Apple Inc.’s App Store generated record revenue of more than $20 billion for developers in 2016, the company said Thursday, as that business roughly maintained its growth rate even as iPhone sales volumes declined. The figure implies the App Store’s total revenue topped $28.5 billion, with Apple collecting about $8.5 ... Read More »
Technology is developing so fast that the tech products from over a decade ago are considered ancient like the first-generation iPad, iPhone models. Technology is developing so fast that the tech products from over a decade ago are considered ancient like the first-generation iPad, iPhone models. Over the years there ... Read More »
TSMC has reportedly obtained 10nm chip orders from Apple, HiSilicon and MediaTek, with volume production set to kick off in the first quarter of 2017. Nevertheless, yield rates for TSMC’s 10nm process technology are not what the foundry expected, the sources said. As with all Apple rumours, today’s claims should ... Read More »
Taking a look back at another week of news from Cupertino, this week’s Apple Loop includes problems with the iPhone battery, iOS bugs and updates, pricing thoughts for the iPhone 8, iOS market share details, Apple Watch sales figures, the upcoming macOS release, Netflix dominating the App Store, and a ... Read More »
Apple has released its annual best of list which looks at both the most popular and subjectively best products in the Australian App Store and iTunes when it comes to apps, music, movies, books, and TV shows. The best app of the year, as judged by the App Store editors, ... Read More »
And all the other Apple news this week. As the holiday season kicked off this week, some of Apple’s internal plans might have stepped out from the shadows. Over the last several days, rumors have been swirling that Apple is hard at work on next year’s innovations. Those reports suggest ... Read More »
Hemanth Joseph, a Kerala-based security researcher, has identified a bug running in iOS 10.1 version of Apple’s operating system that allowed him to bypass the activation lock on an iPad. The activation lock in Apple’s iPhone or iPad is hard for anyone other than the owner of the device to ... Read More »
Apple suppliers are slated to make 120 million to 150 million iPhones in the second half of 2017, a volume that would crush all previous sales, according to a top analytics firm report cited by 9to5Mac. KGI Securities forecasts three new iPhones with wireless charging from Apple next year, 9to5Mac ... Read More »
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official app zoomed to the top of Apple’s App Store in both searches and downloads after he asked the public to give their view on the demonetisation of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes via the app. On Google Play store, too, the official Narendra Modi ... Read More »
Apple’s iPhone supply chain manufacturers say sales of iPhone 7 will be ahead of iPhone 6s but are otherwise largely flat, say analysts Shawn Harrison and Gausia Chowdhury at Longbow Research. Apple will grow iPhone sales by about 2.5%, Longbow believes, but there are caveats to that. For obvious reasons, ... Read More »
