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News items you should check out: May 4

Since I can’t cover everything, here are some recommended articles from other websites:

Since I can’t cover everything, I’ll often direct your attention to articles of interest. To wit:

° From MacRumors: Apple has added the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 2 to its vintage and obsolete products list, as it has been more than five years since the devices were last offered for sale.

° From DigiTimes: Quanta Computer’s plant in Shanghai, China is gradually resuming its production of Apple’s MacBook products with order pull-ins also slowly turning strong, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.

 ° From AppleInsider: Apple’s App Store revenue saw a jump in the month of April, and investment bank Morgan Stanley says it’s starting to see “green shoots” emerging for the important product segment.

° From 9to5Mac: Apple has started selling refurbished models of the Apple Watch Series 7 in its online store.

° From the Financial Times (a subscription is required to read the enarticle): The British government’s new legislative agenda, due to be set out in the Queen’s Speech next week, will not include a bill to empower the Digital Markets Unit (DMU). 

° From CNBC: Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway’s chairman and CEO, says he scooped up $600 million worth of Apple shares following a three-day decline in the stock last quarter.

° From The Washington Post: Employees at at the Apple retail store in Maryland’s Towsen Mall have launched a drive to unionize.

° From Bloomberg: PayPal Holdings helped spur a format antitrust complaint against Apple and its iPhone payments system by raising concerns with the European Union. 

° From iMore: Beats by Dre has announced the continuation of the HBCU Beats Black Creators Program for 2022.

° From MacVoices Live!: Other World Computing founder Larry O’Connor catches us up on how OWC covers the entire production process, from ingest to editing to storage.

Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.