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Apple’s Learn-to-code App Swift Playgrounds Adds 5 More Languages

... In addition, by opting for the i Pad for its app, Apple can focus on its entry points into schools — something it noted in today’s announcement of Swift Playgrounds’ expansion. The company said that the updated app is the “perfect companion” to the new, entry-level 9.7- inch i Pad, starting at $329, also announced this morning. The idea here is to make i Pads more affordable, in order to get them into more customers’ hands — including educational institutions, where they can become a part of the curriculum. The added Swift Playgrounds languages were chosen strategically where Apple wants to grow a developer base well-versed in Swift, particularly China,  which now leads the U. S. in i OS App Store revenue. “Hundreds of thousands of i Phone and i Pad apps, including some of the most popular in the App Store, use ...

Apple Is A Top 5 Holding

... partnerships that made it easy for mobile phone customers to choose an i Phone, with payments embedded in their telecom contracts spread over two years. The telecom "subsidies" have been modified so that more i Phone users purchase the phone directly, though still often spread over numerous payments. One reason I'm long Apple is I've been impressed with its retail operation. Apple has been a disruptive industry leader. Apple was a pioneer in the computer industry. Apple's i Pod transformed the music industry. The i Phone disrupted the mobile, "smart phone" industry. The jury is still out on the competition between the Apple Watch and Fitbit. Apple TV is now in its fourth generation and appears to be the basis for future generations of a multi-purpose appliance that provides access to various ways of presenting video programming. There has been much speculation about an Apple Car. Some analysts have encouraged Apple to focus on the "dashboard" technology ...

Apple’s App Store Gets A Makeover

... change. It's not just that the company has halved its 30 percent cut once a customer has subscribed to an app for 12 months. It's that Apple has opened the subscription model to new app categories. In the past, subscriptions were mostly the preserve of content companies such as Netflix and management apps like Dropbox. Now a host of apps can charge subscription fees for everything from games to photo-editing tools to fitness. Exclusive insights on technology around the world. Get Fully Charged, from Bloomberg Technology. Sign Up. Itai Tsiddon figures selling subscriptions could boost the revenue of his photo-editing apps Facetune and Enlight 10-fold. Last year his company, Lightricks Ltd., sold about 10 million apps and generated about $10 million in sales. By attracting four million subscribers, Lightricks could surpass $100 million in revenue, Tsiddon reckons. “For us, that’s what’s exciting about this new model,” he says. “The more proficient you are, the more value you can get from a tool over time. So a subscription model really works.”. Global smartphone sales grew at the slowest pace on record last year, so Apple is in a duel for the customers of ...

My Nightmare Is Called Apple Imessage Stories

... notes on the news as though I’ll be talking about it later. Are you into this? Am I into this? I don’t know. But it’s fun to do! Give me some feedback and we’ll keep mutating this into something good. I got sick at SXSW last week so Show Notes fell off a bit. but I’m back! And only slightly loaded up on cough syrup! Lots to talk about today, and some stuff from the end of last week I want to touch on as well. Let’s get to it. THE ENTIRE ARGUMENT FOR NET NEUTRALITY TO EXIST. Lauren Goode spent two days with Netflix leading up to the launch of Iron Fist. (Which appears to be just terrible.) But she learned a lot about Netflix’s future plans, including recutting shows specifically for mobile and replacing the five-star rating system with thumbs-up and thumbs-down. Lauren was also the only journalist to press Reed Hastings on net neutrality during the event — Netflix was an aggressively vocal champion ...

Apple Refreshes Apple Watch Bands And Iphone Cases With New Colors For Spring

... (I had to Google this, but it’s a classic English saddle shade). If you buy the Apple Watch Series 2 with the double buckle cuff (which starts at $1149), you’ll also get an exclusive orange Hermès Sport band for free. You can order all of those bands online today from Apple or Hermès in the U. S., U. K., Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Arab Emirates. i Phone accessory lovers won’t be left out of Apple’s spring style refresh. Starting today, Apple is offering three new shades of silicone i Phone 7 and 7 Plus cases and three leather options starting at $35. Apple is all about color this season, with a bright red i Phone 7 joining the lineup today, too. If a brand new phone is out of your budget, a new case is significantly cheaper. To comment on ...

