During an interview at this year’s WSJD Live conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced Apple TV will be available for purchase next Monday and should start shipping out to buyers at the end of the week.
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Apple Music at 6.5M paid users, more than 15M total, says Tim Cook
On stage at the second annual WSJD Live conference on Monday, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed Apple Music now has more than 15 million users, including 8.5 million in the paid tier, but stayed mum on Apple Watch sales numbers and rumored car project.
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Apple Maps integrates select Amtrak routes, Boston area transit directions
One month after Apple debuted transit directions in its Apple Maps service, the company on Monday added train arrival and departure data for select Amtrak routes, as well as local support for Boston.
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U.S. to make drone registration mandatory for certain models
The U.S. Department of Transportation in cooperation with the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday announced the formation of a task force charged with the creation of a registration process for unmanned aircraft systems, otherwise known as drones.
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Uber deploys fleet of mapping cars to collect street-level imaging data
App-based ridesharing service Uber is using a fleet of vehicles to collect street-level mapping data, with the goal of improving routing and ETA data, a company spokesperson confirmed on Monday.
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iPhone 6s & 6s Plus preorders sell out within 30 minutes in Samsung’s home of South Korea
The first batch of South Korean preorders for the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus sold out within minutes on Monday at the country’s three major cellphone carriers, setting a blockbuster pace ahead of Friday’s official launch.
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Apple’s Tim Cook to join group of corporate leaders tackling Chinese environmental problems
Apple CEO Tim Cook is joining the CEO Council for Sustainable Urbanization, a group formed by the Paulson Institute and the China Center for International Economic Exchanges in order to divert the environmental impact of China’s urban growth.
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Week in review video: New iMacs, MacBook screen problems, ‘spaceship’ Campus 2 update & more
We’ve packed all the Apple news you need to know into our fast-paced, 120-second show, including info on the new iMacs, the new MacBook Pro display recall, and much more. It features the hot stories and exclusive stories that will give you conversational ammo for this week’s water cooler discussion.
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International growth fueled Apple smartphone share gains before iPhone 6s launch
Ahead of the launch of the iPhone 6s, Apple saw continued market share gains across most of the world’s largest smartphone markets, according to the latest sales data from Kantar Worldpanel.
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3rd-party ad APIs from China illegally collected data from hundreds of App Store titles
Apple has removed numerous apps from the App Store following the discovery that a third-party advertising SDK — developed by Chinese firm Youmi — was using private APIs to record user information in violation of official App Store guidelines.
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