EU to charge Apple with anti-competitive behaviour over Spotify row April 27, 2021 The EU will reportedly file antitrust charges against Apple this week over accusations its dominance of the app market has harmed competition. The case relates to a complaint lodged by Spotify in 2019, which accused the iPhone maker of unfairly restricting rivals to its own Apple Music service and complaining about the company’s 30 per [...]
Apple Event: New, thinner iMac is making the ‘computer disappear’ April 20, 2021 Tech giant Apple has this evening announced a raft of new products including podcast subscription services and a thinner version of its iMac computer. The Silicon Valley firm said that the new version of its computer, which uses its in-house processor, was the closest Apple had yet come to “making its computers disappear”. The new [...]
Another one: Zopa Bank enters buy-now pay-later space June 8, 2022 Digital bank Zopa has entered the highly competitive buy-now pay-later (BNPL) space, following suit of tech giant Apple and on the toes of the likes of Klarna.
Demand for new iPhone sees Apple post record quarterly revenue April 28, 2021 Apple has posted record quarterly revenue on surging demand for new iPhone and pandemic-induced buying for its other profits. Revenues more than doubled from $23.6bn to $89.6bn this quarter. Apple earned $1.40 per share, beating expectations of 99 cents. It follows a record performance in the first quarter when the company broke the $100bn quarterly [...]
Apple earns $100bn in single quarter January 27, 2021 Silicon valley giant Apple has earned more than $100bn in its first quarter of 2021, making it one of just a handful of firms to ever have done so. Apple’s revenue for the quarter ended December 26 rose 21 per cent to $111.44 billion. Earnings per share rose to $1.68 from $1.25. Analysts had expected [...]
All eyes on Snap after shock Thursday wiped 24 off share price October 22, 2021 Snap shares fall 24% yesterday in after-hours trade as the social media group posted its outlook for Q4, citing Apple's new privacy policies as the cause.
French music streamer Deezer drops 35 per cent at debut July 5, 2022 Shares in Deezer have plunged over 35 per cent in the French music streamer's first day of trading as the markets struggle to see how it can compete with the likes of Apple Music and Spotify.
iPhone 12 Pro Max review: A stunning redesign that recalls Apple’s finest November 20, 2020 The speed of progress in miniaturisation and micro processing mean it’s virtually a truism that the latest handset by any given manufacturer will be its “best ever”. Every time Tim Cook gets on stage and says “this is the best iPhone we’ve ever made”, he may as well be saying “today is the most recent [...]
Apple spending from ‘green bonds’ hits $2.8bn March 17, 2021 Apple said this morning the tech giant allotted $2.8bn raised from ‘green bonds” funded 17 projects last year, which will generate 1.2 gigawatts of renewable energy. It said the projects will avoid an average of 921,000 metric tons of carbon emissions each year, which it said is equal to removing nearly 200,000 cars from the [...]
‘Big tech’ staff leaving in droves to join blockchain and crypto firms March 16, 2022 Crypto AM's Jonny Fry examines why big names like Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Google and Microsoft are losing staff to crypto projects.