According to Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Charlie Munger, the maker of the iPhone is “ungodly well-managed.” As Apple (AAPL) is now Berkshire Hathaway’s largest stock holding, Munger is continually impressed by its performance.
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Excited to stream Kanye West’s ‘Donda 2’ in your Apple Music library? Think again. The ‘College Dropout’ rapper announced today his newest album will only be released on his $200 Stem Player.
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Twitter is now letting users pin up to six DMs to the top of their inbox. Previously only available to Twitter Blue subscribers, the feature now allows everyone to easily access their DMs through iOS, web, and Android. Pinned Twitter conversations are one of many DM changes anticipated from the company, which now has over 300 million active users.
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Update: Otterbox has confirmed that none of the affected units were sold through Apple Stores or the Apple Online Store.
Some units of OtterBox’s OtterSpot are under a voluntary replacement program for battery swelling issues. The stackable chargers, launched August 2019, are one of the latest advancements in wireless charging since Apple canceled AirPower.
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Tired of your old Snapchat username? Well, one of the platform’s most highly requested features is almost here.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is stirring up competition between internet service providers (ISPs) that service apartments. Currently, most Americans who live in apartments only have one choice of internet providers. Oftentimes it is neither the best nor the cheapest option.
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Starting today, Snapchat users can now discover current and upcoming events nearby. Through the new Snapchat Map Layer, anyone can browse Ticketmaster’s catalog of comedy shows, sporting events, and a multitude of concerts.
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Amidst the ongoing 5G patent battle between Apple and Ericsson, a Texas Judge has settled on a court date of June 2023. According to FOSS Patents, there will be a scheduling conference on March 16 between the two’s attorneys. This is later than Apple had hoped, as it proposed a December 2022 trial.
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Luxshare has become a key supplier of Apple as of late. The Chinese company, which assembles AirPods and most recently iPhones, announced today its joint venture with The Chery Group. Chery is an electric vehicle maker based in China.
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New data is out from Counterpoint Research providing their analysis on U.S. smartphone market shares in 2021. The data shows the market shares between leading smartphone brands such as Apple, Samsung, Motorola, OnePlus, and others with iPhone defeating each brand in every quarter.
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Since its release last summer, Spatial Audio has become a hit (pun intended) on Apple Music.
In an article from Billboard, Apple mentioned it has seen a 50% increase in Spatial Audio listeners since September. Spatial audio is an immersive new listening experience created to give the listener a “theater-like sound.” As Apple’s version of Dolby Atmos Music, the feature is designed to become a successor stereo.
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Meta, Facebook’s parent company, reported a 26% decrease in market cap last week, a total of $250 billion. One of the biggest claims Facebook is making to account for the loss of revenue is that Apple’s changes to the way ads work within iOS apps are making it harder for both advertisers and app-makers to track users’ internet behavior.
A new report from Recode today dives deeper into this situation.
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Are emoji-only web addresses the new way to browse the web? Today, web browser company Opera and Yat, a company that sells URLs with strings of emoji in them, announced their partnership to bring more visibility to creative users on the internet.
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Creators who are verified on Snapchat are now able to make money on the platform through ads within stories. This change will mean that Snapchat for iOS users will now see mid-roll ads when tapping through Stories for the first time.
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