- UK Watchdog Says Apple Services Traffic More CSAM Than Apple Reports - Apple Updates Sports App with Added Baseball and Soccer Stuff - Apple Music Classical Adds Top 100 Chart - Rivian Explains Lack of CarPlay for Its EVs - Bloomberg Sources Say Execs Looking to “Rein in” Spending on Apple TV+ - Meta Patents Its Own Version of EyeSight for Headsets - Sponsored by 1Password Extended Access Management - your solution for IAM and MDM. Learn more at 1Password.com/product/XAM. - Hear Reticle Resear...
Jul 23, 2024•15 min
- Despite Staggered Rollout, Evercore Sees Apple Intelligence Leading to iPhone SuperCycle - Google Maps Hazard and Delay Reporting Hits CarPlay - Apple Services Catch Olympic Fever - Apple TV+ Offers 3-Month Trial for PlayStation People - Apple Pulls Plug on “The Big Door Prize” - "Presumed Innocent" and "Sunny" Chart Well for Apple TV+ - Sponsored by 1Password Extended Access Management - your solution for IAM and MDM. Learn more at 1Password.com/product/XAM. - Hear Reticle Research Principal ...
Jul 22, 2024•13 min
- CFRA Ups Apple Target on Raft of Positives - UBS Doubts AI-Driven iPhone 16 Upgrades - Ming-Chi Kuo Doubts AI-Driven iPhone 16 Upgrades - Report: Cellebrite Can’t Get Past iOS 17.4 or Later - Citing Uncertain Regulatory Environment, Meta Pulls Back on AI for EU - Apple Promos New Immersive Video for Apple Vision Pro - Report: Apple TV+ Seeks Deals for Back Catalog of Movies - First Two Episodes Premier for “Lady in the Lake” on Apple TV+ - Hear Reticle Research Principal Analyst Ross Rubin tal...
Jul 19, 2024•17 min
- CIRP: iPhone 15 Not as Strong in Q2CY24 as iPhone 14 in Q2CY23 - Apple: YouTube Subtitles Not Used to Train Apple Intelligence - Om Malik Drops Apple One on Taboola Ad News - Microsoft Launches “Canva” Competitor “Designer” on iOS - Apple TV+ Nabs 70+ Emmy Nominations - Hear OpenCase creator JOhn Rokos talk product development - from idea to shipping on the latest edition of "The Mac Observer Show," wherever you get podcasts! - Check Out the Latest Checklist by SecureMac - online at checklist....
Jul 18, 2024•12 min
- Apple AI Trained on YouTube Transcripts Without Permission or Compensation - Report: “Chumbox” Ad-Seller Taboola to Sell for Apple News and Stocks - Apple Seeds Current OS Update Betas to Developers and Testers - Apple Updates Apple Store App - Apple Highlights Tax-Holiday Eligible Products - Toronto Area’s PRESTO Card Slips Into Apple Wallet - Special Edition Beats Solo 4 Celebrate 15 Years of Minecraft - Apple TV+ Taps “Loot” for Third Season - Hear OpenCase creator JOhn Rokos talk product d...
Jul 17, 2024•10 min
- Loop Capital Ups AAPL Rating, Sets Street-High Price Target - Morgan Stanley Ups AAPL Target on AI, Hardware Sales Expectations - Report: Apple Sales in India Jump 33% - UK Investigating Digital Wallets - Apple Seeds Revised Third Betas of iOS/iPadOS 18, macOS 15 to Developers - First Public Betas of Apple’s Fall Operating Systems Make the Scene - Apple Taking Orders Now for HomePod mini in Midnight - Apple Approves First Retro PC Emulator for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro - Hear OpenCase...
Jul 16, 2024•12 min
- Tech CEO’s React to Trump Shooting, Largely Denounce Political Violence - Data Breach Sees Info Accessed on ~110-Million AT&T Customers - IDC Shows 1.5% Growth for iPhone in Q2CY24 as Smartphones Grew 6.5% - Indian Regulators Reportedly Deem Apple’s App Store Terms Anticompetitive - Apple Applies for New Pulse Oximeter Patent for Apple Watch - No Public Beta for visionOS 2 - Cook and Cue Head Back to Sun Valley - Apple TV+ Promises “Brand-New Case” for Second Season of “Presumed Innocent” - He...
