Apple says the EU accounts for just 7% of its global App Store revenue
During Apple’s Q1 2024 earnings call with analysts and investors today, CEO Tim Cook and CFO Luca Maestri commented on the company’s recently-announced App Store changes in the European Union.
Maestri revealed a notable statistic about the importan...
Tim Cook teases Apple AI announcements coming “later this year”, amid iOS 18 rumors
During the quarterly earnings call today, Apple CEO Tim Cook made a rare comment about the future of Apple’s products, referencing the company’s investments in artificial intelligence.
Cook said that Apple is “excited to share the details of our on...
Apple to let developers request consultation on EU changes coming to the App Store
Apple recently announced a series of measures to comply with the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) antitrust legislation, which includes allowing alternative app stores on the iPhone. To make sure developers understand what’s changing, Apple w...
Apple announces Q1 2024 earnings, beating expectations with $119.58 billion revenue
Apple has its fiscal year 2024 Q1 earnings results. The company reports $119.58 billion in revenue during the three-month period. Analysts expected revenue around $117.91 billion. Apple reported revenue of $117.15 billion for the same quarter a year ag...
Bug bounty hunter gives rare peek at Apple’s special research iPhone for security experts
Apple started shipping special research iPhone hardware to security experts in 2020. Naturally, security researchers have been mostly coy about sharing the specifics of what Apple calls “rooted” hardware. Still, there are some program participants who ...
Things is going spatial with the full project manager experience on Apple Vision Pro
Culture Code’s Things, the tasks system I’ve relied on for over a decade, is going spatial for Apple Vision Pro. The standalone visionOS app brings the full project management experience to Apple’s first spatial computer.
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EU App Store sideloading and commission changes, Vision Pro reviews, iOS 17.4 features
Benjamin and Chance deep dive into all the App Store changes announced in response to the EU Digital Markets Act, and debate whether anyone is incentivized to make the leap. Also, the first Apple Vision Pro reviews have dropped ahead of its Friday rele...
Unity officially launches tools to help developers build XR apps for Apple Vision Pro
Unity on Wednesday announced the official launch of its tools to help developers build extended reality (XR) apps for Apple Vision Pro. With these tools, apps can take advantage of Unity’s technology known as “PolySpatial” to display 3D elements that i...
Apple is putting a giant Vision Pro on top of the cube for launch [Gallery]
Ahead of Vision Pro’s launch on Friday, Apple has started preparing its retail stores for the festivities. In particular, Apple appears to be working a dramatic overhaul to its Apple Fifth Avenue retail store in New York – including a huge Vision Pro r...
Microsoft shows off its day one Vision Pro apps, including Copilot AI integration
Ahead of Vision Pro’s official launch on Friday, Microsoft has officially revealed all of its plans for Apple’s new visionOS platform. In a blog post, the company confirmed that Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and Loop will ...