San Francisco: Chip-maker Qualcomm is seeking nearly $31 million in damages from Apple for violating its intellectual property rights. The ongoing trial in a US court is focused on three Qualcomm technology patents, which the company claims Apple used without permission on its iPhones, CNET reported on Friday. “The figure[Read More…]
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Apple eases repair policy for iPhones with third-party batteries: Report
San Francisco: A leaked internal Apple document suggests that the company has allowed Genius Bar — a tech support station located in its retail stores — and Apple Authorised Service Providers (AASPs) to repair iPhones with a third-party battery fitted in them, the media reported. “The Genius Bar and AASPs[Read More…]
Apple tops global wearables market, Xiaomi 2nd: IDC
San Francisco: Apple continued to rule the global wearables market with 10.4 million Apple Watches among 16.2 million devices shipped in the Q4 2018, the International Data Corporation (IDC) said on Wednesday. The worldwide market for wearable devices grew 31.4 per cent during the fourth quarter, reaching a new high[Read More…]
Facebook, Apple, Twitter face EU probes for violating GDPR
San Francisco: Facebook is facing 10 probes for violating the European Union’s (EU) new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) over data breaches and users’ privacy across its platforms. In its first annual report after GDPR came into practice on May 25, 2018, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) opened 15[Read More…]
Apple to empower over 90,000 US girls in coding
Marking the International Women’s Day, the App Store would daily highlight an app founded, developed or led by women.
Apple fires 190 employees from self-driving car project: Report
San Francisco: Apple has reportedly confirmed it is firing 190 employees from its ambitious self-driving car project called Titan. According to a report in San Francisco Chronicle late Wednesday, the Cupertino-based company has laid off mostly engineers, including 38 engineering programme managers, 33 hardware engineers, 31 product design engineers and[Read More…]
Apple allows app developers to bribe old subscribers with promotional offers
San Francisco: In a bid to gather more customers and win back old ones, Apple is now allowing iOS, macOS and tvOS app developers to offer discounted subscriptions to past subscribers. Using receipt validation, developers will be able to identify subscribers who have turned off auto-renewal so that they can[Read More…]
We do not want to be elitist company: Apple COO
San Francisco: Apple does not want to be known as an elitist company any more owing to the high iPhone costs and wants to become a brand accessible to all, company COO Jeff Williams has said. Apple has already begun reducing the price of the iPhone for third-party distributors in[Read More…]
First product of Apple’s electric car project could be a van: Report
San Francisco: The first product of Apple’s self-driving electric car project codenamed “Titan”, could actually be an electric van instead of a car, the media reported. “According to multiple unnamed sources of German business publication — Manager Magazin, prototypes of Apple’s work have been seen painted in black and silver[Read More…]
Can Samsung meet Apple’s fate with expensive Galaxy ‘S’ series smartphones?
New Delhi: South Korean giant Samsung that celebrated 10 years of the existence of its Galaxy ‘S’ series by unveiling 3 premium devices in San Francisco on Wednesday, has followed Apple’s footstep when it comes to pricing. On why new iPhone sales did not pick up and the revenue from[Read More…]
Apple slips to 17th spot in ’50 Most Innovative Companies’ list: Report
San Francisco: In the wake of dwindling iPhone sales amid overall sluggish global smartphone growth, Apple fell from the first position in 2018 to the 17th spot in the annual “50 Most Innovative Companies list for 2019” by US-based business publication Fast Company. Last year, on the basis of innovations[Read More…]
Apple expected to refresh iPad, MacBook Pro line-up: Report
San Francisco: Apple is expected to refresh its offerings in iPad, MacBook Pro, monitors and iPhones even as the company has been bearing heavy losses in 2019, according to famed Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. “Kuo says that the 2019 iPhone models will retain the 6.5-inch, 5.8-inch and 6.1-inch screen sizes[Read More…]
Huawei involved in stealing Apple trade secrets: Report
San Francisco: Chinese tech giant Huawei has been involved in “a pattern of dubious tactics” to steal technology from its rivals, particularly Apple’s China-based suppliers, The Information has claimed. While the theft of trade secrets is nothing new among technology firms, the new allegations against Huawei represent “a more brazen[Read More…]
Google paid Apple nearly $9.5 bn in 2018, estimates Goldman Sachs
San Francisco: To remain the default search engine on iOS devices, Google paid Apple nearly $9.5 bn in traffic acquisition costs (TAC) in 2018, thereby contributing massively to the iPhone maker’s services revenue, estimates Goldman Sachs. Apple is focusing on services revenue amid slowing iPhone sales in emerging markets like[Read More…]
Popular iPhone apps secretly record screen without user knowledge
Apps like Air Canada, Abercrombie & Fitch, Hotels.com use Glassbox, a customer experience analytics firm.
