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Apple reportedly stops developing AirPort WiFi router products, moving employees to other projects

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<p>Apple is seemingly getting out of the router accessory business, ‘disbanding’ the division inside the company according to Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-21/apple-said-to-abandon-development-of-wireless-routers-ivs0ssec). This means Apple will no longer develop its $99 AirPort Express (http://amzn.to/2fjCOf3), $199 AirPort Extreme (http://amzn.to/2g9dPIP) or Time Capsule products (http://amzn.to/2g9d56K). The report says Apple is reallocating employees to focus on its core consumer products that generate the vast majority of its revenue.</p>
<p>The newest AirPort devices are more than three years old, so the future of the products has been in doubt for a while. Sales revenue of AirPort products must pale in comparison to Apple’s other lines, which are counted in the tens of billions of dollars.</p>
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