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Apple is beta testing a Managed App Distribution (MAD) system that could potentially support app sideloading on iPhones in Europe. App sideloading refers to the ability to download apps from third-party sources outside of Apple's App Store. The MAD system is currently being developed for enterprise and educational customers to distribute apps to employees or students. While Apple has expressed concerns about the security and privacy risks of app sideloading, it is working on a system that could potentially allow for this practice while still protecting its users. The details of how third-party app stores would work within this system are still unclear, but it is likely that Apple would require some form of registration and potentially charge a fee for commercial app distribution. [Extracted from the article]

Apple is preparing to allow sideloading of software from third-party app stores in Europe, according to statements buried within its recent financial filing. This move is in response to the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA), which requires Apple to open up the App Store to rivals. While Apple has previously argued against these proposals, its latest statement suggests it may now be conceding the point. The DMA could also eventually force Apple to open up to payments from third-party services, open up its messaging apps, and be forbidden from shipping preloaded apps. However, the actual impact on Apple's business may be relatively slight, as consumers overwhelmingly prefer the App Store for its security and convenience. The move to compulsory support for sideloading could also shrink the app market, as consumers become less interested in obtaining apps from less secure and more complex sources. The effects of this change will be seen in Europe next spring. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc.'s digital wallet is expanding in Europe just as regulators crack down on the tech giant's move into financial services. Swiss mobile payment app Twint contacted regulators because Apple's wallet app kept automatically launching when customers tried to use Twint's QR-based app at payment terminals. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. joined Europe's booming market for green bonds with one of the largest-ever corporate issues of environmentally-friendly debt in the region. Apple's six-year bonds are yielding 15 basis points over mid-swaps while the 12-year securities carry a premium of 30 basis points. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. is joining Europe's booming market for green bonds with one of the largest-ever corporate issues of environmentally-friendly debt in the region. Apple's six-year bonds will yield 15 basis points over mid-swaps while the 12-year securities will have a premium of 30 basis points, the person familiar said. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. is joining Europe's booming market for green bonds, with its first euro-denominated debt offering, more than two years after its last environmentally-friendly debt issuance in the U.S. Apple's six-year bonds are expected to yield about 45 basis points over mid-swaps while the 12-year securities will have a premium of about 60 basis points, the person said. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- European banks are now collectively worth less than Apple Inc. Treichl chalked up some of the difficulties to European policy makers being unable to come up with common rules that would enable development of debt markets and allow banks to securitize more loans. [Extracted from the article]

This article discusses the difficulties that the Apple computer company faces marketing its iPhone cellular phone and handheld computer in Europe. Industry analysts from Strategy Analytics estimate that the iPhone is selling below expectations, and many of the carriers selling the phones in Europe are cutting their prices in order to move stock. The unique contract to sell the iPhone, in which Apple receives a portion of the usage fees from cellular carriers, is also discussed.

The article discusses Apple Inc.'s trouble in the European market. European consumer advocates are taking aim at the digital-rights-management (DRM) software iTunes. The software was designed to stop piracy, per request of music labels. Investigations are underway across Europe to determine whether or not the software is unfair. Comparisons to Microsoft's European legal woes are mentioned.

This article presents information about the European Union's (EU) efforts to break up monopolies of some U.S. technology companies. The EU's antitrust agency will make a decision soon about whether or not Microsoft will be fined for refusing to tell competitors about how Windows works. Norway, Sweden, and Denmark have given Apple a deadline to explain why iTunes downloads don't play on non-iPod devices.

Apple Inc.'s European suppliers, including Dialog Semiconductor Plc and AMS AG, fell in early Thursday trading after the U.S. technology giant slashed its revenue outlook for the first time in two decades. "Expect a ton of Apple supplier warnings in coming days", Neil Campling, analyst at Mirabaud, said in emailed comments. [Extracted from the article]

Stock futures are slightly lower, 10-year yields are pressing lows at ~2.93%, and the dollar is higher ahead of the jobs and wage data. If we get a scorching hot wage number, will 10-year yields shoot back up to 3% on inflation fears and spook stocks off a cliff (flashback from the early Feb meltdown in the markets)? 7:30am -- CBOE, CELG earnings; BABA earnings call. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on several entrepreneurs which are changing Europe's media and marketing innovation in 2018 including Mostafa Amin, Mohamed Khairat, Charlie Northcott and Jamie Bolding. It mentions that Jamie Bolding founded his digital media and marketing firm Jungle Creations which is having clients like Disney and Apple. It also mentions that Northcott acted as a launch producer for BBC Pidgin, the first international news site to serve Pidgin English speakers.

