Apple updated the Apple Store app on Thursday with two new features. Version 4.3 allows users to use Touch ID to make Apple Store purchases with their Apple ID (i.e. your iTunes account). It also makes it easier for users to find out if the iPhone they …
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Apple confirms it has killed the iPod Shuffle and Nano
Both models have been officially discontinued and were removed from the Apple store on Thursday, eliminating the two last versions of its music players not capable of running iOS apps. Citing a need to streamline its offering (via The Verge), a …
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Apple Store app for iPhone & iPad updates with Touch ID for Apple ID
Apple on Thursday updated its official Apple Store app for iPhones and iPads with a pair of important changes, most notably expanded use of Touch ID. People can now use Touch ID to authenticate their Apple ID, whether changing account settings or making a …
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Privacy-Focused Altcoin Dash Debuts On App Store As Apple U-Turns On Ban
Dash has come to the App Store after Apple overturned its 2016 decision to ban the altcoin and apps running it. Apple has reversed its decision to ban apps supporting privacy-focused altcoin Dash from its App Store. Having determined Dash-based products …
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Apple Stores Getting All-New ‘Lead’ and ‘Schedule Planner’ Positions
MacRumors has learned that Apple is introducing two all-new Apple Store positions named Lead and Schedule Planner. Apple today informed existing retail employees that applications open Monday, July 24, although it appears that select stores started …
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Apple finally accepts Dash as approved cryptocurrency on App Store
Privacy-centric cryptocurrency Dash has officially been accepted by Apple as an approved cryptocurrency on the App Store. Following a comprehensive appeal, Apple has now formally reversed an August 2016 decision to deny entry to the App Store for …
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The best Apple products to buy from Apple’s Refurbished Mac store
There an online Apple store that you may not have heard of. It’s called the Refurbished Mac store, and you can find older products that are less expensive than the newer products you’d find in Apple’s main online and physical outlets. Some of the products …
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Apple to open data centre in China with government ties
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple will open a data centre in mainland China with ties to the country’s government, raising concerns about the security of iCloud accounts that store personal information transferred from iPhones, iPads and Mac computers there.
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Apple no longer accepting VPN-based ad blockers to App Store, report says
Apple is reportedly limiting App Store distribution of VPN/root certificate-based ad blockers capable of blocking adds in other third-party apps, and will instead support only first-party content blockers offered through Safari. The supposed policy shift …
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Apple Store to open at Hilldale Mall
MADISON, Wis. – An area at the south end of Hilldale Shopping Center is being redesigned into an Apple Store, according to the construction company doing the work. Pepper Construction Company, out of Lake Zurich, Illinois, confirmed to News 3 they are …
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Apple launches in-store smart home demos
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence IoT Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Apple unveiled interactive demos of its HomeKit smart home ecosystem in 46 of its stores around the world, including in the US, Taiwan …
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Apple to open data center in China with government ties
Apple will open a data center in mainland China with ties to the country’s government, raising concerns about the security of iCloud accounts that store personal information transferred from iPhones, iPads and Mac computers there. The data center announced …
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Apple Opens Data Center in China to Comply With Cybersecurity Law
SHANGHAI — Apple has set up its first data center in China, setting the tone for how foreign companies will handle a strict new law requiring them to store Chinese users’ information in the country. The center in the southern province of Guizhou …
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Apple planning to build its largest store ever for India
After kicking off local iPhone SE production via its supplier Wistron’s manufacturing facility on the outskirts of Bengaluru, Apple is now planning to build its largest global retail store ever for India. When finished, the outlet will be massive: 7-10 …
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Your wait for an Apple store will get longer. Here’s why
KOLKATA | MUMBAI: Apple may not open its own store in India before 2020 even as the iPhone maker has begun scouting for locations to set up brickand-mortar stores. The Cupertino-based technology firm is keen to open its first couple of stores — of 10,000 …
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All the changes coming to Apple’s App Store in iOS 11
When Apple’s iOS 11 arrives this fall, its App Store will be getting a major overhaul. iOS 11, the latest version of the iPhone maker’s mobile operating system, is full of plenty of new features and long-anticipated upgrades. But the App Store will …
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Apple Is Opening a Store in Washington D.C.’s Carnegie Library
While the construction of Chicago’s new Apple Store reveals a huge MacBook Air rooftop, there’s now plans of another new Apple Store to open nationwide, particularly located in Washington D.C.’s famous Carnegie Library. The historic building being …
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