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...

Fed Will Taper Stimulus by Another $10 Billion

By JONATHAN SPICER and Jason Lange, Reuters

The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced a further $10 billion reduction in its monthly bond purchases as it stuck to a plan to wind down the extraordinary stimulus despite recent turmoil in...
The ‘Kitten’ That Wants to Hack Your Computer

By Jennifer Schlesinger, CNBC

The names sound cuddly: "Magic Kitten," "Numbered Panda," "Energetic Bear." But these names were given to some of the most dangerous hacker groups as noted by security firm, CrowdStrike , in its 2013...
Guess How Much Money Warren Buffett Made in 2013?

By Beth Braverman

The new winners of the latest Mega Millions Jackpot have nothing on Warren Buffett. The Oracle of Omaha pulled in $12.7 billion in the first 344 days of 2013, for a total net worth of $59.1 billion...
Newborn Tech Seat Draws Advocacy Anger

By Daniel Lovering, Reuters

An advocacy group called on toy maker Fisher-Price to stop selling a baby seat designed to hold an iPad at the front, saying the product encourages parents to leave infants alone to watch screens...
Apple Does It Again: Why I’ll Buy the New iPad Air

By Jacqueline Leo

When Ford invented the Model T, critics didn’t say, “What’s next for Ford?” as if creating a car for the masses was the first step in a long chain of transportation devices that would ultimately...

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