Apple Just Announced Free Small-Business Training Sessions

The company announced on Wednedsay that it will host free training sessions titled "Made for Business" specifically for small business owners and by small business owners at Apple stores across the country. Set to launch during Small Business Week, which runs April 28 to May 4, the series will bring in leaders of small businesses to demonstrate how they use Apple products and services to run their businesses. Demos will also highlight how businesses can accept payments through Tap to Pay on iPhones, control how they appear on services like Maps and Siri, and manage company devices and cloud storage.

The six free events will take place in May at stores in Chicago, Miami, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., and sign-ups are open now. Along with highlighting Apple products, each session will have a local twist.

In D.C., Theodore Miller, director of national operations for the Deaf-owned pizzeria Mozzeria, will share how the staff uses Apple's accessibility features, including speech-to-text dictation in the Notes app and live captioning for phone calls.

"At Apple, we know small businesses are the backbone of local communities, which is why we are constantly innovating to help at every stage of their growth," Deirdre O'Brien, Apple's senior vice president of retail, said in a press release.