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Rumor: Next-gen Apple TV to arrive this fall, streaming TV service pushed back to 2016 as negotiations encounter hurdles

If you were hoping for a next-gen Apple TV device, it looks like it will be out this fall. If you were looking for Apple’s TV streaming service, you might have to wait until next year. Sources close to the story have stated that while Apple originally wanted to announce a live streaming service at […]

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Rumor: Apple asking TV networks to pick up infrastructure costs, responsibilities of proposed streaming service

Apple may be asking other parties to pick up the tab when it comes to handling the costs and responsibilities of its proposed streaming video service. Apple, in turn, will provide the content. Industry executives have indicated that Apple has asked the TV networks to take on both the cost and responsibility of running Apple’s […]

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Apple making progress in forming alliance between Apple Pay and Alibab’s Alipay in Chinese marketplace

While Apple may be spinning its wheels arguing with MCX and getting Apple Pay supported by assorted U.S. retailers stuck in their MCX/CurrentC contracts, it seems to be doing ok opening Apple Pay up in the Asian marketplace. According to AppleInsider and the Wall Street Journal, after officials from both Apple and Alibaba publicly expressed […]

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Rumor: PayPal excluded from Apple Pay service providers due to relationship with Samsung

It’s inevitable: competition and past legal strife creates some awkward scenarios. Per The Unofficial Apple Weblog and BankInnovation, PayPal was conspicuously absent from Apple’s list of secured partnerships when Apple Pay was announced in September. Now comes word that PayPal was initially part of Apple’s vision of Apple Pay, but that negotiations fell apart due […]

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Apple, Sony reach agreement, all three major music labels signed of for anticipated WWDC iRadio launch

Give them time at the negotiation table and they will come. Per AppleInsider and AllThingsD, Sony Music, the last big kahuna they were waiting for, has reportedly signed a deal with Apple for its anticipated “iRadio” streaming music service, marking the last of the three major music labels to reach an agreement. The story cites […]