Jul 15, 2024•12 min
- Apple Concessions End EU Investigation into iPhone and NFC - Apple Shares Close Down for First Time in Eight Sessions - BofA Ups Apple Target on “Multiyear Upgrade Cycle” for iPhone - Wedbush Sees Apple Ordering 90-Million iPhone 16 Units for 2024 - Apple Vision Pro Disappoints by Meeting Expectations or Something - Apple Cuts Max Trade-In Values on Eligible Hardware - USB-C Apple Pencil Lands in Several Apple Refurbished Stores - Hear OpenCase creator JOhn Rokos talk product development - fro...
Jul 12, 2024•13 min
- AAPL Sees Seventh Record-High Close in as Many Sessions - Bloomberg: Apple Seeks 10% More iPhones for This Year’s Launch - Needham Raises AAPL Target on Buybacks and Advertising (?) - Gartner and IDC: Apple Outgrew All Other PC Makers Globally in June-Quarter - More Betas for Developers and Public Testers - Apple Warns Individuals in 98 Countries of Likely Spyware Attacks - Florida Pulls Its Smart ID Apps from App Store and Google Play Store - No Observer Seats on OpenAI Board for Apple and Mi...
Jul 11, 2024•13 min
- Apple Shares See Sixth Consecutive Record-High Close - Piper Sandler Raises Apple Target to $225 While Keeping a “Neutral” Rating - Canalys Tracks Growth for Macs and the Greater Computer Market - Apple Seeds Third Round of Developer Betas for Current Operating Systems - Apple TV+ Teases “Severance” Announcement for Today - Apple TV+ Drops Trailer for “Time Bandits” Ahead of 24 July Premier - “Sunny” Starts Its Run on Apple TV+ - TUAW Relaunched as Zombie AI Farm - Hear IPAC's Robert Hurt comp...
Jul 10, 2024•13 min
- Wedbush Welcomes the Anticipated iPhone SuperCycle - Melius Also Sees an iPhone SuperCycle - Apple Market Cap Eases Ahead of Microsoft's - Microsoft Drops Androids for iPhones in China - Developers Get Third Betas of Upcoming Operating Systems - MacRumors Spots Unannounced Apple Home Device in Code - Bloomberg's Gurman Expects Table-Top Robot from Apple - Apple Retail Closing One of Its Three Stores in Sweden - Apple Outs First Teaser for June 2025’s “F1” - Hear IPAC's Robert Hurt compare and ...
Jul 09, 2024•14 min
- Apple Shares See Four Straight Days of Record High Closes - Apple Sets Q3FY24 Earnings for 1 August - Update Your ChatGPT for Mac App to Fix Plain Text Security Risk - Apple and Epic Seem to Spar Over Third-Party Store Notarization - Apple Pulls ~25 VPNs from App Store in Russia Under Government Orders - India Kind of Investigates Alleged Discrimination at Foxconn Plant - Apple’s Back to School Promos Go Live in More Countries - Apple F1 Films Gets Amazingly Obvious Title - Apple TV+ Orders Se...
Jul 08, 2024•14 min
- Apple Shares Close at Record High - Evercore Sees Upside to Apple Services - Alternative Payment Methods Accepted for Apple Vision Pro App Store in EU - Resident Evil 7 Biohazard Hits M-Series/A17 Apple Hardware - Apple Seeds Second Public Betas of iOS/iPadOS 17.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6 - Notable Hardware Engineer Leaves Apple for Rivian - Report: Apple’s Schiller Gets Observer Seat on OpenAI Board - Hear Creative Strategies President and Principal Analyst Carolina Milanesi on the latest edition o...
Jul 03, 2024•11 min
- Rumor: Apple Ups Processor Orders for Next Round of iPhones - Apple Seeds Second Betas of Current OS Updates to Developers - Apple Tweaks In-Store Demos for Apple Vision Pro - Butterfly Keyboard Payments to Go Out By Next Month - Apple Deems Original AirPods, iPhone X, and Original HomePod (?!?) Vintage - MLS Season Pass Drops to Half Price for Second Half of Season - Hear Creative Strategies President and Principal Analyst Carolina Milanesi on the latest edition of "The Mac Observer Show," wh...
Jul 02, 2024•11 min
- Oppenheimer Ups Apple Target on Apple Intelligence Expectations - May iPhone Numbers Up Appreciably in China - Apple Vision Pro Hits China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore - Apple Vision Pro Orders Open for Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and UK - Apple Said to Be Investigating Displays for Lower Priced Vision Device - EU Competition Head Implies Apple Withholding Apple Intelligence is Anticompetitive - Epic Games Store and Fortnite Update Submitted for Apple Notarization in EU - JustWatch...
