MacBook Air M2 Vs. MacBook Air M1 (2022) – Detail & Specifications

Despite his position as one of Apple's top managers, it took no more than two sentences in a short video until it was deemed necessary for him to clear his desk. A slightly modified film quote became the "Blevinator's" doom.

The Apple Card is celebrating its third birthday in The United States this month. Despite statements from Apple that the card was soon to make its way over to other countries, the situation has become relatively quiet. It's likely to still take some time until we see the card in other countries.

According to a new report, Apple and Facebook negotiated between 2016 and 2018 concerning an ad-free subscription model for the social network. However, both parties failed to come to an agreement concerning this and other matters.

With word of a new, more affordable Netflix subscription model in the works, it's still unknown exactly how it will work upon release. But now, there's a new important announcement – with Netflix contracting Microsoft to help handle the matter.

Elon Musk, known for Tesla and SpaceX – and a recent publicity stunt to buy out Twitter, has recently backed out of his contractual obligation to purchase the social media company. However, the short messaging service won't let him do so without an appearance in court.

Elon Musk had big plans for the purchase of micro-blogging service Twitter – had being the operative word. Twitter, however, points to the contract the controversial, and maybe even somewhat unstable, CEO signed – with the resulting argument to become a matter for the court.

A short while ago, even Qualcomm was convinced that Apple's ambitious project would lead to a market-ready product in record time after the success of the M1. Things have now changed, as Apple encounters difficulties in the development of its first cellular modem for 2023 and will continue to rely on Qualcomm for the time being.

Apple Pay is getting one feature richer – in this case concerning deferred payments. After financing offers for the Apple Card, Cupertino is now expanding its financial services – although Apple Pay Later also makes other signficant steps.

Things on the desktop market are about to get even more uncomfortable for Intel. Not only is Apple no longer a customer of the company, there are also new competitors entering the playing field. One of these is even convinced that they will be able to build a faster ARM-based chip than Apple.

Barely any CEO earned more money than Tim Cook last year. More than anything else, the executive's shares in Apple accounted for the majority of his earnings and this new statistic. Last year's list of the ten top earning CEOs includes mostly executives from major tech companies.

At one point, Android quickly swept up the market, however, fears that the iPhone could see the same fate as the Macs of many years prior did not become a reality. Instead, a completely different picture has been painted in The USA – with an almost unchallenged market leader.

Yet again, recent coronavirus developments have forced Apple to adapt and implement some new measures – this time 2, to react to the quickly rising numbers in the USA.

At the moment, Netflix is doing fine financially, although some numbers indicate that the company could be headed into deeper waters. To compensate for a dip in subscriptions, Netflix has prepared a few measures – including even advertising.

The Mac Studio has received a lot of praise in tests, and numerous users have expressed their approval or even enthusiasm for Apple's compact workstation in forums and comments. However, critical reports can also be found from time to time. In many cases, the noise development is perceived as unpleasant.

So far, Apple has come through the chip crisis unscathed. The Californian company has lost billions in sales, but its business figures are still impressive. However, the head of Intel is now raising eyebrows: He expects the end of the bottlenecks to be quite a long way off.

Netflix's first quarter for this year didn't go too well and things are likely to get much worse for the company over the next 3 months. The streaming service's stock has taken a hit as investors react to current business figures and pessimistic prognoses. Netflix has already prepared a statement.

The next chapter in the Elon Musk-Twitter saga has arrived. Musk has now voiced his intentions to "purchase" the company to protect "freedom of speech".

Up until just recently Jennifer Waldo was employed by Apple. Now, she's responsible for restructuring plans at Ford – which has already taken another top member from Apple not all that long ago.

Anti-trust authorities in the Netherlands have demanded that Apple allow dating apps to provide users with an alternate means of payment outside of Apple's own system (and 15-30% commission fee). Thus far, Cupertino has only done the bare minimum to comply – the matter is likely to hit the courts soon.

Customers will have to be quite patient for some Apple products, even the massive tech giant Cupertino hasn't been spared from the global chip shortage. Some analysts are starting to question how much Apple might stand to lose from the delays. There should be clarity in a few days.

Will Apple soon be required to allow other app platforms (and thus external app stores) on iPhone and iPad? The US Senate is currently deliberating whether tech companies should be allowed a monopoly on app stores and commissions. Meanwhile, Apple addresses the "sideloading" problem in a letter to the committee.