Netflix’s stock is collapsing after the firm disclosed its first quarterly loss of subscribers in more than a decade, greatly failing forecasts and alarming investors who had been banking on a few big tech companies to keep growing at a rapid pace. What’s going on: Netflix’s shares plunged 30% when the market started on Wednesday, … Read more
Employees at Apple’s Grand Central Station shop revealed Monday that they are organising to become a union, a first for one of the tech giant’s retail sites in the United States. The initiative, dubbed “Fruit Stand Workers United,” intends to collect signatures from at least 30% of the New York store’s employees, the minimum required … Read more
NEW DELHI: Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has started manufacturing the iPhone 13 in India, the company said on Monday, as the U.S tech giant tries to reduce reliance on its Chinese supply chain. According to a source, the phone is made at a local plant of Apple’s Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn (2354.TW), which is located in … Read more
Apple appears to be on the verge of releasing a foldable smartphone. Ming-Chi Kuo shared the information on Twitter. Kuo said in a tweet that Apple is now testing a gadget with a 9-inch foldable OLED panel and a ppi that falls between between an iPhone and an iPad. This device is reportedly being used … Read more
On Tuesday, Apple stated that its earnings report for the fiscal second quarter of 2022 will be released on Thursday, April 28. The firm will release its Q2 2022 earnings report as usual, followed by a conference call with investors and analysts to discuss the results in further depth. Last quarter, Apple reported a revenue … Read more
APPLE’S NEW IPHONE has a little more juice under the hood – an upgrade that could save you money in the long run. According to MacRumors, the third-generation iPhone SE, which was unveiled by Apple on Tuesday, has 4GB of RAM. It’s the most memory ever offered in an iPhone SE – Apple’s less powerful … Read more
At its most recent launch event, APPLE unveiled the all-new iPhone SE CEO Tim Cook confirmed the third generation of Apple’s ‘affordable’ iPhone, and pre-orders will begin this Friday (March 11). Cook announced various new developments from the tech giant in a livestreamed event titled ‘Peek Performance,’ including a slate of new AppleTV+ titles, two … Read more
APPLE’S Peek Performance event delivered on its promise. Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, announced that the iPhone would be manufactured in the much-desired green colour. iPhones have been available in muted tones such as graphite and rose gold since 2015. Two new greens have been added to the lineup. The iPhone 13 Pro will be … Read more
Dubai: Diehard fans of Apple products often go into a frenzy when a new product from the tech giant hits shelves. The 4am queues in front of Apple showrooms, in the UAE and globally, when a new iPhone hit the shelves is proof of the brand’s massive popularity. But how many people remember the first … Read more
Bringing an iPhone 13 Pro Max 1TB from abroad or asking your relatives to bring it for you has become more expensive after the government increased the taxes on luxury phones once again. The iPhone 13 Pro Max is currently available in the US for $1,730.92 which is equivalent to Rs305,291.02. The government announced that … Read more
AMSTERDAM: Apple on Saturday said that it would allow developers of dating apps in the Netherlands to offer non-Apple payment options to their users, complying with an order from the country’s market regulator to do so by January 15, or face fines, Reuters reported. The country’s Authority for Consumers and Markets found in a decision published … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO: Fraud convictions this week for Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes will send a chill through Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, insiders say, now they know there is the threat of jail for airy promises that come to nothing. But with billions of dollars washing around the tech industry in search of the next big thing, the … Read more
PARIS, Jan 6, 2022 (AFP) – French regulators have hit Google and Facebook with 210 million euros ($237 million) in fines over their use of “cookies”, the data used to track users online, authorities said Thursday. US tech giants, including the likes of Apple and Amazon, have come under growing pressure over their businesses practices across … Read more
Apple introducing a punch-hole screen to the iPhone 14 series isn’t a new rumour, but another insider backed it up over the weekend. In his newest podcast Power On, Mark Gurman, a Bloomberg Editor who focuses in Apple goods, said he expects Apple to delete the notch on some 2022 models. In addition, a revised … Read more
