Apple Inc. resolved a service outage that affected its App Store, music app and the ability to purchase AppleCare support, disrupting several popular offerings for some customers. For more than an hour leading up to 7:42 p.m. New York time, “users may have been unable to make purchases in the iTunes Store, Mac App Store and App Store,” the company said on its system status page. Users of Apple Music, meanwhile, also suffered “intermittent issues with the service,” the iPhone maker said. Also read: Microsoft’s market cap climbs to $3 trillion, paving the way in AI innovationThe outages came the same week that Apple announced sweeping changes to the App Store in the European Union. Friday’s outages also included problems at Apple’s subscription purchase feature, which was having “intermittent issues.”More stories like this are available on bloomberg.comSHARE Copy linkEmailFacebookTwitterTelegramLinkedInWhatsAppReddit

Source: The Hindu January 27, 2024 10:03 UTC