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The iPhone is pandemic-proof. That’s the takeaway from a new research report from Gartner, which found Apple’s flagship smartphone saw sales hold steady in the second quarter — even as rivals saw major declines and global smartphone sales were down more than 20 percent. Apple moved 38.3 million iPhone units — including its iPhone 11 …

Apple’s ban of “Fortnite” from its App Store has led opportunistic sellers to try to make a quick buck. Listings of iPhones loaded with the wildly popular, battle royale game have flooded eBay this week. A search for the term “Fortnite iPhone” brought up more than 675 results at the auction site, many of them asking …

Apple is finally loosening up its tightly-controlled repair program to allow independent repair shops to fix Macs. The iPhone-maker — which until last year only allowed certain non-Apple partners access to company training and official parts — will provide training and official parts to a slew of smaller, independent shops as sales of its flagship …

Mega-popular battle royale game “Fortnite” has been booted from the App Store after launching an in-app payment system that allowed it to circumvent Apple’s stiff 30-percent fees. The move effectively bars any new downloads of “Fortnite” onto iPhones or iPads, as the App Store is the only way to download new software onto Apple devices. …

Apple is reportedly preparing a number of packages which would bundle its subscription services at a discount. The bundles, which the iPhone maker is internally calling “Apple One,” according to Bloomberg, will launch alongside Apple’s new family of iPhones this fall. The goal of the bundles — the most basic of which pairs Apple Music …

Apple is putting its longtime marketing boss out to pasture. Phil Schiller, who has been with the company since 1987 and was a trusted lieutenant of Steve Jobs, is departing his role as senior vice president of worldwide marketing and will instead be an “Apple Fellow,” the company said in a blog post. Schiller will …

The work-from-home trend helped Apple boost sales by 11 percent last quarter — and now it’s reducing its stock price by 75 percent to attract new investors. The iPhone maker on Thursday reported earnings per share of $2.58 on revenue of $59.7 billion, beating the Street’s expectations of $2.04 on sales of $52.2 billion. Apple …

Apple is reportedly delaying a fall launch event for its next batch of iPhones to the “latter half of October.” The tech giant was forced to push back its traditional September keynote address due to production delays caused by the coronavirus, according to a tech blog. Apple is now on track to release its 5G …

A security guard had to buy Johnny Depp’s phone off a homeless man after Amber Heard threw it off a balcony — costing him $425 and “three chicken tacos,” a UK court heard Thursday. The actress threw her husband’s iPhone in rage after a fight on her 30th birthday — then begged their LA building’s …

Apple on Wednesday was handed a major victory by Europe’s second-highest court, which rejected a European Union order for the tech giant to pay $15 billion in back taxes. It is the culmination of a tax battle that has been raging since 2016, when the European Commission ruled that Apple had artificially reduced its tax …