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Apple Store workers go on Christmas strike in Australia demanding better wages, work terms

Friday, December 23, 2022 2:49 pm11 Comments

Approximately 200 Apple Retail Store workers plan to strike ahead of Christmas weekend as they demand higher wages and…

Australian regulator miffed that Apple is not scanning users’ iCloud photos, videos, FaceTime chats

Thursday, December 15, 2022 10:35 am9 Comments

An Australian regulator, accused Apple and Microsoft of failing to preemptively scan users’ iCloud and OneDrive photos, videos, and…

Apple Retail Store workers in Australia plan Christmas strike

Friday, December 9, 2022 5:14 pm6 Comments

Approximately 200 Apple Retail Store workers plan to strike ahead of Christmas weekend as they demand better work conditions and higher wages…

Apple hiked iPhone 14 series prices in key markets; kept price the same in America

Thursday, September 8, 2022 12:50 pmThursday, September 8, 20227 Comments

With rampant inflation persisting in the U.S. and elsewhere, and a global recession on the horizon, observers were keenly interested in…

Apple marks 40 years in Australia with new environmental commitments

Thursday, August 11, 2022 12:02 pmThursday, August 11, 202210 Comments

To mark Apple’s 40 years in Australia, the company today announced new initiatives that will help protect the environment and create…

Apple ups Apple Music subscription price for students in several countries

Monday, May 23, 2022 5:45 pmMonday, May 23, 20221 Comment

Via email to subscribers, Apple has bumped up the Apple Music subscription price for college students in several countries…

Apple TV epic series ‘Metropolis’ to shoot in Australia with government incentives

Thursday, April 14, 2022 12:28 pm5 Comments

“Metropolis,” Apple TV+’s epic-scale series inspired by Fritz Lang’s classic silent era science fiction film, is set to be produced in…

Australia considering new laws for Apple Pay, other digital payment systems

Monday, August 30, 2021 8:31 am14 Comments

Australia is considering new laws that would tighten the regulation of digital payment services such as Apple Pay …

Australian educators embrace Apple’s Swift programming language

Wednesday, July 28, 2021 5:05 pmWednesday, July 28, 20213 Comments

Major organizations and educators in Australia are embracing Swift, the programming language pioneered by Apple upon which some of the…

Show your love of country with new Apple Watch International Collection bands and faces

Tuesday, June 29, 2021 10:00 amTuesday, June 29, 202118 Comments

Apple is launching the International Collection bands for Apple Watch, featuring 22 limited-edition Sport Loop bands with colorful designs…

Australian man sues Apple after iPhone explodes in pocket

Thursday, March 4, 2021 10:06 am5 Comments

A Melbourne man is suing Apple after he claims he suffered second-degree burns when his iPhone battery exploded in his pocket…

Australian regulator warns on Google’s $2.1 billion Fitbit acquisition over competition concerns

Thursday, June 18, 2020 8:47 am3 Comments

Australia’s antitrust regulator has warned Google’s planned $2.1 billion acquisition of fitness tracker maker Fitbit may give it too much of people’s…

What happens when you visit a newly reopened Apple store

Thursday, May 7, 2020 4:02 pmNo Comments

Apple has reopened 21 of its 22 Apple stores Thursday in Australia after they were shut for nearly two months in response to the COVID-19 outbreak…

Apple launches annual ‘Back to University’ promotion in Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, and Brazil

Monday, January 6, 2020 5:02 pmWednesday, January 8, 20203 Comments

Apple today launched its annual Back to University promotion in Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, and Brazil, offering students and teachers free…

Apple to donate money to support Australian fire fighting efforts

Friday, December 27, 2019 10:29 am5 Comments

For the last two months, bushfires have been burning across Australia due to one of the worst droughts in history…

Last of the ‘Big Four’ Aussie banks capitulates, announces upcoming support for Apple Pay

Wednesday, December 18, 2019 9:58 pm6 Comments

The final “Big Four” Australian bank, Westpac, the second largest bank in Australia, has announced support for Apple’s Apple Pay…

Amazon Music now available on Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD

Thursday, October 10, 2019 3:07 pm1 Comment

Starting today, customers can download the Amazon Music app from the App Store for Apple TV and get access to stream millions of songs and thousands of playlists and stations on Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD…

Apple launches Apple News+, an immersive magazine and news reading experience, in the UK and Australia

Monday, September 30, 2019 2:28 pmMonday, September 30, 20194 Comments

Apple News+, a new subscription service that brings together over 150 popular magazines and leading newspapers into a convenient and curated experience…

Apple TV+ series ‘Shantaram’ secures Australian government incentives; begins shooting in October

Friday, August 16, 2019 5:00 pmFriday, August 16, 20192 Comments

This is the first project Apple has backed in Australia for its forthcoming Apple TV+ service, and among Apple’s first international productions…

Apple cancels Federation Square Store in Australia after heritage authorities say ‘no’

Friday, April 5, 2019 3:25 pmFriday, April 5, 201917 Comments

A plan to build an Apple store at Federation Square has been shelved…

Man charged over bow and arrow attack in Australia; victim’s iPhone saves him from potentially lethal injury

Wednesday, March 13, 2019 11:32 am9 Comments

Officers from Richmond Police District were called to a residential address in Nimbin…

