<p>Apple Inc has eliminated about 100 jobs in its digital services group, with the biggest cuts affecting the team responsible for its Apple Books app and Apple Bookstore, <em>Bloomberg News</em> reported on Tuesday.</p><p>The layoffs include some engineering roles and other services teams like the one that runs Apple News, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.</p><p>Apple declined to comment on the <em>Bloomberg News</em> report.</p>.Apple eyes bigger slice of India's streaming market with Airtel deal.<p>It was not immediately clear how many employees Apple had in its services division. The company had approximately 161,000 full-time equivalent employees as of September 30, 2023, according to its latest annual report.</p><p>Apple has been reorganizing teams amid shifting priorities, including to artificial intelligence.</p><p>It has previously suspended work on its next high-end Vision headset and shuttered a project to design and develop its own smartwatch displays earlier this year, according to media reports.</p><p>Apple has been facing headwinds in China, its third-largest market, since last year, where sales declined 6.5 per cent last quarter. </p>
<p>Apple Inc has eliminated about 100 jobs in its digital services group, with the biggest cuts affecting the team responsible for its Apple Books app and Apple Bookstore, <em>Bloomberg News</em> reported on Tuesday.</p><p>The layoffs include some engineering roles and other services teams like the one that runs Apple News, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.</p><p>Apple declined to comment on the <em>Bloomberg News</em> report.</p>.Apple eyes bigger slice of India's streaming market with Airtel deal.<p>It was not immediately clear how many employees Apple had in its services division. The company had approximately 161,000 full-time equivalent employees as of September 30, 2023, according to its latest annual report.</p><p>Apple has been reorganizing teams amid shifting priorities, including to artificial intelligence.</p><p>It has previously suspended work on its next high-end Vision headset and shuttered a project to design and develop its own smartwatch displays earlier this year, according to media reports.</p><p>Apple has been facing headwinds in China, its third-largest market, since last year, where sales declined 6.5 per cent last quarter. </p>