Apple Music is on track to outpace Spotify in the U.S. According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple Music has been growing its subscriber base by 5% every month, while competitor Spotify has only been growing by 2% per month. If both companies continue to grow at the current pace, Apple Music will overtake Spotify by this summer.
We dive into what's behind the latest ups and downs in the stock market. The Dow set a record for the largest two-day drop since the Brexit vote in June 2016. Chad Morganlander, Portfolio Manager at Washington Crossing Advisors, believes it would be healthy for markets to continue to pull back.
Sean Black, co-founder and CEO of Knock, tells Cheddar about his plans to take his company public in 2020. Knock is a start-up company that allows homeowners to sell or trade their homes for better ones.
Plus, we break down the Super Bowl advertising wins and losses. Amy Avery from Droga5 and Jeanine Poggi from Ad Age weigh in on their favorite commercials of the night. Overall, they say Tide ran a very successful ad campaign, while Ram's ad campaign sparked criticism from many viewers.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said Thursday that the majority of iPhones sold in the U.S. in the current fiscal quarter will be sourced from India, while iPads and other devices will come from Vietnam as the company works to avoid the impact of President Trump’s tariffs on its business. Apple’s earnings for the first three months of the year topped Wall Street’s expectations thanks to high demand for its iPhones, and the company said tariffs had a limited effect on the fiscal second quarter’s results. Cook added that for the current quarter, assuming things don’t change, Apple expects to see $900 million added to its costs as a result of the tariffs.
Visa is hoping to hand your credit card to an artificial intelligence “agent” that can find and buy clothes, groceries, airplane tickets and other items on your behalf.
Skift Editor-In-Chief Sarah Kopit discusses how summer travel plans remain uncertain for most as many international travelers are leery to travel abroad. Watch!