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Gurman Warns: Apple Must Cut App Store Fees to Avoid Global Legal Battles
May 20 2025 – In last night’s “Power On” newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman disclosed that Apple is currently raking in approximately $20 billion annually from its App Store. For developers, the platform offers a convenient ecosystem where they can avoid the hassles of setting up their own payment systems, managing accounts, and handling refunds. They…
Apple to Let EU iPhone Users Ditch Siri for Alternative Default Voice Assistants
May 19 2025 – According to reports from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman and Drake Bennett, Apple is gearing up to grant EU users the ability to set a default voice assistant other than Siri on their devices. In a comprehensive article published today delving into the shortcomings of Apple’s AI capabilities, the two sources revealed that…
Siri Upgrade Delays: Apple’s Hesitant AI Investment and Shift from Vague Promises
May 19 2025 – In a new in-depth report released today concerning Apple’s artificial intelligence strategy, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman delves into a number of strategic missteps that have marked the rollout of Apple Intelligence. According to Gurman, it’s highly unlikely that Apple will dedicate a significant portion of this year’s WWDC to discussing Siri. This…
Apple Loses Another Round in Brazil’s ‘iPhone’ Trademark Battle as Original Owner Regains Rights
May 17 2025 – For over a decade, Brazilian electronics firm IGB Eletrônica, formerly known as Gradiente, has been locked in a legal battle with Apple over the rights to use the “iPhone” trademark in Brazil. The saga began back in 2000 when Gradiente applied for the trademark for its G Gradiente Iphone mobile device….
Breaking the Chains: U.S. Senator Challenges Apple’s App Store Dominance with New Legislation
May 7, 2025 – Today, tech media outlet The Verge highlighted a new legislative move in the United States, as a Florida congresswoman introduced a bill that could reshape the mobile app ecosystem. Republican Representative Kat Cammack from Florida has put forward the “App Store Freedom Act,” a proposal aimed squarely at major app store…
Apple Supplier Jabil Plans Second Indian Facility to Boost AirPods Casing Production
May 7, 2025 – Apple’s key supply chain partner Jabil is gearing up to establish its second manufacturing facility in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India, to ramp up production capacity for AirPods casing components, according to industry sources cited by DigiTimes. The move follows the company’s existing operations in Pune, where it currently manufactures components that…
Apple’s U.S. Manufacturing Hinges on Advanced Robotics, Says Cook
April 30, 2025 – In a recent interview with CNBC, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick revealed that during discussions with Apple CEO Tim Cook, the latter indicated the tech giant could potentially assemble iPhones domestically if it secured access to advanced “robotic arms” technology. Lutnick, who has been actively engaging with Cook on the…
iPhone 17 Air & Pro Mockups Revisited: Slimmest Design Yet and Camera Bar Upgrades in Focus
April 30, 2025 – Yesterday, the YouTube channel AppleTrack unveiled a video featuring a collection of iPhone 17 series mockups, offering a detailed side-by-side comparison with the iPhone 16 lineup. According to the mockups showcased in the video, the iPhone 17 Air sports a distinctive “horizontal runway” design, measuring an incredibly slender 5.5mm to 5.6mm…
Apple to Launch Two 20th-Anniversary iPhones in 2027, Manufactured in India
April 29, 2025 – Rumors surrounding a special 20th-anniversary edition of Apple’s iPhone have been swirling since the beginning of April. According to a report by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman yesterday, the tech giant is reportedly developing not one, but two distinctive models to mark this milestone in 2027. The first is a highly anticipated foldable…
Gurman Reveals: Lightweight Apple Vision Pro Variant Eyed for Late-2025 Market Entry
April 28, 2025 – In the latest installment of his newsletter Power On, Mark Gurman has unveiled exclusive details about Apple’s ongoing development efforts for its next-generation augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) headsets under the Vision Pro umbrella. The tech giant is reportedly planning to introduce two distinct variants of the device, with…