Apple credit card: Visa and Amex supposedly in direct competition

Apple credit card: Visa and Amex supposedly in direct competition

Apple has apparently found at least two companies that want to take on parts of the tasks for the Apple Card: Both American Express (AMEX) and Visa are arguing According to a report by Wall Street Journal Therefore, to include the iPhone group’s credit card into your network. Apple’s current partner, the Bankhaus Goldman Sachs … Read more

Redesign of Apple Mail: Automatic categories donate confusion

Redesign of Apple Mail: Automatic categories donate confusion

With the latest updates, Apple has redesigned the email client pre-installed on iPhones, iPads and Macs: In iOS 18.4, Ipados 18.4 and MacOS 15.4 Sequoia, Apple Mail automatically sorts all emails in four categories. As a result, emails can apparently disappear from the inbox, as some users complain about. The reason is that Apple Mail … Read more

Foldables: Market should shrink – does Apple 2026 bring the comeback?

Foldables: Market should shrink - does Apple 2026 bring the comeback?

The market for foldables is quite special: the smartphones with foldable OLED screen, which at first glance appear very futuristic, have only been available with Android operating system and they are often quite expensive- 1600 euros and more (from € 1599) Interested parties for current models. However, the business has not really got going: Last … Read more

Update withdrawn: Apple makes Watchos 11.4 disappear

Update withdrawn: Apple makes Watchos 11.4 disappear

Updates for all devices, but one thing is missing: Apple has provided iOS 18.4, Ipados 18.4, MacOS 15.4 and TVOS 18.4, HomePod OS 18.4 and Visionos 2.4 for download yesterday evening, but apparently forgotten the new operating system for the Apple Watch. Watchos 11.4 was generally expected and had long since been released as a … Read more

Endpoint Security: Apple secures TCC framework better

Endpoint Security: Apple secures TCC framework better

Apple has submitted an important security function with the update to MacOS 15.4, which was released on Monday, the administrators should be interested in: In the future, so-called TCC events can also be recorded by endpoint security tools. The latter are used in particular in companies to prevent users from installing, installing malware or building … Read more

Apple’s tracking demand in iOS: France sees a distortion of competition

Apple's tracking demand in iOS: France sees a distortion of competition

France’s competition authority has plunged a penalty of 150 million euros for an iOS function, which is intended to create more transparency in advertising tracking through apps. Apple’s framework “App Tracking Transparency” (Att) itself is not problematic, but the implementation is “abusive in the sense of competition law”, the authorité de la Concurrence announced on … Read more

Violations of EU rules: supposedly only low punishments for Apple and Meta

Violations of EU rules: supposedly only low punishments for Apple and Meta

Apple and Meta are the first penalties for alleged violations of the EU Act on Digital Markets (Digital Markets Act, DMA). Competitional authorities will instruct Apple to change certain app store rules and impose a “minimal” punishment against the group. The Financial Times reports on Friday People familiar with the decision. Meta must be “agreed … Read more