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Apple Pay, Google Pay, now supported in 10,000+ 7-Eleven locations across the United States

You can now use Apple Pay and Google Pay at nearly all of the 10,000+ 7-Eleven locations throughout the United States, following a rollout that began in August. While many 7-Eleven retail locations have already started accepting Apple Pay, the rollout will continue throughout the month of September until “most U.S. stores” support the payments […]

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Apple hits milestone, becomes world’s first trillion dollar publicly traded company

Apple has officially become the world’s first and only trillion dollar publicly traded company. Apple achieved this milestone by hitting a stock price of $207.05 and above in intraday trading today, giving it a market cap slightly over $1,000,000,000,000, based on its 4,829,926,000 outstanding shares as of July 20, 2018, which the company disclosed in […]

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Canalys data sheet estimates 3.5 million Apple Watch units sold during Q2 of 2018

Apple shipped an estimated 3.5 million Apple Watch units worldwide for the second quarter of 2018 according to new data shared today by analytics firm Canalys. The number marks a 30 percent improvement from the number of watched sold a year ago during the second quarter of 2017. The primary difference between the two quarters […]

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Rumor: HomePod to receive extensive new feature set via software update this fall

The HomePod is rumored to have a fairly significant set of updates coming its way. While the HomePod has gotten positive reviews in terms of its audio capabilities, it’s a bit behind the eight ball when compared with Amazon and Google’s smart speaker offerings. According to a rumor from French web site iGeneration, a beta […]

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Apple to meet with industry group members in San Francisco on Wednesday to discuss privacy-based concerns

Representatives from several major technology firms will meet in San Francisco on Wednesday to address growing concerns over consumer privacy, driven to the forefront by new European regulations and public uproar over scandals like Cambridge Analytica. The companies include a part of the Information Technology Industry Council, a Washington trade group, as well as Apple, […]