iMac anniversary, split iPhone launch, and App Store upheaval on the AppleInsider Podcast

It's time to look back at the legendary iMac on its 27th birthday, but also time to look ahead to rumors of a future shakeup over iPhone launches — and the present day shakeup in the App Store, on the AppleInsider podcast.Steve Jobs with the original iMac (left) and one of its famous successors (right)Without the iMac in 1998, there wouldn't be an Apple today — and there probably wouldn't have been an Apple even in 1999. So much depended on that little machine, and so many of us have relished it and its later versions over nearly three decades now.But over the next decade, according to Apple's Eddy Cue, it's possible we'll move on from the iMac's eventual successor, the iPhone. And if we do, it'll be because of AI, which Apple is now turning to for search as it prepares to lose its lucrative deal that sees Google the default search option on iOS. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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iMac anniversary, split iPhone launch, and App Store upheaval on the AppleInsider Podcast
It's time to look back at the legendary iMac on its 27th birthday, but also time to look ahead to rumors of a future shakeup over iPhone launches — and the present day shakeup in the App Store, on the AppleInsider podcast.

Seated person holding an older, colorful computer monitor on the left and a sleek, modern flat-screen computer on the right.
Steve Jobs with the original iMac (left) and one of its famous successors (right)

Without the iMac in 1998, there wouldn't be an Apple today — and there probably wouldn't have been an Apple even in 1999. So much depended on that little machine, and so many of us have relished it and its later versions over nearly three decades now.

But over the next decade, according to Apple's Eddy Cue, it's possible we'll move on from the iMac's eventual successor, the iPhone. And if we do, it'll be because of AI, which Apple is now turning to for search as it prepares to lose its lucrative deal that sees Google the default search option on iOS.


Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums