It’s official: Software is now more profitable than Hollywood, baby. Per the results over at Asymco and the box office receipts over at Box Office Mojo, Apple’s App Store receipts outgrossed movie receipts in 2014. Apple paid US$10 billion to developers in calendar 2014. Additional statistics for the App store are as follows:
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This could be the lid to a 12-inch Retina Display MacBook Air. Per 9to5Mac, iFanr has published a full gallery of what is claimed to be the lid and display for the upcoming 12-inch MacBook Air have been published by Japanese web site iFanr. The legitimacy of the photos has not been determined, but you […]
Some Apple Watch battery specs may have just surfaced. Per 9to5Mac, sources with knowledge of the Apple Watch’s development have stated the specific performance targets Apple wants to achieve for the Apple Watch battery, but the actual numbers may fall short of those targets. According to sources, Apple opted to use a relatively powerful processor […]
It’s never a bad thing when a payment type gains additional support. Per 9to5Mac, following the addition of eight additional card issuers and banks earlier this month, Apple has updated its list of supported institutions and card types to include 15 more credit unions and banks. These new banks are listed as supporting Apple Pay […]
The rumored 12.9-inch “iPad Pro” could be getting a stylus to go along with it. Per AppleInsider, well-regarded analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities said numerous stylus-related patents filed by the Cupertino-based company and his own research lead him to believe the iPad maker will launch a stylus in the second quarter of this year […]