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...

The 10 Companies with the Most Patent Power

By Yuval Rosenberg

Engineering bible IEEE Spectrum has published its sixth annual Patent Power scorecard, a ranking of intellectual clout being built up by more than 5,000 companies, universities and arms of the...
Week Ahead: Dumping Stocks at the Foot of the “Cliff"

By Caroline Valetkevitch, Reuters

Investors typically sell stocks to cut their losses at year end. But worries about the "fiscal cliff" - and the possibility of higher taxes in 2013 - may act as the greatest incentive to sell both...
Apple Stock 27% Off Its High: To Buy or Not to Buy?

By Minyanville Staff, Minyanville

While some in the market say that Apple has reached a tipping point, others are more sanguine and essentially argue to “Keep Calm and Trade On.”
12 Ways This Year’s Black Friday Will Be Different

By Dealnews, dealnews.com

Black Friday will always be a frenzy of bargains. However, there are some elements that change with the times. Here's a list of ways in which Black Friday 2012 will be different than previous years.
Why Apple’s Stock Has Plunged More Than 20%

By Author, The Business Insider

Why is the stock on a big losing streak? A bunch of reasons.

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