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This Is Me Blog: #19: Apple's New Upgrade Program? Thoughts?

 Hey Everyone!  Welcome back to another blog! Today Apple just released there new Upgrade Program where you can get help with your product financing and they are partnering with Klarna. Lets take a look... Apple Launches "Apple Upgrade" in the United States: Here's What It Means Apple has officially introduced a brand-new way to buy its products in the United States. Called  Apple Upgrade , the new program gives customers another option for getting the latest Apple devices without paying the full price upfront. While Apple has offered financing and the iPhone Upgrade Program in the past, this is much bigger. For the first time, one program covers  iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch , making it easier for people to stay up to date with Apple's newest hardware. What Is Apple Upgrade? Apple Upgrade is a monthly payment program available through the Apple Store online, the Apple Store app, and Apple retail stores across the United States. Instead of purchasing a device o...
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This Is Me Blog #18: Apple spends billions to Broadcom to produce more U.S Chips- July 8th, 2026

Apple Plans to Spend More Than $30 Billion with Broadcom to Make More U.S.-Made Chips Hi Everyone! Welcome back to another blog!  Today we are going to be talking about Apple and their plan to spend more than $30 Billion with Broadcom to make more chips in the U.S.  If you're like me and are wondering “Claire, what does this mean for Apple? What does it have to do with me? And why should I care as a consumer/customer? What does this mean for September and October when Apple releases their products?” All of your questions will be answered to the best of my ability in this blog today! So let's get into it! What Is Broadcom? Broadcom is a technology company that designs computer chips. These chips help power things we use every day, including smartphones, computers, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and the internet. Even though most people have probably never heard of Broadcom, there's a good chance you've used a device that contains one of its chips. Apple has worked with Broadcom for m...
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This Is Me Blog: #17: Apple Price Increase Hikes! What is going on?! - June 28th, 2026

  Hey Everyone!  Welcome back to another blog! Today we have some big news to cover! Apple Prices have increased and we need to talk about it because Apple Month is coming up where they release their new hardware products and they release the new ios software updates.  So what are the prices and what products are being affected and why? Products that are affected: Here’s a before-and-after chart showing the reported starting prices for Apple products that received price increases today: Product Old Price New Price Increase MacBook Neo $599 $699 +$100 MacBook Air (13-inch) $1,099 $1,299 +$200 MacBook Air (15-inch) $1,299 $1,499 +$200 MacBook Pro (14-inch) $1,699 $1,999 +$300 MacBook Pro (16-inch) $2,499 $2,999 +$500 iMac $1,299 $1,499 +$200 Mac mini (higher-end) $1,399 $1,599 +$200 Mac Studio $1,999 $2,499 +$500 iPad $349 $449 +$100 iPad mini $499 $599 +$100 iPad Air (11-inch) $599 $749 +$150 iPad Air (13-inch) $799 $949 +$150 iPad Pro (11-inch) $999 $1,199 +$200 iPad Pro ...
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ThisIsMe Blog: #16: APPLE HAS A NEW CEO? WHATS GOING ON? ~ April 20th, 2026

 Hey Everyone!  Welcome back to another blog, today we are going to talk about one important thing!  Today when I got off at work at 4 my mom texted me saying "Bye Tim Apple" and I had no idea what she meant so I called my dad and asked him about it and he told me that Tim Cook was retiring and was going to be executive chairman and giving the position to John Ternus. To be honest with you I'm not surprised because I have been seeing a lot of talk online about Tim Cook stepping down as CEO and giving this job to John.  I dont know much about John Ternus but I do know he works directly under Tim and I have seen him in the WWDC videos and I think he does a good job at what he does. I think he will do a great job as CEO because if this has been coming for a while then he most be prepared enough to study underneath Tim.  There has also been a lot of news at apple around people retiering and leaving apple to work for other companies and retiring in general. I will be...
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This Is Me Blog #15: Lets go to NYC! 🗽~ April 11th!

This Is Me Blog #15 LETS GO TO NYC! 🗽 Hey Everyone!  Welcome back to another blog! Today is April 11th and I am in The Big Apple! NYC! This is my last day at NYC!  It has been a bit since I posted my last blog, but I am going to post this one tonight! So let me tell you about my trip in New York! So where I left off last time was Easter April 5!  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On April 6, I had a nice chill day. We went shopping and I met a friend for a late lunch! That was really fun! And then I uploaded my reading of my blog you’ll see that on my YouTube channel! And then I went to a friend’s house and then I went back and went to bed! Pictures will be in video! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On April 7, it was snowy! Here is a picture! Pictures will be in video! Then I started packing beca...
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