EU Charges Apple With Antitrust Violations Over App Store Payments

The European Union’s European Commission has charged Apple with antitrust violations, alleging that the company is abusing its control over music streaming apps on its platform. A charge sheet issued on Friday 30 April alleges that Apple is squeezing music streaming competitors that want to distribute their apps via the App Store, forcing them to
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Apple Now Offers Suggestions When Searching The App Store

When it comes to the App Store, Apple’s goal is to make finding apps as quick and painless as possible, and that has led it to tremendous success. With that in mind, the company always seems to have some tweaks up its sleeve to make the process of finding apps a little easier. Apple is
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Apple Confirms New 12.9-Inch iPad Pro Works With Old Magic Keyboard

The 12.9-inch M1 iPad Pro, announced at Apple’s recent Spring Loaded event, has plenty of new features worth getting excited about. Unfortunately, it also seemed for a while as if users would require a new Magic Keyboard folio case, too—since the new iPad Pro, breaking with the majority of Apple tradition, is marginally thicker than
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Microsoft Trolls Apple Hard With New Surface Laptop 4 Ad

Apple executives definitely won’t like Microsoft’s latest commercial touting its Surface Laptop 4 as a better choice than the M1-powered MacBook Air. The New Surface Ad Disses the MacBook Air The ad criticizes the MacBook Air notebook, which is powered by the Apple M1 chip, as skimping on features that people who prefer Surface devices want. For instance, the
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Apple Execs Seemingly Have No Plans to Combine iPad and Mac

While Microsoft’s Surface has sought to bring together the worlds of traditional desktop computing and touch-oriented mobile devices, Apple execs seemingly have no plans to merge the Mac and iPad—despite the use of the previously Mac-only M1 chip in the new iPad Pro. In an interview with TechCrunch, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing
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Apple Highlights Environmental Benefits of Not Selling iPhones With Power Adapters

Following the launch of the iPhone 12 last year, Apple stopped bundling power adapters with the iPhone 11 and newer iPhones. The company now says that doing so has allowed it to save 861,000 tons of copper, zinc, and tin. Additionally, the smaller packaging is also helping Apple save the environment and reduce its carbon
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