By news@appleinsider.com (Stephen Robles) For the first time since March 2020 all 270 Apple Stores in the US are now open in some capacity. AppleInsider has visited a few stores in the last few weeks, and the experience is radically different than what it was a year ago, or even when the stores reopened for the first time.Entrance to the Brandon, Florida Apple StoreOver the past year, my local Apple Store found in the Westfield Brandon Town Center mall has remained open save for only a few sporadic weeks. While I haven’t had much need to visit in-person over the past year, two faulty …
By news@appleinsider.com (AppleInsider Staff) Apple and Google are ramping up lobbying efforts against an Arizona bill that would allow developers to use third-party in-app payments methods, bypassing the tech giants’ 15% or 30% cut of digital sales.Arizona State Rep. Regina Cobb, a co-sponsor of the HB2005 amendment, told Protocol that Apple and Google began …
By news@appleinsider.com (AppleInsider Staff) After dragging its feet for nearly three months, Google on Monday continued a slow rollout of updates to its flagship iOS apps that includes Apple’s mandated privacy “nutrition” labels.New versions of …
By news@appleinsider.com (Mikey Campbell) Apple is rumored to be developing two MagSafe battery pack models for iPhone 12, one of which could support reverse charging, or accepting power from iPhone, while on the go.Serial leaker …