The article reports that consumer electronics giant Apple Inc. plans to invest 1.9 billion dollars in two data centers in Europe that will power Apple's online services for customers across Europe.

The article reports on the legal battle between Apple Inc. and Samsung. In August 2011, Apple filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung in Europe and another suit seeking to have Samsung's GalaxyTab 10.1 banned in the Netherlands. In retaliation, Samsung also sued Apple in Germany. The article suggests that the conflict will not end anytime because both companies are keen on keeping their market share in Europe and the U.S.

The article offers information on the determined nature of Steve jobs, Chief executive officer of Apple Inc. It mentions about his vision of creating smaller world for people with electronic gadgets. It further mentions the contribution of Jobs and discusses about the future of social democracy in Europe.

The article reports on mobile network companies in Europe which are banking on Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPad computer, to provide a launchpad for mobile television along with new revenue streams. As reported, despite high cell phone usage in Europe, the mobile television rollout in the region has been slow. Robert Fable, head of mobile services at software application developing company RTL Interactive of RTL Networks Inc., says that the network plans to launch an iPad-ready application in 2010.

Apple "Picked on" by Europe, Irish Billionaire O'Brien Says European authorities target Apple in tax loopholes crackdown The European Commission ruled last month that Apple should pay as much as $14.5 billion in back taxes to Ireland, claiming the country breached EU state-aid rules to attract investment from the world's wealthiest company. [Extracted from the article]

Apple, which has said it will appeal an adverse ruling, is being scrutinized by regulators who have accused the iPhone maker of using subsidiaries in Ireland to avoid paying taxes on revenue generated outside the U.S. The senators said the companies may be facing "discriminatory taxation" and that the U.S. government should consider retaliatory measures if European tax authorities follow through with their actions against Apple and others. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses Apple Inc.'s trouble in the European market. European consumer advocates are taking aim at the digital-rights-management (DRM) software iTunes. The software was designed to stop piracy, per request of music labels. Investigations are underway across Europe to determine whether or not the software is unfair. Comparisons to Microsoft's European legal woes are mentioned.

The article reports that technology company Apple plans to to open data centers in Europe that run on renewable energy by 2017 and notes that the data center will offer a wide variety of Apple services like iTunes Store, iMessage text messaging service, and Apple Maps to European customers.

The article reports on the plan of consumer electronics manufacturer Apple Inc. to open two data centers in Europe that will run on renewable energy. It is inferred that the data centers will host Apple services for its European customers, enabling it to avoid export users' data to the U.S. or other data protection regimes. The data centers are planned to be located in Ireland and Denmark.

The article offers the author's view on the Apple Pay mobile payment and digital wallet service from consumer electronics firm Apple Inc. as well as its deployment in Europe. She mentions a comment from "The Guardian" newspaper columnist Oliver Burkeman who pointed out his concern on its payment process. She also notes its application of near-field communications (NFC) technology and impact on mobile operators.

The article reports on smartphone sales data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, a firm which manages consumer panels, which shows global smartphone manufacturers Apple and Samsung are facing competition from small smartphone manufacturers such as Huawei and Wiko in the European smartphone market as of May 2014. Topics discussed include the impact of the competition, the growth achieved by Huawei and Wiko, and Great Britain's smartphone market which is least fragmented market.

The article reports that Android remains the most popular mobile operating system in Europe in the 1st quarter of 2014 with a 70.7 per cent share, according to smartphone sales figures from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. It states that Android was in the number one position in various European markets including, Great Britain, Germany, and France. It adds that Apple's iOS was in second position at 19.2 per cent, followed by Windows Phone with an 8.1 per cent share.

