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President Trump says the U.S. has come to a ‘very substantial phase one deal’ with China
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. has come to a “very substantial phase one deal” with China in the trade negotiations between the two economic superpowers…
Prominent Hong Kong lawmaker warns Apple of becoming an ‘accomplice for Chinese censorship’
In an open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, A prominent Hong Kong lawmaker and IT entrepreneur, Charles Mok, has warned Apple…
Apple CEO Tim Cook defends removal of Hong Kong police activity tracking app in memo to employees
You have likely seen the news that we made the decision to remove an app from the App Store entitled HKmap.live…
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s continued kowtowing to China is a very bad look
China poses a triple threat to Apple. First, the escalating trade war between the US and China…
Apple removes Quartz news app from App Store in China over Hong Kong coverage
Apple has removed Quartz’s mobile app from the App Store in China after complaints from the Chinese government due to the publication’s ongoing coverage of the Hong Kong protests…
Apple again pulls Hong Kong police activity tracking app from App Store following Chinese warning
The Chinese Communist Party’s official newspaper on Tuesday called the app “poisonous” and decried what it said was Apple’s complicity…
Fitbit shifts all manufacturing out of China to avoid U.S. import tariffs
Fitbit today announced that it has undertaken a plan to shift its manufacturing operations outside of China…
China warns Apple of ‘consequences’ for reinstatement of Hong Kong police activity tracking app
The mouthpiece of the ruling Communist Party slammed a transport app available on Apple’s store that it alleged helped protesters identify police in Hong Kong…
Apple kowtows to China by censoring Taiwan flag emoji
In a recent update to iOS 13.1, Apple’s iPhone operating system, Apple reportedly removed the Taiwanese flag emoji from its keyboard…
Apple approves Hong Kong police activity tracking app
Apple Inc.’s App Store reversed a recent decision to reject a Hong Kong app that shows police activity in the midst…
Apple pulls Hong Kong police tracking app from App Store, calling it ‘illegal’
Apple has banned an app that allows people in Hong Kong to keep track of protests and police activity in the city state…
Starbucks wins, Fiat loses, Apple kept guessing in EU tax grab rulings
Starbucks Corp. won a court fight and a Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV unit lost one over European Union tax orders in decisions…
Apple-launched China Clean Energy Fund invests in three wind farms
Rising from the hills of Dao County in Hunan Province, China, beyond the city of Yongzhou, a dramatic sight appears on the horizon…
Apple may get clues about its chances of winning tax case of the century
Apple has been arguing its case at the European Union’s General Court to topple a record 13 billion-euro ($14.3 billion) EU tax order…
These new Apple iPhones are already sold out in China on launch day
After Apple released its three new iPhones on Thursday, some models have already sold out and customers need to wait for a few weeks…
Apple and Ireland blast European Commission’s ‘fairy story’ behind $14 billion EU tax grab
Apple accused the European Commission of misunderstanding its business on day two of the iPhone maker’s appeal against a $14 billion tax order…
Apple’s iPhone 11 Pro batteries up to 25% larger than 2018 models
Apple’s A13 Bionic, the fastest chip ever in a smartphone, provides unparalleled performance for every task iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max handle and features up to 20 percent faster CPU and GPU than A12…
Apple’s new iPhones use recycled rare earth elements in a key component
Apple’s new iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max will used recycled rare earth elements in a key component…
Apple slams EU as epic court battle over $14 billion tax clawback commences
Lawyers for the world’s biggest company faced EU officials in the Luxembourg court, challenging a decision that CEO Tim Cook slammed at the time as “total political crap” with no basis in law…
Apple says $14 billion EU tax clawback ‘defies reality and common sense’
Apple is appealing to Europe’s second highest court to overturn the European Commission’s 2016 ruling that it pay the record sum of over 13 billion euros to Ireland…
Apple takes fight against $14.4 billion EU tax grab to court
Apple is expected to send a six-man delegation headed by Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri to the two-day court hearing…
China’s Tmall already has one million iPhone 11 series preorders
As the only third-party online store besides Apple’s official mall, Tmall Apple’s flagship store has become an important point for the new iPhones…
Foxconn’s Terry Gou quits Taiwan’s KMT, paving way for independent presidential bid
Terry Gou, the founder of Apple supplier Foxconn, quit Taiwan’s main opposition party on Thursday…
Apple says Uighurs targeted in iPhone attack but disputes scope of Google’s claim
Apple Inc on Friday confirmed that China’s Uighurs, a mostly Muslim minority group considered a security threat by Beijing…
Apple preps iPhone 11 trio, but potential upgrade cycle is in question
About a third of Apple’s 900 million active iPhones are likely to be upgraded in the next 12 to 18 months,,,
Apple’s data shows a deepening dependence on China as Trump administration’s tariffs loom
Apple Inc’s dependence on China has not lessened by tapping factories in Brazil and India, the company’s supply chain data shows, raising the stakes as U.S. President Trump promises more tariffs…
Silicon Valley is building a Chinese-style social credit system
A technology-enabled, surveillance-based nationwide program designed to nudge citizens toward better behavior…
Apple CEO Tim Cook has met with President Trump five times in past year
Apple CEO Tim Cook has met with U.S. President Donald Trump at least five times over the past year…
Analyst: Despite China worries iPhone demand cycle looks stable
According to Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives, reading the Apple supply chain tea leaves, iPhone demand looks stable year over year…
Apple to fight EU’s $14 billion tax grab in European court next month
Since 2016, both Apple and Ireland have been denying the merit of the European Union’s tax clawback…
Trump admin tariff threats spur exodus of manufacturers from China
Electronics makers are shifting manufacturing from China in order to side-step Trump administration tariffs…
Apple supplier AMS sparks bidding war for Osram
Austrian sensor maker and Apple supplier AMS triggered a bidding war for the German lighting group Osram, trumping a bid by Bain Capital and Carlyle…
How Apple reinvents itself to keep growing
Last week, Apple’s Q3 2019 financial results caused a bit of a hubbub because iPhone revenue was…
Morgan Stanley: Apple’s App Store growth accelerated in July driven by strength in China
Morgan Stanley’s Katy Huberty wrote Wednesday that growth rates for Apple Inc.’s App Store picked up in July
U.S. stock futures drop 380 points after China retaliates, escalating trade war
U.S. stock futures fell sharply on Monday as a trade war between the world’s largest economies intensified…
BofAML: Apple’s earnings hit from new tariffs is ‘manageable’ so buy the dip
Apple’s earnings face a “manageable” hit from the newly proposed tariffs, and Thursday’s sell-off makes the stock an even more attractive buy…
Foxconn eyes sale of $8.8 billion China display panel factory amid trade war woes
U.S. President Donald Trump sharply raised the stakes in the bruising trade war with China and jolted global financial markets by vowing on Thursday to impose a 10% tariff on $300 billion of Chinese imports from September 1…
Huge staff cuts at Chinese Apple supplier raise the question: Can the China’s businesses withstand a drawn-out trade war?
O-Film Group, a major supplier of camera and touch-screen components for Apple, has reportedly laid off more than 8,000 staff…
3 things Apple CEO Tim Cook wants investors to know
When Apple reported its fiscal third-quarter earnings results on Tuesday, investors were in for a pleasant surprise…
Apple supplier Foxconn gearing up for ‘iPhone 11’ assembly by recruiting new staff, offering incentives
Ahead of Apple’s expected release of three new iPhones for 2019, manufacturer Foxconn is gearing up for production…
Huawei+Google smart speaker project shut down by Trump administration restrictions
Huawei was working with Google to take on Apple’s HomePod and Amazon’s Echo smart speaker range…
