Here are some of the top Apple stories from this week.
° The first generation HomeView hasn’t arrived yet, but Apple is already planning a follow-up (and bigger version), according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman.
° Apple is cracking down even harder on potential porno material on the App Store.
° Shipping dates for the HomeView and new Apple TV 4K continue to slip into the future.
° Verizon will charge customers US$10 per month for the iPhone Handoff feature that Apple added in iOS 27.
° Apple has hired Scott Tucker, a longtime deputy general counsel and litigation chief at Meta, as its new general counsel.
° Apple has scooped up AI audio editing firm Samplab.
° China smartphone shipments hit a 14-year low, but Huawei and Apple have bucked the trend.
° iPhone sales India declined 20% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2026.
° The first touchable Mac laptop may be revealed at a “Pro and Tell” event next week.
° Taction still wants more moolah from Apple after winning a $5.7 billion dollar lawsuit.
° Apple is limiting the number of iPhone Duo units you can pre-order to two per customer.
° Apple has announced new and expanded partnerships with American companies that are supplying critical materials and components for iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro.
° Apple has made the top list Most Prestigious Internships list from Vault.
° The second generation iPhone Duo will purportedly add Face ID.
° Apple’s PC shipments declined 11% year-over-year, but it now has 9.8% market share, up from 8.7% a year earlier.
° Apple has added a beta Intelligent Assistant to Pages, Keynote, and Numbers for iOS 2— at least for Apple Creator Studio subscribers.
° Apple’s OLED touchscreen MacBook Pro may face a $300 to $500 price hike to “protect their profits” from RAMageddon.”
