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Spotify Only Paid 0.5% on App Store Commissions to Apple for Premium Subscriptions

Spotify Only Pays App Store Commissions on 0.5% of Its Premium Subscriptions, Apple Says

June 24, 2019

Several months ago, Spotify formally lodged an antitrust complaint against Apple in the European Union. The Swedish music streaming company accused its rival of taking a 30% “fee” on the App Store. This fee... Read More...

U.S. Patent Office Approves Microsoft's Next Gen AirPods Killer Dubbed the Surface Pen

U.S. Patent Office Reveals Microsoft’s Strange New AirPods Killer — Introducing the ‘Surface Pen’

Daniel Sanchez

June 18, 2019

Apple’s wireless earbuds, the AirPods, have proven a success for the Cupertino tech giant. Now, Microsoft wants in. Providing an estimated amount of units sold, Ming-Chi Kuo, a trusted Apple analyst at TF I... Read More...

Apple Music May Be Worth $15-$20 Billion Alone

Daniel Sanchez

June 12, 2019

Just how much is Apple Music worth exactly? According to one analyst, Apple’s music streaming platform may be more successful than the Cupertino company has let on. In a note published yesterday, Evercore... Read More...

Apple Confirms That It Isn’t Killing iTunes Music Downloads — Yet

Daniel Sanchez

June 6, 2019

So, is iTunes really dead? Apparently, not just yet. Aiming to ease users’ anxieties over their previously purchased content on iTunes, Apple has officially released a support document detailing exactly w... Read More...

As European Competition Regulators Demand a Response from the Tech Giant, the Department of Justice Opens an Investigation Into Apple's Business Practices

As European Competition Regulators Demand a Response from the Tech Giant, the U.S. Department of Justice Opens an Investigation Into Apple’s Business Practices

Daniel Sanchez

June 4, 2019

Underscoring a sour and bitter fight between the companies, Spotify filed an antitrust complaint against Apple in the European Union earlier this year. The music streaming giant accused Apple of unfairly sti... Read More...

iTunes is Dead — So, What About My Purchased Music, Movies, and TV Shows?

Daniel Sanchez

June 4, 2019

According to most media outlets, Apple’s iconic (albeit often-maligned) iTunes is now dead. CNN’s headline proudly proclaims, “RIP iTunes as we know it. Apple breaks up iconic music platform.” Stating the... Read More...

Apple Shifts Away from iTunes and Toward Its Music App

iTunes Is Dead: Apple Shifts Away from iTunes and Toward Its Separate Music App

Daniel Sanchez

June 3, 2019

According to music industry insiders speaking with Digital Music News, Apple had formally prepared to shut down iTunes music downloads on March 31st, 2019. Pointing to an eventual shutdown of the revolutiona... Read More...

Former App Store Approval Boss Expresses His "Worry" About Apple's Anticompetitive Behavior

Former Apple App Store Boss: ‘I Completely Understand the Complaints from Tidal, Spotify, and Netflix.’

Daniel Sanchez

May 29, 2019

According to CEO Tim Cook, Apple doesn’t focus on gathering and using consumers’ personal information for advertising. On the contrary, a massive Apple billboard in Las Vegas boastfully proclaims, “What hap... Read More...

Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Against Apple for Allegedly Selling iTunes Users’ Personal Information

Daniel Sanchez

May 27, 2019

Several weeks ago, speaking with ABC’s Diane Sawyer, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that online privacy now faces a huge “crisis.” He explained, "Privacy in itself has become a crisis. It's of that proportion... Read More...

Handing Apple a Major Defeat, Supreme Court Allows App Store Antitrust Case to Proceed

Handing Apple a Major Setback, U.S. Supreme Court Allows an App Store Antitrust Case to Proceed

Daniel Sanchez

May 13, 2019

In a closely watched antitrust case, the Supreme Court has now ruled against Apple in an App Store monopoly lawsuit. Ruling 5-4 against the Cupertino giant, the ruling allows iPhone users to take on Apple ov... Read More...

Following Spotify Complaint, European Union Formally Launches Investigation Into Apple’s Business Practices

Daniel Sanchez

May 6, 2019

Two months ago, Spotify filed an antitrust complaint in the European Union over Apple’s 30% 'tax' on the App Store. According to the streaming music giant, the 30% fee unfairly stifles creativity and innovat... Read More...

Beating Analysts' Expectations, Apple Posts $58 Billion in Revenue as iPhone Sales Drop in Q2 2019

Apple’s Q2 Revenues Drop 5% to $58 Billion as iPhone Sales Slip — But Services Are Booming

Daniel Sanchez

May 1, 2019

Apple has announced the financial results for its second fiscal quarter of 2019 (Q2 2019). The Cupertino giant posted quarterly revenue of $58 billion, down 5% over the same period last year. In addition, q... Read More...

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Spotify Only Pays App Store Commissions on 0.5% of Its Premium Subscriptions, Apple Says

U.S. Patent Office Reveals Microsoft’s Strange New AirPods Killer — Introducing the ‘Surface Pen’

Apple Music May Be Worth $15-$20 Billion Alone

Apple Confirms That It Isn’t Killing iTunes Music Downloads — Yet

As European Competition Regulators Demand a Response from the Tech Giant, the U.S. Department of Justice Opens an Investigation Into Apple’s Business Practices

iTunes is Dead — So, What About My Purchased Music, Movies, and TV Shows?

iTunes Is Dead: Apple Shifts Away from iTunes and Toward Its Separate Music App

Former Apple App Store Boss: ‘I Completely Understand the Complaints from Tidal, Spotify, and Netflix.’

Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Against Apple for Allegedly Selling iTunes Users’ Personal Information

Handing Apple a Major Setback, U.S. Supreme Court Allows an App Store Antitrust Case to Proceed

Following Spotify Complaint, European Union Formally Launches Investigation Into Apple’s Business Practices

Apple’s Q2 Revenues Drop 5% to $58 Billion as iPhone Sales Slip — But Services Are Booming

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