Amazon discounts Apple Studio Display to $1,299 to pair with new Mac deals

By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) Amazon has introduced a fresh price drop on the Apple Studio Display for February, along with steeper price drops on MacBooks and the M4 Mac mini that deliver up to $410 off.Save $300 on the Apple Studio Display.Expanding your screen real estate just got a little cheaper thanks to Amazon’s $300 price cut on the Apple Studio Display. Pick up the 27-inch 5K Retina display for as low as $1,299.99. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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Apple to drop prepaid multi-year AppleCare+, but keep subscription option

By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) Apple products will continue to come with a year of AppleCare included in the purchase, but the company reportedly intends to move its extended AppleCare+ plan to a subscription-only model.AppleCare logo — Image credit: AppleA new report claims that Apple will stop offering extended AppleCare plans at retail worldwide, including its own Apple Stores. The AppleCare+ subscription option will continue to be offered online, as it has since 2019.The shift is expected to take place before the end of February 2025. Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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Apple prepares to launch Confetti calendar invite system at employees for testing

By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Apple’s secretive event and meeting invite app is advancing in development, with an internal iCloud deployment within the company expected as early as the week of February 3.Calendar app could get ‘Confetti’The second developer beta of iOS 18.3 included references to an unreleased internal app for dealing with event scheduling. Now, it appears Apple is preparing to launch an internal trial of the app in the near future.Apple intends to introduce an app based on iCloud that will allow employees to invite others to events and meetings, reports Bloomberg’s newsletter on Sunday. The app is reportedly codenamed “Confetti,” a relatively festive name that plays on the whole invitation concept. Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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