Apple Inc. has asked the Trump administration to exclude components that make up the forthcoming Mac Pro…
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Apple closes Hong Kong retail stores early as fears of lawlessness rise
Tech giant Apple Inc. shut its stores early citywide on Monday, as fears of escalating violence and spiraling lawlessness linked to weekslong protests spurred concern among businesses and the public…
Apple’s iPhone XR was the top selling U.S. smartphone in Q219; iPhone 8 and iPhone XS Max rounded out the top three
iPhone XR was the top selling model in the US in Q2 2019, with iPhone 8 and iPhone XS Max rounding out the top three best sellers…
Apple accelerates plans to diversify production beyond China
Apple is about to start trial production of its popular AirPod wireless earphones in Vietnam as it accelerates plans to diversify beyond China…
Trump targets Google following Thiel allegations
Trump administration plans to look into Google to see if it has been infiltrated by Chinese military…
Apple launches App Accelerator in Shanghai, China
Apple has launched a Design and Development Accelerator program to help nurture developer talent in China…
Waterproof AirPods 3 to launch late 2019 — analyst
AirPod 3 is coming, according to the analysts at Wedbush – and iPhone sales may be stronger than some people have claimed…
Xiaomi uses Apple’s ads for its Memoji knockoff inventively called ‘Mimoji’
After Xiaomi protesting that of course its ‘Mimoji’ is nothing like Apple’s practically identical Memoji..
Xiaomi uses Apple Memoji ad to push ‘Mimoji’ clone, says it was ‘accident’
Just in case you missed that discussion about China and intellectual property, here’s Xiaomi’s latest Apple-related ‘accident’…
HP, Microsoft, Google, others plan China production reduction
Like Apple, HP, Microsoft, Google and other tech firms plan to reduce their dependence on Chinese manufacturing…
With new 2019 Mac Pro design, Apple moves production from Texas to China
Apple Inc. is manufacturing its new Mac Pro computer in China, according to people familiar with its plans, shifting abroad production…
Apple iPhones, Macs, and other tech goods could account for proposed China tariffs of $167 billion
U.S. consumers will delay or forgo technology upgrades if President Donald Trump imposes a new round of 25% tariffs on Chinese goods…
Gene Munster: Timing of Apple production shift out of China is suspicious
Loup Ventures Managing Partner Gene Munster discusses Apple Inc.’s possible production shift out of China…
U.S.-China trade deal or not, Apple has reasons to cut Chinese manufacturing exposure
Though trade tensions might be the immediate catalyst behind Apple’s reported efforts to explore moving a meaningful portion of iPhone production out of China…
Foxconn founder Terry Gou urges Apple to move production out of China
The billionaire founder of Apple Inc.’s largest supplier asked the U.S. company to move part of its sprawling production chain from China to neighboring Taiwan…
U.S.-China trade tensions prompt Apple to consider diversifying supply chain out of China
Apple Inc. is asking suppliers to study shifting final assembly of some products out of China, people familiar with the matter said…
Apple is playing Chicken with China. Will Beijing flinch?
Apple has reportedly asked each of its largest suppliers to evaluate the costs to shift between 15% and 30% of its production out of China…
Apple’s iPhone now has 19.5% of the smartphone market in China; fifth straight month of growth
Apple’s iPhone install base in China continued its fifth consecutive month of year-over-year growth in May…
Special team within Apple investigating move of up to 30% of production out of China
A team of between 30 and 40 people at Apple is surveying the company’s major suppliers about the cost implications…
Apple looks willing to help struggling iPhone-display maker Japan Display
Japan Display Inc., which makes liquid-crystal display panels for the iPhone XR, is running out of cash…
J.P. Morgan: Apple’s China issues ‘somewhat overblown,’ services underrated
Investor concerns about Apple’s fortunes in China are “somewhat overblown,” analysts from J.P. Morgan suggest…
Apple’s XR successor in production now with 5% higher capacity battery
China’s ATL (Ameperx Technology Limited) has kicked off mass production of batteries for the successor to Apple’s iPhone XR…
Apple’s stock just did something it hasn’t done since the dot-com bubble burst
Apple Inc.’s stock rally has finally done something that it hasn’t been able to do, in 20 failed attempts…
Your Apple iPhone is already Made in America
It wouldn’t take much for Apple Inc. to have U.S.-sold iPhones made outside China…
Apple gains after iPhone assembler Foxconn says it can shift capacity from China
Apple Inc. shares were indicated higher in pre-market trading Tuesday after its key iPhone assembler said it can make the tech giant’s flagship product outside of China…
Analysts: China isn’t targeting Apple in trade war
Apple, Inc. has taken a beating in the month of May on concerns a breakdown in U.S. trade relations with China…
China prepares to drop Microsoft Windows, blaming threat of U.S. hacking
The ongoing trade war between China and the U.S. shows no sign of ending in the near future…
Companies like Apple that depend on rare earth metals have nowhere to turn, but China
China’s threat to clamp down on exports of rare-earth metals poses problems, because those exports account…
Apple supplier Japan Display gets $729 million lifeline as Apple agrees to wait for money owed
Japan Display also on Thursday said “a client” to which it owed money had agreed to halving the pace of repayment…
Huawei files legal motion seeking to declare a U.S. defense law unconstitutional
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo kept up the pressure on Huawei on Wednesday…
The phony boycott of Apple’s iPhone in China
According to a wide variety of analysts following Apple, the Trump Administration’s trade war with China…
Bloomberg: Apple and Nike brace for China’s wrath after Huawei ban
U.S. companies counting on China for a major part of their growth have targets on their backs…
Citi lowers Apple price target, claiming trade war will likely cut China sales in half
The U.S. trade war with China will further hurt iPhone sales…
Huawei founder says he would protest Chinese government retaliation against Apple
If that happens, I’ll be the first to protest
Huawei CEO and founder admits he buys iPhones for his family
Huawei CEO and founder Ren Zhengfei revealed he bought Apple iPhones for his family…
ARM cuts ties with Huawei after President Trump’s ban
ARM is complying with all of the latest regulations set forth by the U.S. government…
President Trump’s Huawei ban creates concern over Apple’s iPhone business in China
Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump effectively banned U.S. companies from working with Huawei…
Chinese diplomat tweets that Huawei ‘has cut Apple into pieces’ – from his Apple iPhone
China has reacted with uncharacteristic fury to what it deems a concerted U.S. attack…
Quantifying just how much the trade war could hurt Apple
The uptick in trade hostilities between Washington and Beijing could threaten Apple…
U.S. to offer temporary exemptions to Huawei export ban
The 90-day reprieve may be intended to help reboot U.S.-China trade talks…
Apple Face ID parts supplier Lumentum halts shipments to Huawei following Trump administration ban
Apple Face ID parts supplier Lumentum Holdings Inc is clamping down on the business it does with Huawei Technologies, after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a ban…
President Trump’s Huawei ban could end Android as we know it and possibly have a lasting effect on Apple
Google is complying with Trump’s administration banning of Huawei…