FBI Director Christopher Wray continues pushing for encryption back doors

Tuesday, March 5, 2019 6:00 pmTuesday, March 5, 201910 Comments

The encryption war is quiet now, but the murky back-and-forth between…

Cellebrite, the Feds’ favorite iPhone hacking tool, is selling on ebay for $100 – and it’s leaking data

Wednesday, February 27, 2019 5:01 pmWednesday, February 27, 20193 Comments

hen eBay merchant Mr. Balaj was looking through a pile of hi-fi junk at an auction in the U.K…

FBI: End-to-end encryption like Apple’s ‘infects’ law enforcement

Wednesday, February 27, 2019 11:00 amWednesday, February 27, 20195 Comments

Nearly three years after the Federal Bureau of Investigation abandoned an effort to force Apple Inc…

Apple stealthily updates British and Australian Siri voices on HomePod

Wednesday, February 13, 2019 5:36 pm6 Comments

The British (Male and Female) and Australian (Male and Female) speaking voices for Siri…

Apple Pay picks up new bank partners across Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the U.S.

Tuesday, January 22, 2019 4:42 pm4 Comments

Target and Taco Bell aren’t the only new partners for Apple Pay this week…

Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others denounce Australia’s ‘deeply flawed’ anti-encryption law

Tuesday, December 11, 2018 1:32 pmWednesday, February 27, 20195 Comments

Apple, Google and Microsoft have denounced the Australian government’s decision to pass an anti-encryption law that…

Backdoors: Australia passes laws allowing spies and police to snoop on encrypted communications

Friday, December 7, 2018 10:01 amFriday, December 7, 201818 Comments

Australia Thursday passed controversial laws allowing spies and police to snoop on the encrypted communications…

Heritage recommendation for Melbourne’s Federation Square jeopardizes Apple Retail Store plans

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 4:28 pm9 Comments

Apple’s plan to raze part of Federation Square to build a mega-store has been thrown into disarray…

Australian teen Apple hacker avoids jail time, sentenced to eight months’ probation

Thursday, September 27, 2018 8:57 am2 Comments

The Australian teenage hacker who pleaded guilty to repeatedly accessing Apple’s mainframe over two years…

Australian teen who hacked Apple to face sentencing next week

Thursday, September 20, 2018 5:32 pmThursday, September 20, 2018No Comments

An Australian teenager who pleaded guilty to hacking Apple Inc. systems carried out…

Apple’s Federation Square retail store faces further delays in Australia

Thursday, August 23, 2018 10:02 amThursday, August 23, 20185 Comments

After eight months of unrelenting controversy and campaigning, new actions by Australian government…

Apple reassures customers after hack by Australian teen, says no customer data was compromised

Friday, August 17, 2018 8:28 amNo Comments

Apple Inc said on Friday no customer data was compromised after Australian media reported a teenager had pleaded guilty to hacking…

Melbourne teen who hacked into Apple’s secure computer network and 90GB of files faces criminal charges

Thursday, August 16, 2018 10:13 am10 Comments

A Melbourne private schoolboy who repeatedly broke into Apple’s secure computer systems…

Australia plans law for tech firms to hand over encrypted private data or face millions in fines, jail time for execs

Tuesday, August 14, 2018 12:02 pmTuesday, August 14, 201816 Comments

Australia on Tuesday proposed a new law requiring technology firms…

Canalys: Apple shipped 3.5 million Apple Watch units in Q218; LTE version a runaway success in Asia

Thursday, July 26, 2018 1:59 pmThursday, July 26, 20186 Comments

Apple’s smartwatch performed strongly in Q2 2018, with 3.5 million shipped worldwide…

Apple looks to replace ‘Pizza Hut Pagoda’ flagship store in Melbourne with new boxy design

Friday, July 20, 2018 1:43 pmFriday, July 20, 20183 Comments

New designs for Apple’s Federation Square flagship store were released on Friday…

Australian court fines Apple $6.7 million over iPhone ‘bricking’ case

Tuesday, June 19, 2018 8:59 am8 Comments

An Australian court fined U.S. electronics giant Apple Inc A$9 million ($6.7 million) on Tuesday…

Apple’s iOS increases lead in Australian smartphone market, taking 56.2 percent market share

Tuesday, March 13, 2018 5:33 pmTuesday, March 13, 201810 Comments

Apple’s iOS stretched its lead in the Australian smartphone market for the fourth quarter of 2017…

Apple debuts ad celebrating same-sex marriage in Australia

Monday, February 26, 2018 10:28 amMonday, February 26, 2018111 Comments

Apple Australia has debuted a series of new ads celebrating same-sex marriage…

Federation Square flagship Apple store labeled ‘Pizza Hut pagoda’ as Melbourne City Council vows to fight design

Wednesday, February 7, 2018 2:32 pmWednesday, February 7, 201827 Comments

A new Apple Store proposed for Federation Square has been labelled a ‘Pizza Hut pagoda’ as the Melbourne City Council…

Apple Australia almost doubled pre-tax profit during fiscal 2017

Monday, January 29, 2018 9:27 amMonday, January 29, 2018No Comments

Apple Australia increased its pre-tax profit to AU$255 million for the financial year…

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