At the time, Apple’s iTunes store had a dominant position in the music industry — but for downloads, not streaming. Spotify was competing less against giants like Apple than streaming services like Pandora (P), MOG, Grooveshark and Rdio, all of which …
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Apple Store Removes Telegram App Due to ‘Inappropriate Content’
The Telegram messaging app is no longer in Apple’s (AAPL) App Store due to “inappropriate content,” the company said Thursday. “We were alerted by Apple that inappropriate content was made available to our users and both apps were taken off the App Store.
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Apple left users in the dark when they slowed down old iPhones, committee hears
Anyone with an iPhone 6 or later model can call Apple support to reserve a battery, which will be delivered to a local Apple Store, where it will be installed. The discounted batteries are available until December 2018.
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China is dominating the App Store (AAPL)
Chinese app developers have seen “remarkable” growth and are dominating Apple’s App Store, according to a new analyst note published by Macquarie Research, citing App Annie data. The note said that China is “now in a league of its own among the top app …
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Apple warns customers about phishing emails, details legitimate communication
In a new document, appropriately titled “Identify legitimate emails from the App Store or iTunes Store,” Apple explains scammers and other nefarious actors might use the company’s name, logo and other credentials to trick users into handing over sensitive …
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Apple warns customers to watch out for a new wave of App Store phishing emails
You can never be too careful when visiting unfamiliar websites or opening emails from sources you don’t recognize, but on occasion, it’s hard to tell what’s real and what’s fake. For example, in recent weeks, a convincing new phishing scam has been …
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Apple opens its first store, Apple Kärntner Straße, in Austria Saturday
Apple Kärntner Straße, Apple’s first store in Austria, will open Saturday at 9:30 a.m. in the heart of Vienna. Nestled on the famous pedestrian shopping street between St. Stephen’s Cathedral and the Vienna State Opera, the store’s 150 employees …
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Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising human rights fears
SAN FRANCISCO/BEIJING (Reuters) – When Apple Inc begins hosting Chinese users’ iCloud accounts in a new Chinese data center at the end of this month to comply with new laws there, Chinese authorities will have far easier access to text messages, email and …
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Apple to Open Its First Store in Austria on Saturday [Photos]
Apple is set to open its first retail store in Austria on Saturday. Apple Kärntner Straße is located in the heart of Vienna, nestled on the famous pedestrian shopping street between St. Stephen’s Cathedral and the Vienna State Opera. “We can’t wait …
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Apple opens its first store in Austria Saturday
Apple Kärntner Straße is located on the famous pedestrian shopping street between St. Stephen’s Cathedral and the Vienna State Opera. Vienna — Apple Kärntner Straße, Apple’s first store in Austria, will open Saturday at 9:30 a.m. in the heart of …
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Retailers and restaurants turn to Apple hardware to improve in-store sales
If you had to bet on the next move of an entrepreneur that’s coming fresh off building up a successful e-commerce business, you probably wouldn’t put money on building a startup that wants to transform the bricks and mortar retail experience.
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Greens fail to win support for bid to block Apple’s Fed Square store
An attempt to block the Andrews government’s deal with Apple to build a store in Federation Square has failed in parliament, clearing the way for the contentious retail development. The Greens sought to disallow planning approval for the new Apple shop …
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Thanks to the iPhone X, Apple is beating Samsung in its own backyard
Apple opened its first store in South Korea last month, which will have made its presence more sharply felt than before, according to Business Korea: In 2017, Samsung Electronics accounted for 56.2 percent of the Korean smartphone market, followed by Apple …
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Victorian Greens in bid to block Apple store at Federation Square
Public outrage over plans to build a flagship Apple store at Melbourne’s Federation Square will come to a head in the Victorian Parliament on Wednesday with the Greens to table a motion seeking to force the Andrews government to find an alternative …
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Apple seeks new trademark for rainbow logo
but don’t expect to see the mark adorning products at an Apple store anytime soon,” Mikey Campbell reports for AppleInsider. “Like many Apple filings, the company first applied for the mark in Jamaica last June,” Campbell reports. “Apple’s …
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Apple takes market share from Samsung in Korean company’s home market
Apple Store, which opened in Korea last month for the first time, is expected to have Apple’s presence felt more strongly in the Korean market. We predict that LG Electronics will have an uphill battle, unless the company comes up with something …
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Loved Apple’s multi-color rainbow logo of yore? You might see it on Apple products soon
… line commemorating its past for internal sale at its Apple Park store and not commercially. However, it shouldn’t be too surprising if Tim Cook walks in sporting a new cap or a t-shirt with a brand new Apple rainbow logo in the next Apple keynote.
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