San Francisco: Apple displaced Google to become the top brand in the world in 2018 while Facebook, mired in data breach controversies, fell to ninth place in the top 100 brands globally, an annual report said on Thursday. According to global brand consultancy Interbrand’s “Best 100 Global Brands 2018” report,[Read More…]
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Apple Watch Series 4 with bigger display unveiled
Apple on Wednesday officially unveiled its next generation of Apple Watch that features a larger edge-to-edge display with smaller bezels, which is 30 per cent bigger. The device brings a design overhaul to the Apple Watch as the iPhone-maker is now using a new dual-core 64-bit chipset, custom designed to[Read More…]
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 creates flutters in Apple’s camp
Samsung, that maintained a comfortable lead in the second quarter this year with 20.9 per cent global market share, has now created flutters in Apple’s camp with unveiling its flagship Galaxy Note 9. According to industry analysts, Note 9 can build a robust road-map for Samsung at a time when the premium segment globally[Read More…]
Apple committed to user’ privacy, opposes TRAI’s demand for access to phone logs
It is feared that Apple’s iPhones could possibly be banned in India as it has refused to fulfil Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) demands. TRAI has a provision that makes mobile maker compulsory to give blanket permissions to TRAI’s DND 2.0 spam-reporting app. Apple has denied giving any access[Read More…]
OnePlus captured 40% of Indian premium smartphone market in Q2
New Delhi: Riding on the success of its OnePlus 6 device, Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus captured 40 per cent of the premium segment in India in the second quarter of 2018, a new report has said. Samsung captured 34 per cent share of the premium segment while Apple 14 per[Read More…]
Can India drive Apple towards world’s 1st trillion dollar company?
New Delhi: At nearly $940 billion, Apple is certainly well on the way to becoming the world’s first trillion dollar company — and the feat could be achieved as early as the end of this year with upcoming iPhone launches. The tech giant crossed the $900 billion market capitalisation mark[Read More…]
Apple hires Google’s Artificial Intelligence chief
San Francisco: In a key development, Apple has hired John Giannandrea, Google’s Head of Search and Artificial Intelligence (AI), to lead the company’s Machine Learning (ML) and AI strategy. Giannandrea, who took the role of Senior Vice President of Engineering at Google from Amit Singhal in early 2016, will report[Read More…]
Mark Zuckerberg hits back at Tim Cook
San Francisco: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has hit back at Tim Cook saying that the recent criticism from his counterpart at Apple was unfounded, the media reported. In an interview given to Vox on Monday, Zuckerberg defended his company’s business model by saying: “You know, I find that argument, that[Read More…]
Facebook to launch smart home speakers in July: Report
San Francisco: Taking on Amazon, Google and Apple, Facebook is now set to officially roll out two smart home speakers in 2018. According to a report in Taipai-based website Digitimes, the two models — Aloha and Fiona with 15-inch touchscreens — will be launched around July. “Supply chain sources said that[Read More…]
Explain battery slow-down, Shanghai consumer council asks Apple
Beijing: The Shanghai Consumer Council has sent an inquiry letter to Apple over the slow-down of older iPhones after an iOS update, demanding a reply before Friday. The council demanded the cause of the performance and remedy measures as well as complete information regarding the interests of consumers, Xinhua news agency[Read More…]
Apple hiring more diverse workers but women
When it comes to gender equality, Apple has a long way to go. According to the company’s annual diversity report only about a third of its employees are women. The Cupertino-based iPhone maker’s annual “Inclusion & Diversity Report” said, as of July 2017, only 32 per cent of its workforce[Read More…]
Apple replaces Bing with Google search in Siri and Spotlight
Apple has shifted default provider of its web searches for Siri on iOS and Spotlight on the Mac to Google from Bing. Thus, if you ask Siri to search something on the internet, you will get Google results instead of Bing now. Apple’s browser Safari already uses Google search as[Read More…]
Apple likely to launch iPhone 8 on 12 September: Reports
Tech giant Apple is all set to launch the iPhone 8, as per a report in the Wall Street Journal published on Tuesday. The company will also possibly launch the iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus and a new Apple watch that supports SIM card at an event scheduled for[Read More…]
Eros in talks with Apple to sell content library
Famous Indian movie production house Eros Group is in starting talks with Apple and other major content distributors to sell its entire content library of films and music reported Reuters. The other parties in the fray include Amazon and Netflix, but talks are in very early stages, reported Hindustan Times.[Read More…]
Apple discontinues iconic iPod Nano, Shuffle music players
iPod Nano and the iPod Shuffle, two iconic music players of Apple, have finally been discontinued by the company. As the two models go extinct now, Apple has introduced new storage variants of its existing iPod Touch. The discontinuation of the two models comes after the discontinuation of the iPod[Read More…]
Google accused of manipulating search results, EU may fine 1bn euros
According to a report in the Guardian, search engine giant Google has been reportedly accused of manipulating search results to promote its new Google shopping service. EU officials are expected to announce that Google has been guilty of abusing its market dominance. Earlier, Intel was charged over antitrust issues. The[Read More…]
Apple, Amazon, Google bidding for Toshiba chip unit: Report
Top firms like Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc and Google are taking part in bidding for Toshiba’s NAND flash memory unit, competing with others for the Japanese firm’s prized semiconductor operation, the Yomiuri Shimbun daily reported on Saturday. Toshiba shareholders decided to split off its NAND flash memory business. The decision[Read More…]
Apple opens an App Accelerator in B’gluru
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Apple to start India manufacturing of iPhone SE
Apple Inc will be setting up a manufacturing plant for assembling it’s lower-priced iPhone SE in Indian silicon valley Bengaluru. The news was confirmed on Friday as per India Today reports. Apple’s Taiwanese manufacturing partner Wistron Corp is setting up a plant in Bengaluru to focus solely on assembling iPhones[Read More…]
iPhone 8 to feature wireless charging
Confirmed: Tech giant Apple will make iPhones in India at Bengaluru facility
Tech giant Apple will soon have ‘Made in India’ iPhones, and they will come out of a factory in Bengaluru as the Karnataka government on Thursday issued a release welcoming Apple’s pitch “to commence initial manufacturing operations” in the state. Apple’s intentions to manufacture in Bengaluru “will foster cutting edge[Read More…]
Demonetisation great move in the longer term, says Apple CEO
Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook lauded the demonetisation drive taken by Centre as a “great move” in the longer term. “Despite the demonetisation move in India that created lots of economic pressure there last quarter, despite that, we had all-time record revenue results, and so we were very happy about[Read More…]
Apple sues Qualcomm for over $1 Billion
Apple is suing Qualcomm, the chip supplier company for roughly $1 billion. Apple says Qualcomm is “charging royalties for technologies they have nothing to do with.” The suit follows the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit against Qualcomm earlier this week over unfair patent licensing practices. Qualcomm is a major supplier to both[Read More…]