Apple’s AirTag relies on a feature no competitor can match: One billion iPhones
Users can attach Apple’s newest gadget, AirTag, to valuables like keys or a backpack, and locate where it is on a live map inside Apple’s built-in Find My software when it’s lost.AirTag’s most important differentiating feature isn’t the technology inside the $29 coin-sized stainless steel gadget. It’s other people’s iPhones.The product represents a new frontier for Apple: using its install base of over 1 billion iPhones as infrastructure to build services that its competitors can’t.On Tuesday,Ap
‘We’re all afraid’ of Google and Apple, app makers tell Congress
App makers who rely on mobile distribution from Apple and Google complained of the platforms’ gatekeeper power that has allowed them to maintain strong grip over their businesses.The hearing brought together representatives from Apple with Google as well as several of their most outspoken critics: Tinder-owner Match Group, Tile and Spotify.Match Group’s chief legal officer accused Google of calling to threaten the company the day before.“We’re all afraid” Match Group Chief Legal Officer Jared Si