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☆ 5 Vision Pro party tricks that'll show friends what Apple's new gadget can do
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewI've had Apple's Vision Pro for over a week now, and it's been the topic of conversation among my friends. And it turns out, with the right party tricks, the Vision Pro can be something that's fun for everyone, even people who are waiting their turn to try it out. My FaceTime PersonaMy Persona earned laughs from my loved ones when I called them in the Vision Pro. While FaceTime looks normal for me while I'm wearing the Vision Pro, the person on the other end of the line isn't seeing my real face with the Vision Pro covering my eyes. The Encounter Dinosaurs appAn image of "Encountering Dinosaurs" on the Vision Pro.

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☆ Apple just pulled this piracy app from the App Store
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewApple appears to have removed Kimi, a piracy app that once featured a library of free films and shows to stream, from its iOS app store, Wired reported earlier this week. The app also reportedly garnered over 100 user reviews in the App Store. The app store, Wired observed, listed Kimi's only developer as "Marcus Evan," which could be the creator's fake name. "Make sure your app only includes content that you created or that you have a license to use," the tech giant's app store guidelines say. AdvertisementThis isn't the first time Apple pulled a piracy app.

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☆ The Vision Pro's scary side effect
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-11 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The reviews are in, and the tech press is lauding the Apple Vision Pro headset for delivering on the company's promises. Apple and Meta are hoping that this virtual world will be so compelling that you won't just visit. Apple Vision Pro AppleThese are all, as the IT people say, known issues. When people adapt to a perceptual change for long enough, the real world starts to look wrong in the opposite direction. In the meantime, while he's doing his work, maybe don't forget to take that Vision Pro off once in a while.

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☆ DocuSign's deal talks with Bain, Hellman & Friedman stall: Reuters
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The Docusign Inc. application for download in the Apple App Store on a smartphone arranged in Dobbs Ferry, New York, U.S., on Thursday, April 1, 2021. Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman have cooled in their pursuit of DocuSign Inc over disagreements on how much they should pay to acquire the provider of online signature services, people familiar with the matter said on Monday. It remains, possible, however, that the deal talks will resume in the future, the sources added, requesting anonymity because the matter is confidential. A deal for DocuSign would have been one of the biggest leveraged buyouts of 2024. A spike in financing costs in the last two years has made financing leveraged buyouts more expensive and big deals harder to clinch.

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☆ Wizz, a Tinder-like app aimed at teenagers, removed from Apple App Store and Google Play
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Ben Goggin | Lora Kolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Wizz was removed from the Apple App Store and Google Play this week. Wizz, a social media app growing popular among teens in the U.S., was removed from the Apple app store and Google Play this week. A Google spokesperson said that the Wizz app was suspended from Google Play, the online store for Android apps, on Tuesday. "But if the app store doesn't continue to carry it, they cannot sustain, let alone grow, their user base." Wizz declined to say what steps it would take to try to get reinstated on the Apple App Store or Google Play.

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☆ 10 of our stocks report earnings next week. Here's what we want to see from each
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +16 min

All three major averages posted gains for the third consecutive week, lifted by solid quarterly earnings and positive economic data. Earnings season ramps up next week, with five of the Super Six mega-cap stocks delivering results. Employment numbers are the most important economic data, with Friday's January nonfarm payrolls report carrying the most weight. The January ISM Manufacturing report on Thursday and December's factory orders report Friday are expected to show the sector still in contraction mode. But earnings and commentary this week from peer Sartorious made us encouraged about a return to growth in 2024.

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☆ Oura CEO calls Apple Watch sales ban a 'David and Goliath story,' says he'll keep an eye on Samsung's rival smart ring
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Camilo Fonseca | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A lawsuit filed by Masimo halted the sale of the newest Apple Watches in the US. Oura's CEO said the company, which holds many patents, will closely examine Samsung's Galaxy Ring. AdvertisementOura Health CEO Tim Hale doesn't seem worried about Samsung's plan to compete with Oura in the wearable "smart ring" market. AdvertisementSamsung's new Galaxy Ring will be a health and wellness device for tracking metrics like sleep. He conceded that some technological similarities between Oura's product and the Galaxy Ring might be unavoidable.

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☆ Apple opens up iPhone app store in Europe, a major crack in its 'walled garden'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Apple announced plans to open up its iPhone App Store in Europe to competitors on Thursday, a move that opens up cracks in the company's famous "walled garden," with which it controls app distribution on its devices. Apple said on Thursday that it believes the new regulation puts its users at risk for scams, fraud and abuse, because apps that don't go through Apple's App Store aren't reviewed for content and could contain malware. Developers in general are likely to celebrate, as many have chafed for years over Apple's fees and rigorous App Review program that frequently rejects app updates. The changes are restricted to Europe and accounts that are registered in the E.U., rather than changes to the way iPhone app distribution works in the U.S. "Developers can now learn about the new tools and terms available for alternative app distribution and alternative payment processing, new capabilities for alternative browser engines and contactless payments, and more," said Apple App Store boss Phil Schiller in a statement.

