Lukáš Gondek Google as a search engine in iOS and lost billions, BMW rejected speculations about cooperation with Apple to produce an electric car, and Apple's new music service is supposed to be a paid affair only.
Google could lose billions by losing the default search engine in iOS (3/3)
The deal between Google and Apple that makes Google the default search engine for Safari is set to expire in the coming months, and could cost Google as much as $7,8 billion, or 10 percent of its gross revenue. However, if we assume that at least half of iOS users will return to Google on their own, and subtract the amount that Google has to pay Apple, we come to a loss of 3 percent, which would not be such a big problem for Google. Apple and Google are competitors in various areas, so it will be interesting to see if Apple now negotiates an agreement with, for example, Yahoo (which is interested) or Bing (which is already searching for Siri).
Source: Apple Insider
Security in Apple Stores will now be employed directly by Apple (March 3)
In the United States last year, there were several protests by security workers at Apple Stores who demanded that they have the same rights and benefits as other Apple employees. Apple negotiated the security with the help of a third party, and its members were never directly employees of the Californian company. An Apple spokesperson has now announced that Apple will enter into a contract with most of these employees, which will give them benefits such as health insurance, pension insurance or maternity leave.
Source: Cult Of Mac
The court approved a 415 million settlement in the employee drag-out case (March 4)
The $415 million offered by Apple, Google or Adobe to settle with employees affected by an illegal non-hiring agreement between the companies has been approved by a court as sufficient compensation. This amount is almost 100 million more than the initially offered 324 million dollars, which was rejected by the judge last year as insufficient. Both sides now have three months to raise objections before the amount is officially confirmed.
Source: The Verge
BMW refused to cooperate with Apple on the production of an electric car (5/3)
According to a BMW spokesperson, the German automaker is still in contact with IT and telecommunications companies, but only to connect cars with mobile systems. In no case is he said to be working with Apple on the development of a new electric car. The speculation of the German newspaper was thus refuted Car engine and sport, which proposed that BMW would build the electric car itself for Apple, and the California company would develop the operating system for it and sell it in select Apple Stores.
Source: MacRumors
Apple's new music service will reportedly not offer free listening (March 6)
Apple wants to help artists and music labels by not giving away its revamped version of Beats Music for free. After the trial period, users would have to switch to a subscription, which should be two dollars cheaper than, for example, a Spotify subscription. In exchange, labels should give him access to the latest records and tracks first, before they arrive on services like Spotify, Rdio or Pandora. The head of Universal Music confirmed last month that Apple wants to "accelerate paid subscriptions". Artists such as Beyoncé or Taylor Swift, who did not make their albums available to streaming services, could probably agree with such a system.
Source: Cult Of Mac
Japan Display Builds $1,4B Factory Just for Apple (6/3)
In order to keep up with the ever-increasing demand for iPhones, Apple had to sign a contract with Japan Display to build a $1,4 billion factory that will be used solely to produce displays for Apple's smartphones. Japan Display will most likely become the main supplier of displays for Apple. The new factory will increase LCD capacity by 20 percent and could start shipping displays next year.
Source: Reuters
A week in a nutshell
With the upcoming event at which Apple will reveal all the details about the Apple Watch, that already they got prestigious design award, we are slowly learning interesting information about the first apple watch. With Apple Watch on hand not for example, taking your iPhone out of your pocket so often, not even when paying with Apple Pay, that at a basketball game he described Eddy Cue himself.
The watch is also already there tested by some developers who had the chance to play with them in heavily guarded labs. But the news last week also concerned iPhones. Apple does stole in the last quarter, the largest smartphone manufacturer in the world and its successful campaign "Photographed by an iPhone" promotes Worldwide.
The most used brand in Hollywood blockbusters stole also Apple. Adoption of iOS 8 last week finally she achieved 75 percent and the European Court ruled that e-books they don't fall to a lower VAT rate.
