69 posts tagged ‘Apple’
Apple’s Movie Theater Beef With Hollywood
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Mike Fleming Jr.: Jon Watts, the filmmaker who stepped out of the Spider-Man franchise with Tom Holland and Zendaya to script and direct George Clooney and Brad Pitt in the film Wolfs for Apple, created a press dustup yesterday when he let slip that he and they would not be doing a sequel, even though […]
Apple Tends to Do Right by Apps It Acquires
John Gruber (Mastodon) has gone through the list of Apple acquisitions: The bottom line is that what we, as users, hope for after a big company acquires a beloved app is for an outcome where the users of that app remain happy. That might mean just keeping the app going, like with Logic. Or it […]
Apple Directly Selling Apple News Ads
Sara Fischer: Apple has started selling its own advertising inventory for Apple News, two sources familiar with the effort told Axios. It’s pitching new ad units that it hopes will maximize revenue for itself and its publishing partners.[…]Beginning next year, Apple will sell premium sponsorships of editorially curated content for relevant events, such as the […]
EU closes antitrust probe into Apple’s e-book and audiobook rules after complaint withdrawn
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The European Commission (EC) has quietly closed a longstanding antitrust investigation into Apple over rules it enforces against third-party e-book and audiobook app developers. The EC opened the probe back in 2020 after receiving complaints over how Apple forced competing e-book and audiobook app developers to use Apple’s own in-app payment system, while also preventing […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Does Apple Smell Blood in the Water?
Jaron Schneider (Hacker News): In just the last year and a half, Apple launched Final Cut on iPad and Final Cut Camera, updated Final Cut Pro to a new version for the first time in 13 years, and moved to purchase Pixelmator. As Adobe’s public perception continues to struggle, Apple is making moves to take […]
Bodyreader v. Apple
Tim Hardwick: Bloomberg reports that the case – the first of its kind to be heard in Beijing’s intellectual property court – bears similarities to Epic Games’ 2021 lawsuit against Apple. Bodyreader claims Apple unfairly removed their app citing “dishonest” behavior, while also challenging the company’s 30% commission on app purchases and its control over […]
John Geleynse Retires From Apple
John Geleynse: Being a part of Apple for 25 years has been the privilege and experience of a lifetime. […] We released the platforms and tools that helped bring incredible products to life. We inspired developers to do some of the best work of their careers. We rewrote the original Apple Human Interface Guidelines for […]
No Refund for Undelivered MacBooks
Six0Four (via Hacker News): Ordered 2 Macbooks for $2500 from Apple (Canada). Paid for their same day delivery service which they use Uber for and it says delivered but it wasn’t. Driver stole them or he delivered to the wrong person that stole them. If he actually delivered to the wrong address, I live in […]