Friendly Center Apple Store will be temporarily closed The Apple Store in the Greensboro Friendly Center will close temporarily from …
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Apple temporarily closes more US stores over COVID-19 situation
After their regular shopping hours ended on Friday, Apple temporarily closed more than 20 of its retail stores in multiple US states over spikes in the number of COVID-19 cases. The details …
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Apple is closing even more stores across three states due to COVID
In-store retail has taken an obvious hit due to the pandemic, and even tech giant Apple isn’t immune. Apple is closing more than 20 stores in North Carolina, Texas, and Georgia, Bloomberg reports, …
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Says Parler Can Return to App Store If It Ups Moderation
The social media site has also been suspended from the Google Play Store and Amazon’s AWS website hosting service.
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‘We don’t consider that free speech’: Apple CEO Tim Cook defends removing Parler from App Store
Apple CEO Tim Cook defended his company’s decision to remove the social media app Parler from its store, claiming that there were concerns over potential threats of violence by its users.
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Apple’s Tim Cook says Parler must tighten up moderation to get back on App Store
Parler could return to the App Store if it improved its moderation, Apple boss Tim Cook told Fox News in an interview segment Friday. The conservative social networking app was banned by Apple, Amazon …
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Wimkin, a free speech network, says it was hit with a ‘massive’ DDoS attack after being banned from Apple’s App Store
Hackers are being blamed for a DDoS attack on Wimkin after Apple and Google removed its app. The network allowed free speech with no fact checking …
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Apple Planning to Bring Music and Podcasts Apps to Microsoft Store
Apple is working to bring Music and Podcasts apps to the Microsoft Store, according to a report from 9to5Mac that cites unnamed sources. Apple …
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Apple working to release Music and Podcasts apps on Microsoft Store
Apple began hiring engineers to “build the next generation of media apps for Windows” in 2019, which resulted in the Apple TV app for Xbox last year. 9to5Mac has now learned that the company is …
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Apple’s App Store Removes Social Media Platform Wimkin Over Calls to Violence
Wimkin founder says he had removed incendiary posts before Apple ejected the platform from the App Store.
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Epic Games calls on Apple to reinstate Fortnite to the App Store in new UK legal filling
Epic Games is doubling down on its legal battle with Apple in the UK. As first reported by Bloomberg, Epic has made a new filing in the UK slamming Apple for its decision to remove Fortnite from the …
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Apple’s App Store Connect and TestFlight seeing outage for some developers
Two of Apple’s important developer tools are seeing downtime. Apple says “some users” are seeing problems with App Store Connect App Processing and TestFlight. Apple noted the outages on its Developer …
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Apple deals: 5 great sales you definitely won’t want to miss at Amazon
Amazon has more sales going right now than you can count, and that includes dozens of deals on Apple’s best-selling products. You’ll find prices at just $129 for AirPods, $299 for …
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App Store Data (2021)
Outside of China, Apple and Google control more than 95 percent of the app store market share, through iOS and Android, respectively. Both mobile OSes originally came with a few pre-installed apps, …
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Google removes Parler from app store, could also be removed from Apple’s if it doesn’t implement a moderation plan
Google removed Parler for posing a “public safety threat.” And Apple reportedly ordered it to implement a moderation plan within the next 24 hours.
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Signal is atop Apple’s App Store after Elon Musk endorsement | Charlotte Observer
That was the statement from Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, who helped vault the encrypted messaging app Signal into a new level of popularity last week. Since Musk’s succinct tweet on Jan. 7, …
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Best Apple MacBook deals: Save $35 on M1 MacBook Air, $60 on M1 MacBook Pro and more on older models
The new M1 MacBook models are out and already discounted, and better deals can be had on the older, Intel-based models.
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