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Google’s $20 Billion Payment to Apple for Safari Search Engine in 2022

In a significant revelation through legal documents, Google disclosed paying $20 billion to Apple last year to retain its default search engine position on Safari. This deal is central to…

Apple Ramps Up AI Integration: iOS 18, Siri, Apple Music, Xcode, and More

Recent developments suggest Apple was somewhat taken aback by the rapid rise of generative AI tools this year. Yet, the tech behemoth isn’t one to stay behind. Top executives at…

Apple’s Foray into Search: A Potential Threat to Google

Historically, Google’s embedded search engine has been the default go-to for millions of iPhone users. This symbiotic relationship has not only facilitated seamless searches for users, but has also created…

Apple Highlights iOS 17’s Dual Search Engine Option Amid Google Antitrust Case

Apple’s Senior Vice President of Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) strategy, John Giannandrea, testified this week in the Department of Justice’s ongoing antitrust lawsuit against search giant, Google….

Apple Dismisses Rumored Bid for Premier League Broadcasting Rights

Reports of Apple’s interest in acquiring the Premier League broadcasting rights date back to 2012. More recently, Bloomberg reported Apple’s potential bid for streaming rights of Premier League and other…

CODA: Apple TV+ makes history as first streaming service to win a Best Picture Oscar

You could almost be forgiven for having missed it amid controversy elsewhere (read: what has quickly become one of the most famous slaps in entertainment history), but the Apple-distributed comedy-drama…

Growth in Spatial Audio listeners on Apple Music “exceeding expectations”

Since launching Spatial Audio and Lossless in June last year, Apple has kept on adding new tracks to its Apple Music catalogue that support both features. Eight months later, Apple’s…

Apple leadership site given a Memoji overhaul for World Emoji Day

Yesterday, for World Emoji Day, Apple gave the Apple Leadership website an overhaul with new Memoji avatars. Every executive now listed on the Leadership webpage features a Memoji face design,…

Exclusive Apple Pay event in San Francisco

Apple is holding an Apple Pay shopping event from 23rd to 25th June in San Francisco and is offering exclusive discounts for shoppers using the mobile payment service. The event…

Apple Pay to Arrive in China From “Early 2016” with UnionPay

Apple has revealed that it has struck a deal with the bankcard network China UnionPay to start rolling out the mobile payments service Apple Pay in China “as soon as…

Apple Hands Apple Music Subscriptions to Employees Globally

It’s the season to be generous, and Apple has certainly got into the spirit, having revealed its plan to hand each of its employees around the world a nine-month subscription…

Apple’s Eddy Cue Shows Off iPad Pro at Dropbox Conference

Apple executive Eddy Cue today made a guest appearance at Dropbox’s Open conference, where he showed off the upcoming iPad Pro and Dropbox’s Paper app for the tablet. Though 9to5Mac…