Apple CEO Tim Cook joined President Donald Trump and other technology executives from the U.S. and Japan today at a closed-door dinner in Tokyo, in an effort to promote Japanese investment in the United States (via Bloomberg). The dinner took place at the residence of U.S. Ambassador George Glass. President Trump used the event to …
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Apple Hits $4 Trillion Market Value, Joining Nvidia and Microsoft
Apple’s market capitalization briefly surpassed $4 trillion just after opening today, making it the third public company to reach that figure. Nvidia reached $4 trillion back in July and is creeping closer to $5 trillion, while Microsoft also hit $4 trillion that same month before dropping down to a $3.9 trillion valuation, but it too …
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Get 70% Off Apple Watch Solo/Braided Loops at Woot Before The Sale Ends This Week
Woot this week is still hosting a big sale on Solo Loop and Braided Solo Loop bands for Apple Watch, with as much as 70 percent off these accessories. This sale is set to end on Friday, October 31. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link …
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Toyota BEVs Gain Support for Apple Maps EV Routing
Toyota has announced that its 2023 and newer battery electric vehicles (BEV) in the United States are adopting Apple Maps EV routing in CarPlay, a feature that will direct Toyota BEV owners to nearby electric vehicle charging facilities. The Apple Maps EV Routing option will allow Toyota BEV users to plan travel routes that include …
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Spotify Launches Redesigned Apple TV App With Music Videos, Podcasts
Spotify has launched a redesigned Apple TV app that the company says has been “rebuilt from the ground up for a faster, smarter, more visual experience.” The new features include a brand new, refreshed design for tvOS 26, as well as two formats previously exclusive to the mobile version of the app – video podcasts …
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Another Vehicle Brand Gaining iPhone Car Keys Support
Apple is preparing to bring support for its digital car key feature to Jetour vehicles, according to evidence uncovered on Apple’s backend by MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris. Introduced in 2022, Car Keys allows an iPhone or Apple Watch to unlock a vehicle through the Wallet app. A digital version of a car key is stored …
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iPhone 18 Said to Use Simpler Camera Control Button Design
Apple is working to simplify the Camera Control button’s design on the iPhone 18 in order to reduce costs, claims an established Chinese leaker. The current Camera Control button on iPhone 17 models uses both capacitive and pressure sensors beneath a sapphire crystal surface. The capacitive layer detects touch gestures, while the force sensor recognizes …
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Apple’s Services Revenue Expected to Top $100 Billion for First Time
Apple’s services business is expected to hit $100 billion in annual revenue for the first time this year, reports the Financial Times. Apple’s services unit is expected to deliver annual revenues of $108.6 billion in the year to last month, which is up around 13 percent from the previous year. That’s according to analysts’ estimates …
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20th Anniversary iPhone May Replace Mechanical Buttons With Haptics
For the 20th anniversary iPhone due in 2027, Apple is developing a solid-state button system as a wholesale replacement for the device’s traditional mechanical buttons. That’s the latest claim from Weibo account “Instant Digital,” and it’s not the first of its kind from the Chinese leaker. Back in 2022, several reports suggested Apple intended to …
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WhatsApp Will Soon Let You Manage Storage on a Per-Chat Basis
WhatsApp is developing a feature that will let users micro-manage the storage taken up by shared files in individual chat threads, greatly expanding the current storage management tools offered by the Meta-owned app. In its existing form, WhatsApp lets you manage storage globally by going to Settings ➝ Storage and Data ➝ Manage Storage, where …
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