Apple releases iOS 18.4 with Priority notifications for Apple Intelligence, which now has support for eight more languages, and Ambient Music via Control Center
Emojis, News+ Recipes, Visual Intelligence, More! Juli Clover / MacRumors : Apple Releases tvOS 18.4 John Voorhees / MacStories : Apple Updates Its OSes with Mail Parity Across Platforms, Recipes in N...
Many outlets have increased reliance on Apple News+; The Daily Beast is set to make $3M-$4M from it in 2024, and Time says it delivers a 7-figure annual revenue
The Scoop — Like many digital publishers, The Daily Beast was struggling at the end of 2023. Bluesky: @jbaer.bsky.social . X: @racheljanfaza , @jeremyreesnz , @ericdkoch , @michaelroston , @journali...
Sources at publications partnering with Apple News+ say Apple did not tell them about changes that force News+ users into its app instead of to publisher sites
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Samuel Axon / Ars Technica : Tweets: @arctictony See also Mediagazer Tweets: Tony Haile / @arctictony : Woah, I wonder how many publishers in Apple News+ realize that the new iOS14 and MacOS Big Sur ...
In iOS 14, Apple News+ publishers' web links are opened in the Apple News app by default for Apple News+ subscribers, though this feature can be turned off
Apple News in iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur has a toggle that's designed to open web links from Apple News+ publishers directly …
Sources: Apple is asking the publishers participating in Apple News+ for permission to produce audio versions of stories, with Apple handling production costs
Apple News+ is pivoting to audio. — Over the past several months, Apple has been asking the publishers participating …
Sources: Apple signed on 200,000 subscribers to Apple News+ in its first 48 hours in March but has since struggled to add customers
if Apple can't throw traffic and get them subscribers, you think individual pubs will be able to switch to paid models. Too much free stuff out there!!! https://twitter.com/... Jason Snell / @jsnell :...
Apple News+ expands for the first time since launch, to the UK and Australia for £9.99 and AU$14.99 per month respectively, with over 150 publications on board
Juli Clover / MacRumors :
Apple debuts watchOS 5.3, fixing Walkie-Talkie vulnerability, and iOS 12.4 with improvements to Apple News+ and a way to wirelessly migrate data to a new iPhone
Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat :
Report: multiple publishers have been unimpressed with revenue from Apple News+; one said revenue has been one twentieth of what Apple said it would be
Juli Clover / MacRumors : Source: Business Insider .