BEIJING: Chinese telecom giant Huawei said on Friday its annual revenue had fallen by nearly a third from the previous year, as it continued to be weighed down by US sanctions that have hit its smartphone sales. Huawei has been caught in the crossfire of a US-China trade and technology rivalry after the administration of former … Read more
Some say the devil (or Kris Jenner) is hardworking, but Apple is even hardworking. In June of this year, Apple conducted its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, which included several big iPhone-related announcements (the most crucial of them all). The new updates are now live, and with them comes iOS 15 – a brand-new operating system … Read more
MUMBAI: Apple said on Wednesday it has put the Indian plant of its main supplier “on probation” after a mass food poisoning and protests over workers’ living conditions. Some 250 women working at Foxconn’s iPhone factory in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu were treated for food poisoning this month, 159 of whom were hospitalised. … Read more
STRASBOURG – The European Parliament on Wednesday approved its proposal for major EU legislation to impose unprecedented restrictions on how tech giants do business. Lawmakers overwhelmingly voted in favour of their version of the Digital Markets Act, aimed at slapping far-reaching rules on behemoths like Meta/Facebook, Alphabet/Google, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft. The landmark legislation should give … Read more
ROME: Italian regulators hit Amazon with a 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) antitrust fine on Thursday for allegedly abusing its dominance in the market, the latest action against US Big Tech in the EU. US technology giants have been in the firing line in the European Union over their business practices. In the latest salvo, Italy’s … Read more
Saudi Arabia and Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group are looking to form an electric vehicles joint venture, in a move that could boost the kingdom’s effort to diversify its economy. The parties aim to sign the deal by the end of 2021, but plans are still subject to change, Bloomberg reported. The majority stakeholder of the joint venture … Read more
World AIDS Day, Apple is launching new Watch faces and an Apple Pay offer in which the company will donate $1 from every purchase to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS. Apple teamed up with (RED) to offer a line of red-colored items, with proceeds going to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and … Read more
ISTANBUL: Instead of Black Friday discounts, consumers in Turkey were faced with steep price hikes for Apple products after the value of the lira hit new record lows this week. Certain Apple devices were 25 per cent more expensive than usual on Friday, with some increases worth more than the local minimum wage. Persistent double-digit inflation … Read more
WASHINGTON, Apple sued spyware maker NSO on Tuesday for targeting the users of its devices, saying the Israeli firm at the center of the Pegasus surveillance scandal needs to be held to account. The suit from the Silicon Valley giant adds new trouble for NSO, which was engulfed in controversy over reports that tens of … Read more
Apple has been investing an increasing amount of money to sports content, indicating that it sees it as a big growth prospect. Apple is apparently working on a new architecture to increase streaming coverage within its iOS and Apple TV applications, ostensibly in order to provide people more access to the lovely world of sports. … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO, Apple on Wednesday said it will begin allowing people to fix gadgets they buy from the Silicon Valley giant in a concession seen as a victory for “right-to-repair” advocates. The iPhone and Mac computer maker has long restricted repairs to technicians at “Genius bars” in its shops or at authorized service centers, where … Read more
Amazon launched a Prime Video app for macOS users today. It can be downloaded for free from the Mac App Store. Prime Video app for macOS supports offline downloads. While streaming online or downloading, you can choose your preferred video quality. Currently, at the best setting, Amazon estimates approximately 5.9GB per hour of data usage … Read more
In a recent announcement made by Apple, it was declared that Johnson & Johnson’s CEO, Alex Gorsky is gearing up to join the tech giant’s board of directors. Gorsky made up his mind to step down from the position of CEO at the time when Johnson & Johnson is working extensively to make its data … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO: A US judge on Tuesday rejected Apple’s request to delay letting App Store offerings bypass its payment system as ordered by the court, saying it had 30 days to comply in a case brought by Epic Games, the creator of Fortnite. Apple wanted the change — ordered to be implemented by a December … Read more
