“Local authorities will be alerted,” cautions a message popping up on the device screens. The looting that took place in the United States and other areas around the world have led to a wave of stolen iPhones. This occurred last week during early protests after George Floyd was pronounced dead while in police custody. Apple has decided to take action against the theft of devices from its burglarized stores. The Apple Stores in Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and Portland were all burglarized. Among the property to have…
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iPhone sales should essentially level off this year
Analysts are predicting that this year will see nearly no growth at all for the Apple smartphone. If there’s anything Apple has never needed to worry about before, it’s been its iPhone sales, as the popularity of the brand has been very strong from the time that the smartphone was first invented. However, analysts are now predicting that this year’s sales growth will be just slightly more than 1 percent. When all is said and done, iPhone sales are remaining nearly flat, this year. That is a massive plummet from…
Read MoreiOS 7.1 release from Apple brings notable improvements
The addition of CarPlay and improvements to Siri will keep iPhone users tinkering for a while. Apple has just released the most recent update to its operating system, as iPhone and iPad users download iOS 7.1 into their mobile devices and discover the new CarPlay as well as some significant improvements to Siri. Among all of the improvements that were made, CarPlay was certainly among the largest. This feature of iOS 7.1 is the infotainment system from Apple that was just announced last week. It is compatible with iPhone 5,…
Read MoreHoliday shopping research shows Apple devices account for 9 out of 10 mobile purchases
This year more than ever before, retailers have benefitted from holiday shopping that has been done through mobile devices and, according to this year’s RichRelevance study on the subject, 90 percent of the purchases came from iPhones and iPad devices. The results of the study also suggested that there is no end to the mobile shopping trend anywhere in the near future. In fact, it is predicted that it will only accelerate due to the fact that there are already over 24 million tablet users and 90 million smartphone users…
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