Apple Reveals Annual Japanese New Year Promotion With Special AirTag

In celebration of the Japanese New Year, Apple will be holding a promotion that offers customers in Japan a free Apple gift card worth up to ¥30,000 with the purchase of an eligible Apple product from January 2 through January 5. Gift card values range from ¥4,000 for products like the iPhone SE and third-generation […]

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Sony increases PlayStation Plus pricing for the annual plan

Sony has announced that it is increasing the pricing for its PlayStation Plus subscription service globally for the yearly plans. The price hike goes live starting September 1. The PlayStation Plus service is available in three tiers. The basic PlayStation Plus Essential tier will now cost $80 instead of $60 for the yearly plan. With […]

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Annual sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Z foldables beat Galaxy Note sales in Europe

Samsung’s pioneering Galaxy Note series was discontinued in 2020 as the company shifted its focus towards with the Galaxy Fold in 2019 and the Galaxy Z Flip in 2020. This may have seemed like a risky move at the time but it paid off – annual sales of Samsung foldables in Europe have now surpassed […]

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Apple’s Annual Back to School Promotion Expected to Begin This Week

Apple’s annual Back to School promotion for students will begin this week in the U.S., according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. In a tweet today, he said the promotion will likely start on Tuesday, after new Macs are announced at WWDC on Monday. Last year’s promotion offered a free Apple gift card worth up to $150 […]

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Apple to Hold In-Person Annual ‘AI Summit’ for Employees at Steve Jobs Theater

Apple will hold its annual AI summit for employees next week at Steve Jobs Theater, the first fully live in-person event at the company’s Apple Park headquarters since the pre-COVID era. The summit is similar to Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, but for employees only, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, who shared news of the scheduled […]

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Twitter Blue is now available as annual subscription too

After the mess that was the revamped Twitter Blue subscription service with a slew of fake accounts impersonating celebrities and corporations worldwide causing chaos, the service was relaunched in December. Now, the platform is offering an annual subscription in addition to the monthly one. The monthly subscription in the US, for example, costs $8 per […]

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Apple’s Annual Shareholders Meeting to Take Place Virtually on March 10

Apple’s annual shareholders meeting is set to take place Friday, March 10 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time, according to an SEC filing released today. Those who want to attend, vote, and submit questions during the annual meeting can visit the virtual meeting website and enter a control number included in the Notice of Internet Availability […]

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Workers at Samsung’s chip division to get massive annual bonus

It’s not uncommon for companies to provide an annual bonus to their employees as a token of appreciation. The bonus may often be based on different factors such as individual employee performance and company profits. Employees certainly look forward to it every year and Samsung is giving workers at its chip division something to be […]

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Apple Watch’s Annual New Year’s Activity Challenge Revealed

Popular Stories iOS 16.2 Released for iPhone With These 12 New Features iOS 16.2 is now available for the iPhone 8 and newer following two months of beta testing. With last-minute additions like Apple Music Sing and Advanced Data Protection, the software update includes over a dozen new features and changes for the iPhone. Below, […]

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Samsung announces winners of fifth annual Best of Galaxy Store Awards

Samsung streamed the fifth annual Best of Galaxy Store Awards on YouTube yesterday, which highlighted the top games, Bixby capsules, podcasts, and other digital content available for Galaxy smartphones and tablets on the company’s app store, and has revealed the winners in various categories. Samsung has been organizing the Best of Galaxy Store Awards every […]

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AppleCare+ for Mac Now Available as Annual Renewable Plan From Day One in Three Additional Countries

AppleCare+ is now available as an annually renewable plan for all Mac models, the Studio Display, and the Pro Display XDR in Canada, Australia, and Japan, allowing customers in these countries to pay for coverage on an annual basis from day one. For example, customers in Canada now have the option to purchase an AppleCare+ […]

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Apple Kicking Off Annual Company-Wide Apple Watch Fitness Challenge

Apple employees this month will compete to close their Apple Watch rings in Apple’s annual “Close Your Rings Challenge,” meant to inspire employees to get up and move. The challenge, which kicked off July 1, lets Apple employees compete in teams of four to close their Activity Rings for the entire month of July. “Over […]

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iPhone 14 Production to Begin Soon as Foxconn Starts Annual Hiring Spree

Foxconn has commenced its annual seasonal hiring spree in preparation for iPhone 14 production, according to the South China Morning Post. The report claims that Foxconn is offering a 9,000 yuan bonus (around $1,300) to new assembly line workers who stay on the job for more than four months after being hired at its factory […]

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Apple Music and Apple Arcade to Earn $8.2 Billion Annual Revenue by 2025, Says JP Morgan Analyst

Apple’s revenue from its music and gaming subscription services is expected to jump 36% to $8.2 billion annually by 2025, according to JP Morgan (via Reuters). The U.S. investment bank’s analyst Samik Chatterjee on Monday said Apple Music and Apple Arcade are likely to have a combined subscriber base of about 180 million by 2025, […]

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Apple Podcasts to Gain Downloaded Episode Controls, Annual Subscription Plans, and Hosting Partnerships

Apple today announced several new features for the Podcasts app, including downloaded episode controls, annual subscription plans, partnerships with hosting platforms, and more (via TechCrunch). iOS 15.5, iPadOS 15.5, and macOS 12.4 will feature new tools to easily remove accumulated downloads and free up storage space. In the Settings app on iOS and iPadOS under […]

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Students Can Win WWDC 2022 Gear in Apple’s Annual Swift Coding Challenge

Apple today started accepting submissions for its annual Swift Student Challenge, a coding challenge that tasks students with creating a Swift Playgrounds project on a topic of their choice. Winners will receive exclusive WWDC 2022 outerwear, a customized WWDC 2022 pin set, and a one-year membership in the Apple Developer Program. The deadline for submissions […]

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Samsung CEO apologizes for Galaxy S22 throttling issue during annual shareholders meeting

At Samsung Electronics’ 54th annual shareholders’ meeting held earlier today, Samsung DX CEO JH Han bowed in apology to the shareholders for the Galaxy S22 app throttling issue. He said that the company failed to understand customers’ concerns over the app and gaming performance. Han said that GOS is only designed to optimize the performance […]

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