When Tim Cook called accusations that Apple dodges taxes in some countries “total political crap” it's fair to say a few eyebrows were raised in some nations around the world. Despite funneling its European profits through ...
Apple has just announced that Jeff Williams will now be the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Williams was previously responsible for overseeing Apple’s supply chain, a role he started back in 2010. He was also the man in ...
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The worldwide smartphone market will grow in the coming years, but new research suggests its meteoric rise over the past several years will start to slow over sluggishness in China. Smartphone shipments will rise 10.4 percent in 2015 to ...
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German automotive major BMW has hinted on the possibility of another ‘i’ electric car variants when it comes to taking a call on new models. This has been informed by Harald Krueger while interacting with German newspaper ...
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Following months of speculation and the gradual shortening of release windows, we may be closer to narrowing down the release date for the long-awaited Apple Watch. Following the initial promise of an 'early 2015' on-sale date, Apple CEO ...
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Apple has just removed the option to upgrade or downgrade to iOS 8.1 on mobile devices, scuppering the plans of many jailbreak hopefuls. With the Cupertino-based company having now canned the issue-hit iOS 8.1, iPhone and iPad users still ...
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Apple's much anticipated iPhone 6 and watch product announcements included two components that will surely have an impact on the overall retail and personal fitness markets. Apple CEO Tim Cook, also a member of the Nike board, says the ...
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Apple Inc's long-awaited launch of tap-to-pay technology in its new iPhones and smartwatch may be the seal of approval that near-field communication technology needs to become as commonplace as wifi, Bluetooth and GPS. Called NFC, the ...
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Whenever Nasser Edeeb visits Switzerland, which the 44-year-old businessman from Libya does with some frequency, there are two products he likes to pick up. The first are Swatch watches (for family, friends, himself), the second iPhones (if ...
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On Wednesday, Apple removed the Blockchain wallet app, the only remaining app that could be used to make Bitcoin payments on the iOS platform, from its App Store. And Bitcoiners are pissed off. How pissed off? One particular Apple customer ...
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Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. have failed to settle their latest patent dispute despite a daylong meeting between top Samsung executives and Apple CEO Tim Cook hosted by a mediator earlier this month. The companies detailed ...
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Activist investor Carl Icahn fired off word on Tuesday that he beefed up his Apple stock holdings by a half-billion dollars as the share price dipped. "Just bought $500 mln more $AAPL shares," Icahn said in a message on Twitter. "My ...
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Apple’s iPod business collapsed last quarter, with revenue plummeting 55% and the number of music players dropping by more than half compared to the same period in 2012, the company said yesterday. The iPod, which debuted nearly 13 ...
The tech giant will also change its policies, requiring consent from customers before charging from in-app purchases made by their children without permission. The technology giant and creators of the iPhone and iPad has also revealed ...
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China Mobile, the country's biggest services provider, on Friday begins selling Apple's iPhone to its millions of customers, ending a six-year wait in a crucial market for the US technology giant. The combination of China Mobile's ...
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