Apple Music comes to Amazon's Fire TV streamers
People with one of Amazon's Fire TV streamers can now listen to Apple Music, much as they can on Echo speakers.
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Roger Fingas
Editorial: Senator Warren's stance on big tech breakup is dangerous politics
Running for President, Senator Warren proposes plans to break up big technology companies, that ignore real security concerns. You can't apply simplistic solutions to complex problems just because it's politically expedient, and you can't conveniently dance around Apple being included, then bring it in when you're forced to give a soundbite.
William Gallagher and Andrew O'Hara
August's HomeKit support for smart doorbells not coming anytime soon
Once promised, Apple HomeKit isn't coming to August's smart doorbells anytime soon. That includes the newly-announced View, representatives told AppleInsider at the SXSW festival in Austin, Tex.
Amazon delivers more Apple deals: $250-$300 off 2018 13" and 15" MacBook Pros, plus up to $1,000 off 2017 models
In what amounts to the steepest discount available on Apple's quad-core 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, Amazon has issued a $250 price drop on current models, with prices starting at $1,549. Six-core 15-inch MacBook Pros are also on sale, with prices as low as $2,099. Meanwhile, Amazon-owned Woot is discounting 2017 models by up to $1,000.
Christine McKee
Eero promises transparency in collecting analytics data following Amazon buyout
Fresh off its acquisition by Amazon, mesh router maker eero on Tuesday promised to be "upfront and transparent" about analytics data it's collecting from Wi-Fi networks.
Elizabeth Warren confirms Apple is on her big tech breakup list
Speaking at SXSW, presidential candidate and Senator Elizabeth Warren explicitly called out Apple's App Store as one example of what would need to be split away from the company to comply with her big tech breakup plan, if Apple wanted to continue to distribute its own apps and services.
Mike Wuerthele
Elizabeth Warren calls for tech giant breakup, with Apple in the cross-hairs
On Friday, Democratic Senator and 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren advocated for breaking up major tech companies with large services, specifically naming Amazon, Facebook, and Google — but Apple fits in the targeted category as well.
Amazon discounts Apple's Core i7 2017 MacBook Air to $799, 2018 MacBook Air to $999
While supplies last, Amazon is knocking $350 off Apple's Mid 2017 13-inch MacBook Air with an upgraded 2.2GHz Core i7 processor, bringing the price down to $799, a record low. Prefer the latest model? Apple's standard 2018 MacBook Air is also on sale for $999 ($200 off retail). Meanwhile, B&H has MacBook Pros on sale for just $1,099. These deals may end at any time, so don't delay.
Apple breaks with digital music competitors, will not appeal songwriter royalty increase
Major digital music and streaming services Amazon, Google, Pandora and Spotify on Thursday filed separate appeals of a U.S. Copyright Royalty Board ruling that greatly increases royalty rates paid out to songwriters. Apple is conspicuously absent from the list of appellants.
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