Noted Apple Bear Raises Price Target To $160, Saying Users Have Been Holding Out For The Iphone 8

... Sacconaghi said. "I think Apple's instinct would be to bring it all back.". Apple announced a new app, Clips , on Tuesday, that offers video filters similar to Instagram and Snapchat. While Snapchat plays in augmented reality, Apple's revenue opportunity in AR may look more like "Pokemon Go," Sacconaghi said. "I certainly see it as an opportunity. I don't know if it is ultimately Apple's biggest opportunity," Sacconaghi said. "But what we could have with augmented reality is much more significant and immersive experiences, particularly in gaming. And what we've seen from Apple is the dominant driver of App Store growth — which has been significant and has very high margins — has been in gaming.". Still, Sacconaghi said Apple will need to continue adding new products to remain relevant. Despite raising his price target, Sacconaghi knocked 10 cents off his estimates for the March quarter, according to Fact Set. "Anything that increases the utility of a device, or can create the need for an upgrade, is positive for Apple," Sacconaghi said. "But longer term, I think Apple's fortunes are really going to be predicated on its ability to ...

Apple Shares Hit High On Hardware Buzz

... , USA TODAY Published 7:34 p.m. ET March 20, 2017 | Updated 9:19 p.m. ET March 20, 2017. 168 Shares. i Phone inventories fell month over month to just under four days from five days in January, according to Pacific Crest Securities. Video provided by The Street Newslook. SAN FRANCISCO — Apple shares hit new heights Monday amid reports it was about to unveil its first hardware product announcement of the year. The prospect of new i Pads as early as this week sent Apple's stock ( AAPL ) up 1% to $141.46 per share. "Any new device launch bumps the stock," says Angelo Zino, an analyst at CFRA Research who expects a new batch of i Pads. Apple did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment on new products. Can new i Pads turbo-charge the slumping tablet market. But there is more to Apple's stock ascent than shiny new tablets, Zino and other financial analysts point out. The stock has been benefiting from a strong holiday quarter and by billionaire investor Warren Buffett's increased ...

What Tim Cook Took From Steve Jobs To Get Apple To $750 Billion

... tweaks to the i Phone on Tuesday. Mark Neuling | CNBC. Engaging a bigger world. Cook has been much more willing to discuss social issues than Jobs was. Many tech CEOs are privacy defenders, but Cook was willing to take on the federal government over the San Bernardino mass shooter's i Phone encryption. He has been active in getting Apple and its employees involved in philanthropy, instituting an employee gift-matching program. He has made a point of environmental awareness, hiring former EPA administrator Lisa Jackson in 2013 to oversee efforts to cut Apple's carbon footprint: By 2020 the company plans to build 200 megawatts of solar power in China to offset the electricity its manufacturing partners use. This is part of a broader effort to build 4 gigawatts of clean power worldwide — about four times the amount of wind and solar power in use in the United States as recently as 2015. Cook also has been outspoken about gay rights, ...

New 9.7-inch Ipad Features Stunning Retina Display And Incredible Performance

... i Pad ever. i Pad comes with i OS 10, which brings more expressive and animated ways to communicate in Messages, new ways to use Siri with your favorite apps, beautifully redesigned Maps, Photos, Apple Music and News, and the new Home app, which lets you simply and securely set up, manage and control your home all in one place. Multitasking features including Slide Over, Split View and Picture-in-Picture help you do even more. Pricing and Availability. i Pad comes in silver, gold and space gray and starts at $329 (US) for the 32 GB with Wi-Fi model and $459 (US) for the 32 GB Wi-Fi + Cellular model at __link__ and Apple Stores. For more information, please visit __link__/ipad. i Pad is available to order beginning Friday, March 24, from __link__ and starts delivering to customers and arriving next week in Apple Stores, through select carriers and Apple Authorized Resellers (prices may vary) in the US and more than 20 countries and regions, including Australia, Canada, ...

Apple Worth $750 Billion. Next Stop? $1 Trillion

... party. In fact, he's now the 25 th analyst to boost their target on Apple since the company reported its latest earnings on January 31, according to Fact Set. And there's another reason why Apple might be rallying that has nothing to do with whatever Tim Cook, product guru Jony Ive and other Apple execs have up their sleeves in Cupertino. Tax reform plans from President Trump seems to be helping Apple too. It's ironic given that many tech companies, including Apple, have come out against Trump for his proposed immigration ban on people from several predominantly Muslim nations. Silicon Valley has an uneasy, if not outright antagonistic relationship, with Trump. Related: More than 50 companies join legal fight against revised travel ban. But if Trump succeeds in getting changes to tax laws that make it easier for companies to bring back, or repatriate, cash sitting overseas to the U. S., then Apple and other cash hoarders like Microsoft ( MSFT , Tech 30 ), ...