The Apple Economy

Inside Apple's Billion-Dollar Business Fixing Cracked iPhone Screens

By Stephen Nellis, Reuters

Hey Siri, where can I get my cracked iPhone screen fixed? Apple Inc customers will soon have more choices as the company looks to reduce long wait times for iPhone repairs at its retail stores...
Is Apple Now Focused on Something Bigger Than a Car?

By Jim Edwards, Business Insider

Apple is behaving in a really strange way regarding the mythical "Apple Car." After hiring 1,000 people to work on a secret program called Project Titan, which many believed to be the development of...
Will the Nasdaq Surge End in Another Tech Wreck?

By Anthony Mirhaydari

It's feeling like 1999 again. The Clintons are in the headlines. Everyone is enamored with new technologies (VR, autonomous vehicles, robotics). And the sluggish pace of rate hikes from the Federal...
iPhone7: Why Apple Could Be Making a Huge Mistake

By Josh Herr

For over a decade now the September announcement from Apple has reliably set off a media circus. As iPhones, iPods and iPads all became a regular part of our day-to-day lives, these unveiling events...
The New ‘Tracking Excavator’ Proves How Your Privacy Is Violated Online

By James Urton

For more than two decades, people have used the internet to research, shop, make friends, find dates, and learn about the world. And third parties have been watching—and learning. When you open a...

PayPal Is Winning the Mobile Payment Wars, but Apple Has This One Advantage

By Beth Braverman

While pundits have been promising for years that we’ll soon be able to leave our wallets at home and pay for everything via our cell phones, mass adoption of mobile, digital payment systems hasn’t...
Apple Is Making a Big Change to Its iPhone Design Cycle

By Kif Leswing , Business Insider

The new iPhone coming out this fall is going to look a lot like the iPhones currently on sale. Apple is moving away from its traditional two-year upgrade cycle, in which a complete redesign of the...
What if Apple Made iPhones in the US? Here’s How Much You’d Pay

By Beth Braverman

Among his many campaign promises, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said that he would get Apple to start manufacturing its phones and computers in the United States...
5 Reasons Apple Invested $1 Billion in the Uber of China

By Kif Leswing , Business Insider

Apple announced on Thursday that it had invested $1 billion in Didi Chuxing, the leading ride-hailing service in China. It was a surprise for a number of reasons. A billion dollars is a lot of money...
The End of an Era for Apple and the iPhone

By Julia Love and Anya George Tharakan, Reuters

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Tuesday reported quarterly results below Wall Street targets and forecast another disappointing quarter, while sales of iPhones, its most important product, declined for the...

Introducing the iPhone 6, Made in China by a Robot

By Reilly Dowd, The Fiscal Times

Foxconn parent company Hon Hai is set to deploy 10,000 assembly-line robots to help meet the demands of producing the iPhone 6, which is expected to be released in September.
How Michael Jordan Made His $1 Billion

By Phil Terrigno, The Fiscal Times

It’s a well-known story in sports lore: After Hakeem Olajuwon was taken first in the 1984 NBA draft, the Portland Trail Blazers selected Sam Bowie next. The player they left waiting on the board?...
Mobile Gaming Will Be a $29 Billion Market by 2016

By Andrew Lumby

It’s sometimes hard to believe that when you’re swiping away at “Candy Crush Saga” or tapping away at “Flappy Bird,” you’re contributing to an industry that rakes in almost $21 billion a year. But it...
The Latest Inflation Worry Is, As Usual, Overblown

By Mark Thoma

Worries about inflation have been pervasive ever since the Fed began trying to lift the economy out of recession. If the Fed does not tighten policy very soon we have been told repeatedly, an...
Starbucks’ New Blend: College Education for Baristas

By Brianna Ehley, The Fiscal Times

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced today that the beverage behemoth will begin offering the equivalent of two years of college classes at Arizona State University’s online studies program this...

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