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Apple ID errors end, lost sales for App Store, iTunes Store estimated around $25 million

The Great Apple ID Snafu of 2015 is over. And it apparently cost Apple about US$25 million in lost sales revenue. Over the course of a 12-hour outage between Tuesday and Wednesday, Apple’s iTunes Store and App Store were down due to a DNS error. During this time, users couldn’t purchase apps, songs, movies or […]

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Rumor: Sony attempted to place “The Interview” on iTunes Store for Christmas

Sony could have wanted to go the iTunes route for release of “The Interview”. Per AppleInsider and the New York Times, in attempt to make its controversial film “The Interview” available to view on Christmas Day, Sony Pictures reportedly pursued a deal with Apple that was brokered by the White House itself, but the timetable […]

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Apple seals UnionPay deal, takes step to incorporating Apple Pay into Chinese marketplace

Apple may be a little bit closer to bringing Apple Pay to Chinese shores. Per The Mac Observer, Apple announced a deal over the weekend where customers can use the system to link a China UnionPay credit or debit card to their Apple ID for one-tap App Store purchases, which could eventually lead to using […]

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Apple releases iTunes 12.0.1 update

Along with the release of its OS X 10.10 Yosemite operating system yesterday, Apple also turned loose iTunes 12.0.1 to the public. The new version, a 212 megabyte download, now features a red icon, is “designed for OS X Yosemite” and according to AppleInsider, along with the usual performance boosts and bug fixes, brings a […]

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Apple posts full video of October 16th iPad, Mac media event

It’s the last thing of the day. Per MacRumors, following a veritable cornucopia of announcements, Apple has posted the full video of today’s iPad and Mac event on its website. The video should also be made available later this afternoon on the Apple Keynotes podcast, which can be found on the iTunes Store. As always, […]