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☆ Apple is opening up its powerful App Store for the first time ever. It's not happy about it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewFor years, Apple has been insistent that it needs control over its App Store and other key parts of its iPhone ecosystem, even in the face of increasing complaints from regulators. AdvertisementSome of the big ones:Apple will allow developers to create and distribute apps without using the company's App Store. Apple's App Store now will now take a cut of up to 17%, plus another 3% fee, for payments made on apps distributed on its App Store. Those apps — along with apps distributed through Apple's App Store — will pay a fee of 0.50 euros for each download over a million. A version of the screen Apple App Store users will see if they want to pay for things without using Apple's App Store.

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☆ Apple has a cheeky new plan to protect its App Store
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Courts and regulators around the world are trying to get Apple to open up its App Store. AdvertisementEuropean regulators say Apple needs to open up its App Store, and a new law that goes into effect in March is supposed to make that happen. The company will give itself the ability to review each app downloaded outside of its App Store. Apple also plans to collect fees from developers that offer downloads outside of the App Store, said people familiar with the company's plans. But it also makes an enormous amount of money from the App Store.

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Kess raised his price target to $47 from $36, suggesting 11% upside from Tuesday's close. His price target, cut to $276 from $311, implies roughly 10% downside from Tuesday's close. "We upgrade SUN to Buy and lift our [target price] to $65 following several cash flow accretive transactions," Dounis wrote. "The January 11th transactions drive ~25% of the target price increase; the NS Acquisition drives the remaining ~75% increase." NKLA mountain 2020-07-01 NKLA since 2020 Still, the analyst's $2 price target implies the stock could surge more than 200% from here.

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☆ Apple is pivoting to a less ambitious design for its autonomous EV amid launch delays, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Apple is pivoting to a less ambitious design for its autonomous EV, Bloomberg reported. The tech giant is pivoting to a less complex design and delaying the launch date for its planned autonomous vehicle, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the situation. Following board meetings, the company has limited the car's autonomous features and downgraded the EV to Level 2+ autonomy, Bloomberg reported. AdvertisementApple's EV release date has also been pushed back, with the company expecting a 2028 launch at the very earliest, the Bloomberg report said. Its most formidable competitors will likely be Tesla and China's BYD, both of which dominate the global EV market.

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Read previewTikTok's owner ByteDance is pushing a new campaign this week to promote its Pinterest-like app, Lemon8, according to three sources familiar with the effort. AdvertisementThe "100 Bucket List Ideas" promotion is the latest in a series of pushes by Lemon8 to pay influencers to plug the app. AdvertisementThe company has been using influencer promotions for Lemon8 since early 2023 when ByteDance sought to jump-start app downloads as it rolled out in the US and UK. While Lemon8 has by no means achieved the usage levels of its sister app TikTok, it has gradually gained an audience in the US and abroad. AdvertisementByteDance is also trying to grow other content-creation apps outside of TikTok and Lemon8, including its widely popular CapCut video-editing tool.

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☆ Apple approaches $200 level: Here's what you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailApple approaches $200 level: Here's what you need to knowJoe Terranova, Jason Snipe and Jim Lebenthal join CNBC's 'Halftime Repor" to debate Apple stock's comeback after regulatory issues and three downgrades this year.

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☆ Children targeted with sexually explicit photos on Facebook and Instagram, lawsuit claims
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The lawsuit accuses Meta of creating a “breeding ground” for child predators. “The company determined that recruiting and exploiting (or advertising) victims for profit were the most common,” the complaint states. But New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez has said the company needs to do more to protect children and teens. “Parents deserve to know the full truth about the risks children face when they use Meta’s platforms,” Torrez said in a statement. “For years, Meta employees tried to sound the alarm about how decisions made by Meta executives subjected children to dangerous solicitations and sexual exploitation.”

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☆ Why a Supreme Court decision means Apple's App Store is as powerful — and profitable — as ever
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewIf you were scanning headlines yesterday you might have seen something about the Supreme Court forcing Apple to open up its powerful App Store. What yesterday's court decision — and, crucially Apple's response to the decision — means is that Apple's control over its powerful and very profitable App Store remains 100% intact. In 2020, Epic argued that Apple's control of its App Store — and, crucially, the way developers like Epic had to use Apple's App Store to sell "in-app" items like power-ups and other digital goods — was a monopoly. Apple's App Store prints money. In 2021, a US judge announced that games represent 70% of Apple's App Store topline.

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☆ U.S. Supreme Court snubs Epic Games legal battle with Apple
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Apple App Store app on a smartphone arranged in New York, US, on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an antitrust challenge by Epic Games, maker of the popular video game "Fortnite," to the way Apple runs its lucrative App Store, handing the software company a setback in its lengthy legal battle against the iPhone maker. The justices also decided not to hear Apple's appeal of the same decision, which barred certain App Store rules. The Supreme Court in 2023 denied a bid by Epic to let the injunction take effect. In its appeal to the Supreme Court, Epic had said that the 9th Circuit's decision "guarantees severe anticompetitive harm and effectively insulates the most monopolistic tech-platform practices from antitrust scrutiny."

