Apple has confirmed it has bought Shazam, the music app that can identify a song by hearing just a snippet of it. The acquisition boosts Apple’s position in the music world and advances its artificial intelligence efforts. Shazam, launched in 1999, claims …
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Apple deny reports that it is retiring the iTunes Music Store from 2019
Apple has denied reports suggesting that it is preparing to retire the iTunes Music Store as soon as 2019. Digital Music News recently reported that a “phase-out” is currently underway, which will complete by early 2019. Apple launched their own …
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Apple is ready to ditch the Mac
I know that Mac users do not want to see this reality, but the Mac is not a money maker. When you go into the Apple Store, you see the phone and the watches front and center, then the iPads, then the Mac. There was some talk a few years ago about iOS on …
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Imposter Cryptocurrency Wallet App Races Up Apple’s Store Charts [Updated]
A new wave of Bitcoin-mania surged through the internet this weekend—and with it, a new crop of sketchy opportunists. Bitcoin apps were very popular in the Apple app store, and one using the name of a completely unrelated cryptocurrency wallet service …
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Imposter Cryptocurrency Wallet App Races Up Apple’s Store Charts
A new wave of Bitcoin-mania surged through the internet this weekend—and with it, a new crop of sketchy opportunists. Bitcoin apps were very popular in the Apple app store, and one using the name of a completely unrelated cryptocurrency wallet service …
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Beware: There’s a fake Ethereum wallet app in Apple’s App Store
A fake version of popular wallet for cryptocurrency Ethereum, MyEtherWallet, is currently being sold in Apple’s App Store. The app is created by a developer called Nam Le, with no ties to the makers of the original MyEtherWallet, which currently exists …
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Apple Store top downloads awards!
As the year comes to an end, many companies are counting on their success for the past year. Many are reporting that they did good, while the others are quietly getting ready to attack harder in the new year. As always, app stores from both platforms are …
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Apple Store App Celebrates The Holiday With A Hidden Easter Egg
Just in time for the first big snowstorm of the season, Apple has added a fun Easter egg to the Apple Store app for iOS. You should already have the app on your iPhone anyway (since it’s proved to be the fastest way to get new iDevices this season) but …
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Apple Hid A Holiday Season Easter Egg In The Apple Store App, Here’s How To Find It
You’re probably already aware of the fact that it is almost Christmas. It happens every year, you know. You would think we would be a little bit bored of it by now but with that clearly not happening any time soon, Apple has slipped a little Easter egg …
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Construction of first Vienna Apple store accelerating ahead of rumored January opening
Apple is working hard to complete interior and exterior renovations at a three-story retail space in Vienna that will serve as the company’s first official outlet in Austria, a location rumored to open next month. As seen in the photo above, sent in to …
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Apple Soon To Open Its First Store In Vienna, Austria
An Austrian newspaper reported that Apple plans to open its first Apple Store in Vienna, Austria which is scheduled to open next month in January. According to the derStandard newspaper, Apple is in its last phase of completing reconstruction on the …
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Apple’s widened ban on templated apps is wiping small businesses from the App Store
ollowing its Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple released updated App Store guidelines that included a new rule allowing it to ban apps created by a “commercialized template or app generation service.” The understanding at the time was this was part …
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Coinbase was number one on Apple’s app store after bitcoin’s wild surge
Bitcoin exchange Coinbase briefly flew to the top spot on Apple’s U.S. app store after the cryptocurrency skyrocketed in price Thursday. The red hot digital currency surged to a record $19,000 on the online broker’s site, before dipping 15 percent to $ …
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‘Downtown Brooklyn’ Apple Store visually stunning and already packed
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Business was quite brisk Monday evening at Brooklyn’s latest Apple store, which cuts a dramatic triangular wedge into the sky at 123 Flatbush Ave. in Fort Greene, within the BAM Cultural District. The store opened on Saturday.
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Apple opening bigger store at Raleigh’s Crabtree Valley Mall
A new, larger Apple store is set to open its doors at the Crabtree Valley Mall on Saturday. The new space will total nearly 10,000 square feet, making it the largest Apple store in the Triangle, says mall spokesman Brian Asbill. “They’re basically …
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Apple CEO hopeful banned apps will return to China store
Apple’s chief executive said Wednesday he’s optimistic some apps that fell afoul of China’s tight internet laws will eventually be restored after being removed earlier this year. Speaking at a business forum in southern China, CEO Tim Cook also dismissed …
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Today in Apple history: Apple Store celebrates millionth online customer
December 5, 2002: Apple says it served its millionth unique customer in the Apple Store online, marking a significant milestone for the company. It is a benchmark worth celebrating for Apple, which launched its online store just five years earlier.
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