Apple’s top App Store exec, Phil Schiller, follows wave of exits as CEO Tim Cook steps down

The longtime executive won’t be leaving Apple just yet but staff at the company say it’s a step closer to Schiller retiring.

Apple’s Phil Schiller hands over App Store and Events to Eddy Cue
Apple’s Phil Schiller hands over App Store and Events to Eddy Cue

Phil Schiller has stepped down from running Apple’s App Store and its product events, Bloomberg reported, keeping his Apple Fellow title as responsibility moves to Eddy Cue’s services division with Carson Oliver running the store day to day. The change…

Tim Cook’s parting message: Apple is in the hands of a product builder

Tim Cook’s farewell memo to Apple employees offers a glimpse at how he wants John Ternus to be seen: as a product builder with deep experience across the iPhone, Mac, AirPods and other major hardware lines

Phil Schiller is leaving his biggest jobs at Apple
Phil Schiller is leaving his biggest jobs at Apple

Longtime Apple executive Phil Schiller is stepping down from his role as the head of the App Store and Apple events, according to a report from Bloomberg. Following the change, Schiller will keep his Apple Fellow title and continue “working on unspecified initiatives,” Bloomberg reports. Schiller initially joined Apple in 1987 and became the company’s […]

Read Tim Cook’s final message to Apple staff as CEO
Read Tim Cook’s final message to Apple staff as CEO

Steve Jobs’ successor carried the torch of the iPhone and built Apple into a global powerhouse with few rivals. Since becoming CEO in 2011, Tim Cook has led the company to become one of the most dominant forces in the daily lives of billions of people. Today is his last day as CEO. We’ll have […]

Apple TV is raising its subscription prices again

Now, Apple TV subscriptions will cost $14.99 per month, up from its previous price of $12.99 per month.

Apple TV now costs $14.99 a month after its fourth price hike in four years
Apple TV now costs $14.99 a month after its fourth price hike in four years

Apple raised the price of its streaming service for new and current subscribers on Friday, bumping it up from $12.99 per month to $14.99, Deadline and Variety are reporting. An annual subscription now costs $119, up from $99. Apple also increased the cost of its individual Apple One subscription, which includes Apple TV and Apple’s […]

Apple TV’s sci-fi thriller Dark Matter gets even trippier in season 2
Apple TV’s sci-fi thriller Dark Matter gets even trippier in season 2

Confusion is a generally accepted side effect of mystery box shows. They slather on secrets with the promise of a satisfying payoff in the end, and sometimes the cast and crew even have a hard time following what’s going on. But even by the standards of the genre, Dark Matter is extreme. Its multiversal premise, […]

Apple confirms its ‘Surprise and shine’ event for 9 September
Apple confirms its ‘Surprise and shine’ event for 9 September

Apple has confirmed that its autumn event will take place on 9 September at 10am Pacific time at Apple Park, under the tagline “Surprise and shine” and an invitation showing a sun rising behind the company logo. The expectation is that it will finally …

IDC expects Apple to ship 10 million foldable iPhones in year one at $2,500
IDC expects Apple to ship 10 million foldable iPhones in year one at $2,500

IDC predicts Apple’s first foldable iPhone will ship more than 10 million units in its first year at a price of $2,500, reviving a category that was heading for a double-digit decline. In the EU the device will have to carry an energy label grading its…