Jul 01, 2024•12 min
- BofA Analyst Still Stoked Over Apple Services - Bernstein Sees Services Pushing Apple Gross Margins Higher - Canalys: US Mac Share Grew 22% in Q1CY24 - Juno Update Brings YouTube 360-Video Support to Apple Vision Pro - Apple TV+ Announces French Thriller Series “A l’ombre des forêts” - Apple TV+ Announces French Fashion Drama Series "La Maison" - Season Four of “Slow Horses” Starts 4 September on Apple TV+ - Kids Animated Series “WondLa” Hits Apple TV+ - Sponsored by Pen Chalet: Try a Mac OS K...
Jun 28, 2024•16 min
- Rosenblatt Raises Apple Rating and Price Target on AI, Privacy, and Thrift - Apple Opens DIY Diagnostics Tool Access to UK and Europe - Apple Whitepaper Reveals iPhone Stats, Repair Stats, and Parts Pairing Defense - Apple Pledges Greater Support from Third-Partly iPhone Batteries and Displays Later This Year - Latest Firmware Update for AirPods Line Brings Security Fix - Reports Have Apple Pay Hitting Hungarian Users with Erroneous Charges - iMore: How People Take Software Worth Hundreds of D...
Jun 27, 2024•18 min
- Evercore Ups Apple Target on Revised iPhone Expectations - Microsoft Bundling Teams Leads to Anticompetitive Charge in EU - Tap to Pay on iPhone Goes Live in Germany - OpenAI Releases ChatGPT App for Apple Silicon Macs - Beats by Dre Releases Revamped Pill Speaker - Clicks Technology Partners with Best Buy to Bring iPhone Physical Keyboard Case to US - Apple TV+ Green Lights Third Season of Eugene Levy Travel Series - Apple TV+ Teases Alfonso Cuarón Limited Series “Disclaimer” - “Land of Women...
Jun 26, 2024•15 min
- Apple First Gatekeeper Charged by EU for Violating DMA - J.P. Morgan: EU Issues No Worry for Next iPhone Upgrade Cycle - Gurman: Sources Say Apple/Meta LLM Talks Died Months Ago - Apple Seeds Second Betas of Next Big Updates to Developers - No Movement at Apple’s Planned NC Campus - Apple TV+ Announces First Premium Podcast with Perk for Connected Subscribers - Apple Pays Bug Bounty on Vision Pro Vulnerability - Sponsored by Pen Chalet: Try a Mac OS Ken Starter Box or Get 10% off with code MOK...
Jun 25, 2024•17 min
- CFRA and Bernstein Research Both Raise Apple Targets on AI Possibilities - Apple Blames DMA for Lack of Certain Features in EU - WSJ: Apple Seeks LLM Deals for Apple Intelligence in China - WSJ: Apple and Meta Talk AI Tie-Up - Study: Buyers Want CarPlay/Android Auto vs. Car Company Infotainment Systems - Apple TV+ Drama “Presumed Innocent” Tops Top US Streaming Charts - Sponsored by Pen Chalet: Try a Mac OS Ken Starter Box or Get 10% off with code MOK10 at PenChalet.com/macosken - Hear Apple R...
Jun 24, 2024•17 min
- Apple Launches Back-to-School Promotion in US - iMore Compares Apple Back-to-School Promo with Other Online Deals - Beats Solo Buds Hit Apple Stores and Apple’s Site - Final Cut Pro for Mac 10.8 is available on the Mac App Store for $299.99. - Apple Seeds First Public Betas for iOS 17.6, iPadOS 17.6, and macOS 14.6 - YouTube for iOS and iPadOS to Ask for Tracking Permission “Starting Soon” - Apple Moving Milton Keynes Store Next Week - Apple Retail Opens First Store in Malaysia This Weekend - ...
Jun 21, 2024•16 min
- CIRP Looks at Likely Uses for Apple Intelligence - Spatial Video Capture Coming to Third Party Camera Apps Under iOS 18 - The Verge: No Current Smart Locks Smart Enough for Apple’s Hands-Free Unlocking - Threat Actor Claims to Have Source Code for Three Internal Apple Tools - Retro-Games Streamer Antstream Arcade Hitting App Store Next Week - Sponsored by ExpressVPN: Sign up and get an extra three-months FREE at ExpressVPN.com/macosken - Hear "Parallel" host and Six Colors contributor Shelly B...
