Apple reportedly tested search ads in Maps in bid to expand advertising business Ads could come to the Maps, Podcasts and Books apps. I. Bonifacic @igorbonifacic Engadget Apple may be planning to bring ads to more of its first-party apps. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the company has conducted internal tests of a version … Continue reading Search ads could arrive in Apple Maps as early as next year
Apple tells corporate employees to return to the office by mid-April By late May, workers will need to be in the office at least three days a week. K. Holt @krisholt Carlos Barria / reuters Apple’s corporate employees will soon be making a gradual return to the office, two years after the COVID-19 pandemic … Continue reading Apple requires employees to work out of its offices thrice a week starting in September
Facebook runs full-page newspaper ads to attack iOS 14 privacy changes Small businesses will suffer if they can’t use targeted ads, the company argues. N. Summers @nisummers Dado Ruvic / reuters Facebook is using full-page newspaper ads to criticize an upcoming Apple policy that will give iPhone and iPad customer the choice over whether … Continue reading Apple reportedly tried to partner with Facebook to get a cut of its revenue
Google Details Media Buys For Apple ‘Get The Message’ Campaign by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, August 11, 2022 Google has expanded on the details of its Get The Message campaign targeted at Apple that launched earlier this week. It addresses the green and blue bubbles problem in text messages as well as other common … Continue reading Google Details Media Buys For Apple ‘Get The Message’ Campaign
By Kaitlyn McInnis August 07, 2022 If you’re scrolling through this article on your iPhone screen or MacBook—you owe a lot to former Apple chief design officer Jony Ive. The award-winning industrial designer has had a hand in just about every Apple product to date, having spent more than 20 years working in direct … Continue reading What is Jony Ive, former Apple chief designer, doing now?
By Michael Grothaus August 01, 2022 The metaverse is not yet upon us, but companies are already cutting back on hiring in the sector. That’s according to a report from Bloomberg, which highlights a study by Revelio Labs, which showed that postings for jobs relating to the “metaverse” declined by a whopping 81% between … Continue reading ‘Metaverse’ job openings are down 81% as Facebook, Apple, and Google roll back hiring
By Michael Grothaus July 29, 2022 If you’re an investor in tech stocks, this week has been rocky—and that rockiness continued on from the week prior, too. Until (August 12, 2022) it seemed as if most tech stocks were doomed. A brief recap: Snap (SNAP): Last Thursday, the Snapchat maker missed on EPS and … Continue reading Amazon and Apple stocks rise, helping Big Tech’s mixed earnings week close on a positive note
Apple Job Board Openings Suggest It’s Building Out Its Ad Business by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, August 3, 2022 Recent postings on its job board indicate Apple may be looking to beef up its advertising business. Two new posts describe Apple’s drive to hire experienced executives to build a mobile demand-side platform (DSP), and manage projects for … Continue reading Apple Job Board Openings Suggest It’s Building Out Its Ad Business
How Apple IDFAs Still Affect Advertising by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, July 29, 2022 PubMatic looked at the Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) opt-in rates after Apple introduced it. The company noticed that rates have stabilized for the most part, but there are several app categories where the market continues to rapidly change. iOS 14.5+ … Continue reading How Apple IDFAs Still Affect Advertising
Apple Pay illegally profited by walling off contactless payments, lawsuit alleges Iowa’s Affinity Credit Union, the plaintiff, is accusing Apple of anti-competitive behavior. A. Khalid @askhalid Dado Ruvic / reuters A proposed class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of payment card issuers accuses Apple of illegally profiting from Apple Pay and breaking antitrust laws. … Continue reading Apple Pay illegally profited by walling off contactless payments, lawsuit alleges
