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Apple joins the streaming wars with a slim lineup

by Amy Scott
Nov 1, 2019
Will a handful of original shows be enough to hook subscribers?
Actors Steve Carell, Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston speak during an event launching Apple TV Plus in Cupertino, California, earlier this year.
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Apple wants users to add its "Arcade" to subscriptions

by Kimberly Adams
Sep 20, 2019
It remains to be seen whether gamers are willing to pay for the kind of games they're used to getting for free.
"Some of the games in Apple's new video game subscription service, Apple Arcade."
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Apple plugs into the credit card business

by Tracey Samuelson
Aug 7, 2019
How might this change the competitive landscape?
The Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
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Apple's acquisition of Intel's smartphone modem business is all about control

by Jack Stewart
Jul 26, 2019
The iPhone manufacturer is buying the ability to make its own modem chips.
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Big Tech faces antitrust questions on Capitol Hill

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jul 16, 2019
The panel in the House Antitrust Committee comes amid bipartisan scrutiny of Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple.
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Shenzhen: birthplace to Huawei — plus several other Chinese tech behemoths

by Scott Tong
Jun 27, 2019
The city has made a name for itself as China's Silicon Valley with three factors: government support, speed and location.
The Shenzhen skyline, including the Shenzhen World Financial Center illuminated by green lights, in 2010.
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Apple pulls the plug on iTunes as we know it

by Erika Beras
Jun 3, 2019
The software is being split into separate applications for music, TV and podcasts.
Steve Jobs stands by a projection of the iTunes website as he launches iTunes Music Store in Great Britain, Germany and France in 2004.
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Apple wants to make the iPod Touch a thing again

by Jack Stewart
May 29, 2019
For the first time in four years, Apple has announced hardware updates to its iPod Touch devices.
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And the winner is? The results of the Marketplace smartphone blind taste test

by Scott Tong
May 29, 2019
Marketplace's smartphone blind taste test found Huawei and Motorola outperformed, and Apple underperformed.
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Judge rules Qualcomm violated antitrust law in chip market

by Associated Press
May 22, 2019
A federal judge has ruled that Qualcomm unlawfully squeezed out rivals in the cellphone chip market and charged excessive royalties to cellphone manufacturers such as Apple.
Attendees wait in line for a 5G exhibition at the Qualcomm booth during CES 2019 consumer electronics show, on January 10, 2019 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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