In response to Epic Games motion to force Fortnite back on the App Store, Apple says “Epic started a fire, and poured gasoline on it.”
The Lives Saved by Apple Watch
Periodically stories emerge about how an Apple Watch alert has given its user a health warning that has ultimately save their life. We’ve shared some of them here at The Mac Observer. During its fall 2020 ‘Time Flies’ keynote, Apple broadcast a video detailing even more of those stories.
Apple and Singapore Team-up on National Health Initiative, LumiHealth
Apple and the government of Singapore launched LumiHealth, a personalized program to encourage healthy activity based on the Apple Watch.
Spotify Doesn’t Like the Apple One Bundle, Calling it Unfair
Spotify doesn’t like the Apple One bundle, saying that Apple is abusing its dominant market position.
Once again, Apple is using its dominant position and unfair practices to disadvantage competitors and deprive consumers by favoring its own services. We call on competition authorities to act urgently to restrict Apple’s anti-competitive behavior, which if left unchecked, will cause irreparable harm to the developer community and threaten our collective freedoms to listen, learn, create, and connect.
Bundles save people money, therefore bundles are good for customers. As for competitors? At least Apple pays artists more. As for the dominant position claim, as of 2019 Apple Music has more paid subscribers in the U.S., but Spotify has more paid users in the world. As Neil Cybart said, this is just guerilla warfare of companies piling on against Apple because they’re not making as much money. As I say, cutthroat capitalism.
Six Months of Fitness+ Free if You Buy an Apple Watch at Best Buy
Customers who buy an Apple Watch 3 or later from Best Buy will get Apple Fitness free for six months, and there is a CVS tie-up too.
The Apple Watch Series 3 Competes With Fitbit Sense
One thing from the Apple Event on Tuesday left Andrew scratching his head: Why is the Apple Watch Series 3 back?
Time Flies Event Aftermath – TMO Daily Observations 2020-09-15
Andrew Orr and Charlotte Henry join host Kelly Guimont to discuss the Time Flies event announcements of new hardware and services.
Fitness+ - Apple Rides Right into Peloton
Apple has taken direct aim at Peloton unveiling its new Fitness+ service that is based around the Apple Watch.
Apple Launches the Affordable Apple Watch SE
Apple on Tuesday launched an affordable Apple Watch SE model, with Series 5 internals and a body 30% bigger than the Series 3.
iOS 14 Released With New Features and Privacy Protection
Today, Apple announced the release of iOS 14. The newest operating system for the iPhone and iPad brings new features and privacy protection.
