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Apple’s New Deal With Amazon Prime Video is a Game Changer (Bloomberg)

The tech giant’s move to waive commissions on certain video content sold on its phones may be the first step toward lower fees for other app developers.... More

Apple Launches COVID-19 Screening App, Website (The Verge)

Apple has launched a website and a new app dedicated to COVID-19 screening. The resources offer an online screening tool, information about the disease, and some guidance on when t... More

Conan O’Brien Will Return to TV With Shows Shot on iPhone, Over Video Chat (TechCrunch)

Apple’s promise of high-quality video “shot on iPhone” is getting another real-world stress test, as late-night TV host Conan O’Brien announced he will return to doing full... More

Apple Announces Online-Only WWDC 2020 Due to Coronavirus Spread (The Verge)

Apple has announced that this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference will be held online due to the ongoing spread of the novel coronavirus. Apple says the event, to start on an ... More

Why the iPad is Still Shaping the Future of Computing (Fast Company)

Sales of Apple’s tablet peaked in 2012. But the computers we’ll use in 2030—regardless of maker—will look more like an iPad than your trusty old laptop. ... More

Apple Expands ‘Quick Look’ to Let Retailers Sell Things Directly in Augmented Reality (TechCrunch)

That couch you’re thinking about sure would look good in your living room… or would it? To drag up a decade-old (!) catchphrase: There’s an app for that. There are a ton of a... More

Apple’s Services Business Grows to $12.7B in Quarterly Revenue (Billboard)

The operating division, which houses subscriptions including Apple Music, Apple TV+ and Arcade, was up 17 percent year-over-year, helping to drive a 9 percent overall boost in quar... More

Apple Could Promote TV+ With Companion Podcasts (Engadget)

Apple has considered producing podcasts to support its slate of original TV+ shows and movies, according to Bloomberg. The company reportedly sent out a call for pitches last summe... More

Apple TV+ Shows Streaming-Wars Clout With Renewals for Series That Haven’t Yet Debuted (Fortune)

If Apple TV+ hadn't already proven itself a formidable presence in the head-spinningly packed TV landscape—the tech giant did lure Jennifer Aniston back to series television—th... More

Apple Has its Eye on MGM (Ampere Insights)

Apple has reportedly been in talks with MGM in a bid to acquire content to bolster the Apple TV+ catalogue, which will be particularly important when its free trial periods start t... More

Apple’s Story is Shifting Thanks to the Massive Success of AirPods (CNBC)

Apple’s App Store growth appears to have slowed in 2019, a potentially negative sign for the company’s focus on growing its services business to offset weaker iPhone sales. But... More

CES 2020: Apple, Facebook Sing From the Same Consumer Privacy Songbook (Forbes)

Facebook and Apple, which have spent more than a year sparring over privacy, adopted an astoundingly civil tone at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas — singing from the s... More

Apple’s App Store Had Gross Sales Around $50B Last Year, but Growth is Slowing (CNBC)

Apple announced that it has paid $155 billion to developers since 2008, up from $120 billion disclosed in January 2019. That means the company’s App Store had total sales maxing ... More

Apple Just Put Itself in Position to be the Next HBO (CNBC)

As WarnerMedia plans to broaden HBO’s offerings with the launch of a new streaming service, Apple now has the opportunity to fill the hole in “prestige” TV that classic HBO w... More

Report: Apple in Talks With Pac-12 (SportsPro)

Apple has held talks with the Pac-12 conference as the tech giant bids to bolster its streaming and over-the-top products, according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Apple’s hea... More

Apple Wants to Bypass Carriers and Beam Internet Data Directly to iPhones Via Satellites (Fast Company)

Apple is working on a way to bypass carriers and beam internet and other data directly to iPhones. That’s according to a report from Bloomberg that says the initiative is “a co... More

Apple Opens Up Bug Bounty Program (Decipher)

Apple has opened up its bug bounty program to the general research community, offering payments of as much as $1.5 million for a small number of serious issues in some beta release... More

What’s Apple’s Streaming Strategy? Think of It as Content as Catnip (Los Angeles Magazine)

It’s hard to grasp how Apple—albeit, one of America’s most successful companies—expects to compete in the streaming wars when it’s offering a fraction of the viewing choi... More

Salesforce, Apple Partnership Begins to Come to Life (TechCrunch)

Last year at Dreamforce, Salesforce’s enormous annual customer conference, Apple and Salesforce announced the beginnings of a partnership where the two organizations would work t... More

Apple is Working on a Mega-Subscription Services Bundle for 2020 (Fast Company)

The new bundled subscription service would likely tie together existing subscription services and offer them as a single monthly package, instead of adding any new services to the ... More