Michael Liedtke, Author at Greenfield Recorder

Phil Schiller, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, talks about the new iPhone 11 Pro and Max, during an event to announce new products Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, in Cupertino, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

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Apple rolls out new streaming TV service for $5 a month

by Michael Liedtke Associated PressSeptember 10, 2019

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple is finally taking on Netflix with its own streaming television service and, uncharacteristically for the company, offering it at a bargain price — $5 a month beginning on Nov. 1.Walt Disney Co. is launching its own assault on…

A crowd waits in line before the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif., Monday.

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Apple previews new software as it diversifies beyond iPhones

by Michael Liedtke Associated PressJune 3, 2019

FILE- In this May 31, 2018, file photo customers enter the Apple store in New York. The Supreme Court is allowing consumers to pursue an antitrust lawsuit that claims Apple has unfairly monopolized the market for the sale of iPhone apps. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

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Apps cost too much? Court allows suit adding to Apple’s woes

by Mark Sherman Associated Press, and Michael Liedtke Associated PressMay 13, 2019

Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks before unveiling the Model Y at Tesla’s design studio in Hawthorne, Calif.

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Tesla CEO plans to hand the car keys to robots next year

by Michael Liedtke Associated Press, and Tom Krisher Associated PressApril 22, 2019

Visitors look at a manufacturing robot from Chinese robot maker Aubo Robotics at the World Robot Conference in Beijing.

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From corn to Apple: The cases behind the US-China standoff

by Paul Wiseman AP Business Writers, and Michael Liedtke AP Business WritersJanuary 31, 2019

FILE - This Oct. 22, 2018, file photo shows the iPhone XS, from left, iPhone XR, and the iPhone XS Max in New York. Apple hoped to offset slowing demand for iPhones by raising the prices of its most important product, but that strategy seems to have backfired after sales sagged during the holiday shopping season. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

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Apple opens new chapter amid weakening iPhone demand

by Michael Liedtke AP Technology WriterJanuary 29, 2019

Deirdre O'Brien, Apple's Vice President of People, speaks during an event about Apple's new campus announcement in Austin, Texas, Thursday, Dec, 13, 2018. Apple plans to build a 1 billion campus in Austin, that will create at least 5,000 jobs ranging from engineers to call-center agents while adding more luster to a Southwestern city that has already become a bustling tech hub. The decision, announced Thursday, comes 11 months after Apple CEO Tim Cook disclosed plans to open a major office outside California on the heels of a massive tax break passed by Congress last year. (Ricardo Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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Boston one of Apple’s new tech hub locations

by Michael Liedtke Associated Press, Matt OBrien Associated Press, and Will Weissert Associated PressDecember 14, 2018

A Google employee holds a sign reading "Don't be evil" as employees walk off the job in a protest against what they said is the tech company's mishandling of sexual misconduct allegations against executives on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Mae Anderson)

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Google employees walk out to protest treatment of women

by Michael Liedtke Associated PressNovember 1, 2018

New Google Pixel 3 smartphones are displayed in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018. Google introduced two new smartphones in its relentless push to increase the usage of its digital services and promote its Android software that already powers most of the mobile devices in the world.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Google brings camera twists, bigger screens to Pixel phones

by Anick Jesdanun Associated Press, and Michael Liedtke Associated PressOctober 9, 2018

SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk speaking in Hawthorne, Calif.

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Tesla faces a reckoning with CEO Elon Musk’s job in jeopardy

by Michael Liedtke Associated Press, and Tom Krisher Associated PressSeptember 28, 2018