Apple in 2024

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 10:10:03 +0800

This tracks Apple’s major movements and announcements in 2024. To view Apple’s movements in 2023, click here.

December

Awards seasons by Apple are in place
- Billie Elish is Apple Music’s Artist of the Year - Apple
- Apple announced 2024 App Store Awards winners - Apple
- Hysterical is Apple Podcast of the year - Apple
Apple will stop selling iPhone 14 and iPhone SE in EU by end of 2024 to comply with the regulation where all mobile phone would be charge using USB-C - MacRumours
CNBC feature TSMC’s newest chip fab in Arizon. It is expected that it will build the chips with Apple as the primary customer. Some superlative numbers: it uses electricity that can power 100,000 homes, costs around $20 billion, and the concrete to build it is equal to 10 empire state buildings.
Apple has been sued for $1.2 billion in damages. In the filling, the plaintiff argued that Apple has failed to scrub the images, which contained sexual abuse, despite Apple reportedly introduce a tool to do so in 2021, which Apple later did not implement. - New York Times
Tim Cook, Apple CEO, had an interview with Wired. He commented how Apple has been an integral part of his life

November

Apple is in the process of acquiring popular photo editor Pixelmator - Arstechnica

October

Apple announced a series of updates over the week

Apple in 2023

Thu, 29 Dec 2022 09:12:39 +0800

This tracks Apple’s major movement and announcements in 2023. To view Apple’s movements in 2022, click here.

December

Apple managed to get a court order to temporary pause the ban that barred Apple from importing and selling Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2. - The Verge
CNBC has an exclusive interview with head of silicon, Johny Sirouji, and VP of Hardware Engineering, John Ternus. It was recorded earlier in 1st December by come on Youtube on 24th December
Porsche and Aston Martin will have new “immersive” CarPlay display. Instead of changing the center display, this new system will redesign all displays from the speed gauge to the passenger side display. - The Verge
Due to a patent dispute with medical device maker Masimo over SpO2 (glucose) sensor, Apple Watch series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 received an import ban from the ITC in USA. In conclusion, Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 have been pulled from shelves in USA. - The Verge
Apple launched a limited edition Beats Studio. It’s a collabration work with designer Stussy. It’s available in stussy.com and select Stussy stores.
Bloomberg reports that Apple is encouraging artists to create music with spatial audio in mind. This is a feature where using Apple’s product like AirPods, you have the illusion of having multiple speakers. - Bloomberg
Apple announce a few year end awards
- Wiser Than Me - Podcast of the year
- Taylor Swift - Artist of the year
- App Store winners
  - AllTrails - iPhone app of the year
  - Pret-a-Makeup - iPad app of the year
  - Photomator - Mac App of the year
  - MUDI - TV App of the year
  - SmartGym - Watch App of the year
- Gaming
  - Honkai: Star Rail - iPhone game of the year
  - Lost in Play - iPad game of the year
  - Lies of P - Mac game of the year
  - Hello Kitty Island Adventure - Apple Arcade game of the year
- See full list here
CNBC has an exclusive on inside look of the Apple Silicon team
Apple pulls the plug on Goldman Credit Card partnership. According to WSJ, Goldman is reportedly not making money with this arrangement with Apple - Wall Street Journal

November

Apple pull ads from X (formerly Twitter) after Elon Musk, CEO has been found endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory - New York Times

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