Jun 20, 2024•14 min
- J.P. Morgan Ups Apple Target on AI-Driven iPhone Upgrade Expectations - IDC: Q1 Was AR/VR Darkness Before Anticipated MR/XR Dawn - The Information: Apple Suspends Work on Next Vision Pro to Focus on Consumer Device - Report: European Commission Close to Settling NFC Complaint with Apple - EC Antitrust Chief Clutches Pearls Over Apple Compliance in EU - Apple Developer Academy Adds AI Instruction for Students and Alumni - Apple Originals Brad Pitt Formula 1 Feature Gets June 2025 Premier Date -...
Jun 19, 2024•16 min
- Barron’s: It May Be Too Late to Catch the AAPL Train - Apple Kills Its Pay Later Program - Rumor: Apple Back to School Promotion for US and Canada Starts This Week - iOS 18 Tests Show Boosts in ML Performance on iPhone 15 Pro Max - Apple Seeds First Developer Betas for Next Round of OS Updates - Beats by Dre Teases Beats Pill Speaker and 6/25 - Apple TV+ Outs Trailer for Spanish-Language Crime Drama “Women in Blue” - Sponsored by ExpressVPN: Sign up and get an extra three-months FREE at Expres...
Jun 18, 2024•14 min
- Financial Times: EU Set to Charge Apple Over DMA Steering Noncompliance - Evercore Unfazed By Potential EU Action - Apple Previewed Redesigned TestFlight App at WWDC - Patent Describes Deformable Controller for iPad, Vision Pro, and More - Apple TV+ Outs Trailer for Sci-fi Mystery Series “Sunny” - “Dark Matter” Keeps Delivering for Apple TV+, “Presumed Innocent” Shows Early Promise - macOS Sequoia Brings Update for Chess - Sponsored by ExpressVPN: Sign up and get an extra three-months FREE at ...
Jun 17, 2024•14 min
- Report: Apple and OpenAI Partnered on Apple Intelligence for No Money - Apple Faces Class Action Suit Over Gender Pay Disparity - South Korea Fines Apple Over Collecting Location Data - IDC: Smartphones Beat Feature Phones in Africa in Q1 for First Time Ever - Apple TV+ Outs Trailer for “The Instigators” - Apple TV+ Sets 19 July Premier Date for “Omnivore” Docuseries - Apple TV+ Outs Trailer and Premier Date for “Me” - Apple Watch Activity Challenge Planned for International Day of Yoga - Hear...
Jun 14, 2024•13 min
- Apple Shares Surge Again - Four More States Join DOJ Antitrust Case Against Apple - Japan Passes DMA-Style Regulations on Big Tech - Cook on Apple Intelligence: Mostly Cool, Occasionally Trippy - Code Indicates Future “Waitlist” for Apple Intelligence - Round-Three Apple Vision Pro Countries Get Demo Days Starting 12 July - WebXR Enabled By Default in visionOS 2 - Apple Announces a Slew of New Immersive Videos for Apple Vision Pro - tvOS 18 Brings Insight: Apple’s Answer to Prime Video’s X-Ray...
Jun 13, 2024•16 min
- Apple Shares Close at New Record High on Positive WWDC Analyst Reaction - Barron’s: Up Notes from Apple Analysts Post WWDC Keynote - Apple 3.0: Up Notes from Apple Analysts Post WWDC Keynote - Apple Previews macOS Sequoia - Apple Previews watchOS 11 - Apple Previews visionOS 2 - Apple Announces International Rollout for Apple Vision Pro - Apple Releases visionOS 1.2 - Apple Sherlocks Password Managers with Standalone “Passwords” App - Apple Announces Planned Updates for Home App - Apple Plans ...
Jun 12, 2024•19 min
- Outlining Apple Intelligence - Apple 3.0: Early Analyst Reactions to WWDC Keynote - Apple Shows Off iOS 18 - Apple Previews iPadOS 18 - Hear Creative Strategies CEO Ben Bajarin on the first Episode of "The Mac Observer Show," wherever you get podcasts! - Check Out the Latest Checklist by SecureMac - online at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @[email protected] - Chat with us in Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email...
Jun 11, 2024•19 min
- Gruber: Gurman’s Already Leaked Everything - Rumor: AI = “Apple Intelligence” - TechCrunch: Apple AI Needs to Be Useful, Not Flashy - Ming-Chi Kuo Talks to Himself About WWDC - Apple WWDC24 Keynote Kick Off at 10AM PDT/1PM EDT - “Dark Matter” Still Delivers Audiences for Apple TV+ - Limited Series "Presumed Innocent" Set for Wednesday Debut - Hear Creative Strategies CEO Ben Bajarin on the first Episode of "The Mac Observer Show," wherever you get podcasts! - Check Out the Latest Checklist by ...
Jun 10, 2024•11 min
