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Rather than just opening a blank page and starting to type away, what I'm starting to do now is just hit Record on an Apple Note and transcribe the whole thing and just talk for 30 minutes, talk out all of my ideas, and then give that transcript to something like Claude and querying and use that to try to come up with an ultimate proposal. I've been using that for longer form things.

Players can emulate Apple, the gold standard for consumer hardware, software, products, and services integration. mPOS portability and use case expansion drive growth. mPOS solutions offer businesses a portable and affordable turnkey alternative to standalone terminals.

Only the biggest or most insulated platforms have done this, as they鈥檙e confident that overall demand will persist despite the higher CPCs that result; Google, Amazon, and Apple have long facilitated the tactic. By introducing conquesting, Walmart is joining the ranks of eight other retailers, according to The Mars Agency鈥檚 March 2024 Retail Media Report Card.

In a bid for influence, tech leaders risk backlash as they align with Trump, aiming to steer antitrust cases and secure growth opportunities

RTO policies led to an exodus of senior talent at major tech companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Tesla. In advertising, the outcomes are less clear. US adults prefer remote work: 46% of white-collar workers in a Quantum Workplace survey said they鈥檙e more productive when working remotely, and a USA Today survey found that 58% prefer to work remotely 3 days a week.

And others鈥攊ncluding Apple, Target, The Home Depot, and Macy鈥檚鈥攚ill track very slight declines. Temu, TikTok Shop, and Shein are shaking up the agenda. This trifecta of digital disruptors with close ties to China has pioneered new models of retail, gaining significant traction with consumers in the US and around the world. All three are on track for continued rapid growth.

Key Stat: In 2024, nearly two-thirds of US digital ad dollars will go to Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft. As they鈥檝e amassed market share, these Big Tech platforms have attracted the attention of antitrust regulators around the world. Executive Summary. Antitrust law aims to preserve market competition. The two main antitrust laws in the US were enacted over a century ago.

And they make that pretty clear, so does Apple Music. So I think that kind of reckoning is probably coming to streaming services, because frankly, they have not been very transparent about what they actually give people for what they pay. Marcus Johnson (18:27):. So we're talking about the hub, YouTube trying to be the hub of streaming for the household.

License to drive: Several companies have bailed on their own self-driving car plans in the last few years, including Apple, Ford, and Volkswagen. Uber hasn鈥檛 bailed, but it鈥檚 relying on its existing Tesla relationship and many Tesla drivers to stay in the game. Designing and deploying autonomous vehicles can be enormously expensive. Apple鈥檚 attempt cost the company billions of dollars, per NPR.

It鈥檚 also trying to offload its other co-brand, the Apple Card. Is it a good buy for Barclays? The UK-based bank wants to expand its presence in the US credit card market to help boost its share price. All of its US cards are co-brands, and GM will become one of its largest US programs. The GM portfolio will also help Barclays make up for recent co-brand losses.

For example, Revolut鈥檚 Ultra service lets users invest in commodities, like gold and platinum, and buy stock in Google and Apple for reduced trading fees. Sustainable investment allocations and strategies. Given their relative youth, mass affluent consumers share many of millennials鈥� environmental and social justice concerns.

Big Tech (Amazon, Apple, Google, and Meta) is on track to double its share of digital advertising from 30.8% at the beginning of our forecast period in 2008 to 66.8% next year, per our forecast. As a result, a number of antitrust lawsuits from the US and abroad have been filed. At the same time, regulators are working to protect children on digital platforms.

Examples include Apple鈥檚 vision for Apple Intelligence, Microsoft with Copilot, or T-Mobile鈥檚 integration of Perplexity. Similar integrations could transform connected TVs (CTVs) and even connected cars. These operating system agents would have an easier time integrating with data and tools鈥攂ut could also face antitrust questions. Voice-activated devices.

It's kind of in line with Apple and Google, Disney's entertainment division for context posted an operating margin just above 11% and Warner Brothers, Discovery, and Paramount Global are barely profitable on the content side. So 30% margins are unheard of.

That could mean that consumers鈥� preferred financial hub will be owned by the likes of Apple or PayPal, rather than Chase or Bank of America. Becoming distributors could offer incumbents revenue opportunities despite the competition. They provide many services that nonbank rivals cannot independently offer, ensuring continued revenues through API avenues.

(Apple was the number one brand overall). Tesla, the electric vehicle maker, had a 9% drop in brand value. Its Q3 earnings on Wednesday exceeded expectations on a per share basis, but revenue missed slightly at $25.18 billion. Kia, Hyundai, and Toyota achieved double-digit gains in the Interbrands ranking; Ferrari also recorded a significant boost in brand value.

In 2024 alone, Apple, NatWest, Zilch, Laybuy, ZestMoney, and Openpay shut down or reduced their BNPL operations. Despite slowing growth, BNPL remains an important segment. Almost 4 in 10 US digital buyers will use it at checkout this year, and the figure will jump to nearly half among Gen Z and millennial digital buyers. And many consumers are leaning on BNPL as a credit card alternative.

Spotify has nearly twice as many US listeners as the next most popular digital audio platform, Amazon Music, at 103.6 million compared to 53.1 million, per our September 2024 forecast.

The Weekend Edition includes a dedicated section on the website, two new newsletters, and a narrated audio playlist available through the Bloomberg app and Apple Podcasts. According to Bloomberg, this expansion aims to reach 1 million subscribers by mid-2025; it currently has 740,000, up from 590,000 this past July.

Among Gen Zers, 81% prefer Apple smartphones compared with 11% for Samsung and 6% for Google, according to a March 2023 Collage Group survey.

The buy button has been on a growth tear since Shopify opened it up to enterprise customers outside of its ecosystem

Amazon, Target, and malls were among this year鈥檚 Cyber Five winners: Roughly 197 million people shopped this year鈥檚 sales, leading to a surge in online and in-store spending.