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☆ Apple is even more of a bank now — if you have an Apple Card
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The company announced Apple Card users could automatically deposit cash-back rewards into a high-yield savings account. On Thursday, Apple announced it would start allowing Apple Card users to automatically deposit Daily Cash, which is what Apple calls its cash-back rewards program, into a high-yield savings account from Goldman Sachs. "Savings enables Apple Card users to grow their Daily Cash rewards over time, while also saving for the future," said Apple executive Jennifer Bailey in a statement announcing the savings product. The big tech company first announced its credit card with Goldman Sachs in March 2019, advertising it as "created by Apple, not a bank," despite Goldman Sachs, a bank, reportedly spending about $300 million on the card's development. As of the latest estimates from 2021, 6.4 million people use Apple's card, a significantly smaller number than credit card giants Mastercard and Visa.

☆ New York AG wrongly said Yankees game on Apple TV+ costs extra — but it's free
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Users don't need to pay the $5 per month fee for Apple TV+ to get baseball. Apple said earlier this year that baseball games were free "for a limited time" but has yet to start charging. Nor do users need an Apple device to watch: In a break from its historical preferences, has made Apple TV+ apps for several non-Apple platforms, including Roku, Amazon's Fire TV, Google TV, and game consoles, allowing its broadcasts to reach a wider market. Apple enlisted comedian Jon Stewart, who has a show on Apple TV+, to inform viewers that there is no paywall on Friday. He joked that he pushed an Apple executive, "Mr. App," to make the game free.

☆ Tim Cook's attitude towards iPhone users wanting a fix for texting is condescending: It's time for Apple to talk to Android
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Michael Gartenberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The company's refusal to fix this is a burden on iOS users, not Android users. But the company's refusal to fix this is a burden on iOS users, not Android users. If iMessage is truly a major reason that iPhone users stick around, then Apple is on a slippery slope. The more these interoperability issues plague Apple users, the more users will find ways around iMessage. The undistorted reality is, despite Tim Cook's comments, Apple users do want interoperability.

☆ Tim Cook says Apple doesn't get many requests to fix green bubble messages to Android users
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-08 | by ( Katie Canales | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Apple CEO Tim Cook told an audience member Wednesday to "buy your mom an iPhone." The fan asked Cook about how Apple converts Android messages, a long contentious topic. At the annual Code Conference Wednesday night, Cook was answering audience questions when one man asked about improving cross-device messaging. This is why some users complain about poorly converted videos and other media when sending them between Android and iPhones. "These problems exist because Apple refuses to adopt modern texting standards when people with iPhones and Android phones text each other," the Android website says.

☆ The iPhone at 15: An Inside Look at How Apple Transformed a Generation
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-28 | by ( Joanna Stern | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The iPhone at 15: An Inside Look at How Apple Transformed a Generation June 29, 2007: A big day for the iPhone and the Schmick familyBy Joanna SternJun 28, 2022 9:30 amOn June 29, 2007, the first iPhone went on sale. On that same day, a boy named Noah Schmick was born. Over the next 15 years, the iPhone grew…and so did Noah. Through interviews with current and former Apple executives, WSJ’s Joanna Stern traces how Apple’s invention matured and changed all of us—perhaps the youngest generation most of all.

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