The article discusses a court case wherein Germany's Federal Patent Court invalidated an Apple photo-management patent due to prior art, highlighting the difference between U.S. and European patent law. It explains that the late Steve Jobs of Apple disclosed the technology during a keynote months before the patent was filed in Europe in June 2007. It notes that European patent law does not have a 12-month grace period after which public disclosure would constitute prior art.

The article reports that the information technology (IT) company Apple Inc. faces competition for the iWatch trademark in Europe. It states that several companies in the European Union have staked claims on the iWatch brand. It notes that the Italian company Probendi owned the trademark and uses it for a mobile phone application. It mentions that the British company AIO Distribution also filed for the iWatch trademark in December 2012.

The article reports that Apple has made a request in documents filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). It states that Apple requested that Samsung Electronics should remove its demands for bans on imports of their products in the U.S. like it did in Europe. It further notes that Apple filed the notice with ITC on the same day the European Commission announced Samsung may be breaching European antitrust laws.

The article reports on the issues concerning the infringing products introduced by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and the explosions of its Galaxy S III smartphones in the U.S., Europe and Australia. It states that the company's revenue streams were affected by such issues, and cites the potential ban on the sale of Samsung's products in different countries. Moreover, the company received an injunction from U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh for infringing Apple Inc.'s intellectual property.

The article discusses the latest flare-up in Europe's debt crisis which weighed heavily on the stocks worldwide as U.S. equities cut their losses as soon as exchanges across the Atlantic closed. One of the biggest issues faced by Europe is a slowdown in global growth that drove policymakers to constantly rework efforts to stabilize countries like Greece and Spain. It indicates weak stocks in the technology sector with Microsoft as the worst performer in the Dow while Apple fell 0.5%.

The author discusses the need for Europe-based chip company STMicroelectronics NV to sell its ST-Ericsson to a Chinese company due to 800 million dollars debt of ST-Ericsson. The author says that an acquisition by Intel Corp. or Apple Inc. may serve as the best solution to keep the firm's jobs and technologies. He states that the sale's geopolitical nature shall not be underestimated for it may represent the loss of credibility for Europe and the west.

The article presents Morgan Stanley Smith Barney managing director Marshall V. Kaplan's remarks at the November 2011 Forbes Investment Roundtable discussion, in which he talks about selecting bottom-up stocks. He describes how Europe seems to be predominantly influencing U.S. stock prices. He also recommends identifying long-term structural winners or financially-healthy companies, such as Apple Inc., that can grow regardless of the macro context.

The article considers the life of the deceased Apple co-founder Steve Jobs as a reminder that the U.S. would not go the way of Europe, whose ailing economy is larger than the U.S. He commends Jobs for changing the commercial landscape with his technological innovations. He believes that Jobs is but one member of a fraternity of brilliant, entrepreneurial and creative American men whose eventual passing will be a worldwide event. He cites the talent disparity between the U.S. and Europe.

The article reports on the high trading of Apple stocks on September 19, 2011, which hit 413.23 U.S. dollars intraday and closed at 411.63 U.S. dollars. Technology stocks helped the stock market after the European community questioned the Greek government on its spending cuts and tax increases. Financial stocks reportedly suffered the most during the day with Citigroup dropping 4.4% while Morgan Stanley fell by 7.9%.

The article reports on the plan of Apple to increase production of its iPhone by 4.5 million units to 28.3 million by the fiscal third quarter of 2011. FBR analyst Craig Berger said the increase in production is a resurrection of the iPhone 3GS which was launched in July 2009 to meet the demand of U.S. and European carriers for a low-cost device. Berger also mentioned plans to introduce an iPad 2 Plus device.

The article reports on Apple Inc.'s record-setting Mac and iPhone sales in the U.S. and overseas. The company had recession-defying financial performance with 4.3 billion dollars in sales in the U.S. in 2009. With a market share of more than 30 percent, particularly interesting example of Apple's European success is provided by Switzerland.