust case that Google's deal with Apple makes it "very, very seamless and easy for users to use our services." From Google's perspective, its position as Apple's default…