Follow these steps to regain access to your forgotten Apple ID
On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, look for your Apple ID in your iCloud or iTunes and App Store settings.
Apple appoints new retail head to ramp up iPhone sales
San Francisco, In an effort to ramp up slow iPhone sales amid sluggish smartphone market, Apple on Wednesday appointed a new head of global retail and online stores. Deirdre O’Brien will take over as Senior Vice President of Retail and People, reporting to CEO Tim Cook, the company said in[Read More…]
Samsung, Apple top 2 semiconductor chip buyers in 2018
Mumbai, Apple and Samsung Electronics were the top two semiconductor chip buyers in 2018, representing 17.9 per cent of the global market, a Gartner report said on Monday. This is a 1.6 per cent decrease compared with the previous year. The top 10 original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) increased their share[Read More…]
Apple to celebrate February as ‘Heart Month’
San Francisco, Apple marks February as “Heart Month” during which the company will educate people about their heart health and bring an “Activity Challenge” for Apple Watch users. “Apple will host ‘Heart Health with Apple’ sessions in Apple Stores in New York, Chicago and San Francisco with celebrity fitness trainer[Read More…]
Apple paid $120 billion to app developers since 2008
According to the Cupertino-based iPhone maker, app developers earned more than a quarter of that money in the past year alone. “The App Store is the new digital main street, and creative developers are tapping into the vast potential of the global app economy,” said Esther Hare, Apple’s Senior Director,[Read More…]
Apple rushes to fix FaceTime ‘eavesdropping’ bug
In some cases the target iPhone would send video, probably without the receiver’s knowledge, the BBC reported. The flaw, first revealed by the 9to5Mac blog, appears to occur when both users are running version 12.1 of Apple’s mobile operating system, or newer. Apple said it has developed a fix and[Read More…]
Apple adds Downtime customisation feature to iOS 12.2 beta
Downtime is an iOS feature that syncs across all iCloud devices allowing users to set a schedule only during which apps and phone call services are allowed on the devices. “With iOS 12.2, you can now set custom Downtime for each day depending on which day of the week it[Read More…]
Microsoft Office is now available on Apple’s Mac App Store
The debut of the Microsoft Office in Apple Store came a little bit later than what Apple first announced at its Worldwide Developers Conference last year, when the Cupertino, California-based tech firm promised the Microsoft Office package would be available by the end of 2018. Apple said users can purchase[Read More…]
Is Apple’s self-driving car dream over?
San Francisco: The race to dominate the first driving business without human drivers is stiffer than ever and Apple’s dream of autonomous car project has been pushed back as it sent out over 200 employees from its electric car project codenamed “Titan” to different parts of the company on Thursday.[Read More…]
Apple asks iPhone users to share best photos
San Francisco, Apple has kicked off its iPhone photo competition, asking users to submit the most stunning images captured on iPhones. From January 22 to February 7, Apple is looking for outstanding photographs for its “Shot on iPhone Challenge”. A panel of judges will review worldwide submissions and select 10[Read More…]