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☆ Apple knew AirDrop users could be identified and tracked as early as 2019, researchers say
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Washington CNN —Security researchers warned Apple as early as 2019 about vulnerabilities in its AirDrop wireless sharing function that Chinese authorities claim they recently used to track down users of the feature, the researchers told CNN, in a case that experts say has sweeping implications for global privacy. AirDrop lets Apple users who are near each other share files using a proprietary mix of Bluetooth and other wireless connectivity without having to connect to the internet. A Chinese tech firm, Beijing-based Wangshendongjian Technology, was able to compromise AirDrop to identify users on the Beijing subway accused of sharing “inappropriate information,” judicial authorities in Beijing said this week. The Chinese tech firm, Wangshendongjian Technology, that claimed to have exploited AirDrop appeared to have used some of the same techniques first identified by the Darmstadt researchers in 2019, said Alexander Heinrich, one of the German researchers. “Now that Chinese security agencies are exploiting this vulnerability, it’s a tough political problem for Apple.”

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☆ DocuSign shares spike on report company is exploring a sale
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-15 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

DocuSign shares rose as much as 15% and closed up 12% on Friday after the Wall Street Journal reported the e-signature software company tapped advisors about a possible sale. Talks are still preliminary, the Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. A DocuSign representative didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on the report. DocuSign went public in 2018 and saw business boom during the pandemic as demand soared for technology that allowed people to work together on documents remotely. WATCH: DocuSign CEO on Q3 earnings beat

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☆ Coinbase comeback has further to go as retail investors are only starting to rediscover crypto, Needham says
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Coinbase shares have even further to climb despite already being up 13% since the start of December and the low appetite for crypto coming from retail investors, according to Needham. Needham raised its price target on Coinbase on Tuesday to $160 from $120, implying about 13% upside from its closing price Monday. Meanwhile, although retail investors' appetite for crypto has improved since bottoming a year ago after the collapse of FTX, interest is generally low, according to Needham. "Retail crypto engagement is considerably lower than in prior years and despite the recent price gains, has been fairly muted," Todaro said. Dominance tends to rise in bear markets as investors rotate into the safety of bitcoin compared to other crypto coins .

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☆ Three ‘Grand Theft Auto’ titles are coming to Netflix's mobile game library
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Drew Richardson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Grand Theft Auto V packaging and the Netflix logo are displayed on a phone screen in this photo taken in Krakow, Poland, on Oct. 18, 2023. Rockstar Games originally released "Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition" for consoles and PC platforms in November 2021 . The release will include "Grand Theft Auto III – The Definitive Edition," "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition" and "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition." Netflix announced Wednesday that it will make three "Grand Theft Auto" titles available to play for subscribers next month. "Grand Theft Auto" is one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time, shipping more than 405 million units worldwide, according to data firm Statista.

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☆ Instagram is taking aim at a wave of alternative social-media apps as it launches and tests new features
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Over the last several months, Instagram has been testing and rolling out several features to bring us closer to our friends. And yes, that means more "Close Friends" tools. Earlier this month, Instagram expanded the Close Friends feature, which lets users curate content for a smaller follower pool, to the feed. You can post your memes and photo dumps directly to your grid and only your close friends can see them. A Meta spokesperson confirmed that Instagram is working on two internal prototypes that could push some new apps to the sidelines.

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X, the social media company formerly known as Twitter, could lose as much as $75 million in advertising revenue by the end of the year as dozens of major brands pause their marketing campaigns after its owner, Elon Musk, endorsed an antisemitic conspiracy theory this month. They list how much ad revenue X employees fear the company could lose through the end of the year if advertisers do not return. On Friday, X said in a statement that $11 million in revenue was at risk and that the exact figure fluctuated as some advertisers returned to the platform and others increased spending. The company said the numbers viewed by The Times were either outdated or represented an internal exercise to evaluate total risk. X is also running ad campaigns during the holiday period to try to make up for revenue shortfalls.

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☆ Best Black Friday Fitness Deals 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Ian Salisbury | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +2 min

And, since quality gear—from treadmills to fitness trackers—usually requires a big investment, these sale items can mean big savings. Fitness tracker dealsWhether you’re training for your next marathon or merely aiming to get your steps in while walking the dog, logging your activity is key. A great fitness tracker can help you take pride in your progress and enable you to set goals for the future. Apple Apple Watch Series 9 $349 at Walmart $ 390 Save $ 41 $399 at Apple Form meets function in the Apple Watch Series 9. Deals on treadmills, exercise bikes and more serious gearExercise machines can help you reach your fitness goals faster.

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