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Apple CEO Tim Cook, who was in attendance at President Trump’s inauguration today in Washington, D.C., has made an X post congratulating him and Vice President J.D. Vance. “Congratulations to President @realDonaldTrump and Vice President @JDVance on Inauguration Day,”...

The Jacquemus fashion label has announced it will team up with Apple to capture “La Croisière,” its upcoming Paris Fashion Week coed runway show, using the camera system on the iPhone 16 Pro Max, according to Women’s Wear Daily (a subscription is required to read the...

The global personal computer (PC) market had a 3.7% year-over-year (YoY) shipment growth in quarter four (Q4) 2024, according to Counterpoint Research. Lenovo continued to lead the worldwide PC market in 2024 with 4.6% growth, followed by HP, Dell and Apple. Apple...

Apple captured fifth place in India smartphone shipments for the first time in the fourth quarter of 2024, bolstered by aggressive promotions and strong festive demand, according to Canalys. “Apple has broken into the top five in the Indian smartphone market for the...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed criminal complaints against Apple subsidiaries in France and Belgium, accusing the tech giant of using conflict minerals in its supply chain, lawyers for the Congolese government told Reuters. Accusations of Apple and other...

Apple is honoring the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a full-page tribute on its website.  There’s a black-and-white picture of the civil rights leader. It also lists several of his many famous quotes. Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, an American...

Since a law banned TikTok is implemented today in the U.S., Apple has removed the app owned by the Chinese company ByteDance from the App Store in the U.S., although the ban was quickly lifted. TikTok is now showing the following notice to users who open the app in...

Ashley Zukerman (Succession, Fear Street trilogy) and Jessica Henwick (Huntington, The Royal Hotel) have joined the series regular cast of the Apple TV+ series Silo for season 3, reports Deadline. On December 16, it was reported that Apple TV+ has renewed its hit...

Since I can’t cover everything, here are some recommended articles from other websites. ° From 9to5Mac: Apple’s incoming CFO Kevan Parekh claims the company has no clue about its App Store profit margin. ° From AppleInsider: The M4 Mac mini’s rear USB-C...

Here are the top Apple-related articles at Apple World Today for the week of January 13-17. ° In 2024, Apple had 18% of the global smartphone market.  ° Apple plans to launch a new HomePod mini and Apple TV set-top models “toward the end of the year,”...

Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) are putting pressure on big tech firms to explain their motives for donating to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, reports The Verge.  In letters to Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft,...

Apple has disabled (temporarily) its AI-generated news alerts of Apple Intelligence after a series of high-profile mistakes. As noted by Deadline, one high-profile example saw an alert generated by Apple from BBC News falsely tell readers that Luigi Mangione, the man...

Yesterday it was reported that the second season of the Apple TV+ comedy, “The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin,” has been shut down after star Noel Fielding pulled out around three-quarters of the way through the shoot. Deadline now reports, according to...

An upcoming  FireAid Benefit Concert will be streamed on all major streaming services, including Apple TV+, Bloomberg reports. The concert is being held in support of the victims of the Los Angeles wildfires. It will be headlined byJelly Rool, Green Day, ...

Apple has released tvOS 18.2.1 for users of its Apple TV set-top box. It addresses an issue where data may not sync correctly across devices. tvOS 18.2.1 can be downloaded using the Settings app on the ‌‌Apple TV‌‌. Open up Settings and go to System > Software...

It’s been almost three years, but the second season of “Severance” debuted today on Apple TV+ debut globally on Apple TV+, with the first episode followed by one episode every Friday through March 21. Here’s how the series is described: In “Severance,” Mark Scout...

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Apple launched its dedicated Apple Store app in India today. The tech giant opened is online store in the country in 2020. The move comes as Apple works to strengthen its foothold in India, where it opened its first physical stores in Mumbai and Delhi in 2023. The...

Apple has seeded the third developer betas of macOS Sequoia 15.3, iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and visionOS 2.3. Registered developers can download the betas via Apple’s developer portal. Or they can be downloaded over-the-air once the proper configuration profile has been...

Since I can’t cover everything, here are some recommended articles from other websites. ° From MacRumors: Apple has adjusted estimated trade-in values for select iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch models in the U.S., according to its website. ° From AppleInsider:...

Season 2 of the Apple TV+ comedy, “The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin,” has been shut down after star Noel Fielding pulled out around three-quarters of the way through the shoot, reports Deadline. “The Sun newspaper first reported on Dick Turpin’s...

Apple has filed for a patent (number US 20250022211 A1) for a user interface that can simulate depth effects in photos taken with an iPhone, iPad, or Mac.  About the patent In the patent filing, Apple says that, currently, you can’t capture an image or photo with...

Worldwide personal computer (PC) shipments totaled 64.4 million units in the fourth quarter of 2024, a 1.4% increase from the fourth quarter of 2023, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. And it was good news for Apple. The tech giant sold 6.3 million Macs...

Canalys’ latest research reveals that Mainland China’s smartphone market shipped 285 million units in 2024, marking a recovery after two years of decline with moderate year-on-year growth of 4%.  Apple retained the top spot during its peak season in Mainland...

Apple has previewed Apple MixC Hefei, the first store in the city and the first in China’s Anhui province. This new store offers customers a new location to discover and buy Apple’s full lineup of products and services. Located near Swan Lake and in a prominent...

Yesterday it was reported that the credit card partnership between Apple and Goldman Sachs may end before the contract between the two companies expires in 2030. Now Reuters reports that Apple is in talks with Barclays as the replacement bank. In 2019, Goldman Sachs...

Since I can’t cover everything, here are some recommended articles from other websites. ° From 9to5Mac: Tony Fadell wanted Apple to buy Sonos; Steve wanted to sue it. ° From MacRumors: Ahead of the season two premiere of hit TV show “Severance,” Apple is marketing the...

JustWatch, an international streaming guide, has published a performance review of the various streaming services.  The news is neither good nor bad for Apple TV+. Apple’s streaming service has been holding steady in viewership numbers for the few years, but...

Apple TV+ shows are nominated for three 77th annual Writers Guild Awards that honor the year’s best in film, TV, new media, news, radio and promotional writing. ° “Presumed Innocent” (written by Miki Johnson, David E. Kelley, and Sharr White is nominated in the...

As noted by the Proactive, an investors site, analysts at Bank of America have repeated their “buy” rating for Apple as a third party analysis has confirmed their belief that the iPhone maker’s gross margins continue to move higher. “Gross margins for Apple have been...