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...

Amazon’s $99 Fire TV Will Compete With Apple TV

By Jennifer Saba and LIANA BAKER, Reuters

Amazon.com Inc unveiled a $99 video streaming device called Fire TV that the e-commerce company promised would be more powerful and easier to use than rival services by Apple Inc, Google Inc and Roku...
7 Big Changes in Store for Commercial Real Estate

By Robin Micheli, CNBC

Conjuring the future of commercial real estate begins by conjuring our future. How will we work, live, shop or do business ? Perhaps no other investment sector is so closely tied to people's most...
Apple Needs An iWatch Before the Clock Turns 12

By Cadie Thompson, CNBC

Apple needs an iWatch sooner rather than later, or the company will risk losing its innovative edge to rivals, analysts say. "They only have 60 days left to either come up with something or they will...
Why Is Microsoft Bringing Office to Apple’s iPad?

By Michael Comeau, Minyanville

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is leading up the Nasdaq today on media reports that new CEO Satya Nadella will unveil Office for the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad at an event on March 27 in San Francisco. So let...
St. Paddy’s Day Adds Green to the Economy

By Beth Braverman

Those “Kiss Me, I’m Irish” buttons may be more valuable than you think. Americans planned to shell out $4.8 billion to enjoy St. Patrick’s Day this year, reports the National Retail Federation.

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