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President Trump vows to ban Chinese-owned TikTok from the U.S.
President Donald Trump has announced he plans to ban the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok in the U.S. He told reporters aboard Air Force One…
Huawei passes Samsung to become No.1 in global smartphone unit sales
In the never-ending quest of fake iPhone peddlers to make it up on volume, Huawei last quarter passed Samsung to become No. in global smartphone unit sales…
EU imposes sanctions on China, moving closer to Trump administration’s tougher stance
On Tuesday, the European Union imposed sanctions on China over its treatment of Hong Kong moving the bloc closer to the Trump administration’s tougher…
Analyst: Tax hike under Biden poses bigger threat to tech than antitrust hearings
The real threat facing the tech firms comes not from lawmakers now, but from higher taxes later if Joe Biden prevails against President Trump…
Apple makes iPhone 11 at Foxconn plant in India
Apple has started making its iPhone 11 at the Foxconn plant in India near Chennai. This marks the first time Apple has manufactured a top-line model…
Investigators find no evidence of any forced labor at Apple suppliers in China
Nanchang O-film Tech, whose tech helps power phones, tablets and wearables, was on Monday accused by the U.S. Department of Commerce of human rights …
Apple Watch Activity Challenge to mark National Fitness Day in China
Apple will again celebrate National Fitness Day in China with an Apple Watch Activity Challenge. By completing at least 30 minutes of exercise on…
U.S. government accuses Apple supplier of human rights abuses
Nanchang O-film Tech, whose tech helps power phones, tablets and wearables, is accused by the U.S. of human rights abuses for helping China’s campaign…
Chinese Apple-assembler Luxshare soars on iPhone assembly deal
As U.S.-China tensions continue to escalate, Apple is set to invite mainland Chinese company Luxshare into the exclusive iPhone assembly club…
Apple iPhone assembler Pegatron joins tech Investment wave in India
Adding to a large wave of foreign tech investments in India this year, Apple assembler Pegatron is making preparations for its first plant in India…
New flagship retail store, Apple Sanlitun, opens in Beijing
Apple today will open the entirely new Apple Sanlitun, the next iteration of Apple’s first store in China. Sitting adjacent to the previous location on…
U.S. AG Barr blasts Apple as ‘all too willing’ to cooperate with China
U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Thursday said U.S. technology companies including Apple have been “all too willing” to collaborate with China’s CCP…
Apple wins fight over $14.9 billion tax grab in blow to EU
Apple won its court fight over a record $14.9 billion Irish tax grab in a crushing blow to EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager…
UK sides with President Trump on China; to purge Huawei from 5G net
In another strong signal that telecom equipment maker Huawei is not welcome in the West, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered Huawei equipment…
Smartphone shipments in China down 16% in June
According to government data released on Tuesday, smartphone shipments in China fell 16% in June compared with a year earlier…
Apple supplier Foxconn to invest $1 billion in India
Foxconn plans to invest up to $1 billion to expand a factory in southern India where the Taiwanese contract manufacturer assembles Apple iPhones…
Apple is ‘assessing’ Hong Kong security law imposed by China
The sweeping new national security law that China imposed on Hong Kong at the end of June is aimed at stamping out opposition to the ruling Communist…
Apple supplier Foxconn says Indian customs clearing procedures now resolved
Apple supplier Foxconn said on Friday customs clearing procedures in India have been resolved. All local regulatory procedures have been complied with…
Apple App Store and Google Play Store block dozens of Chinese apps in India
Two days after India blocked fifty-nine apps developed by Chinese firms, Google and Apple have started to comply with the Indian government’s order…
Apple, other U.S. goods from China held up at ports in India
Apple, Cisco, Ford, and other products are among the goods from U.S. companies being held up amid India’s border tensions with China, as ports…
Apple supplier Foxconn eyes further India investment, sees bright outlook
Taiwan-based Apple supplier Foxconn plans further investment in India and may announce details in the next few months as the world’s largest contract…
Apple bows to Chinese government censorship, to pull thousands of games from China App Store
Apple will start removing thousands of mobile games lacking approval of the Communist Party of China from the company’s China App Store in July…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seize counterfeit Apple AirPods
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized a shipment from China containing 25 counterfeit “Apple AirPods” on June 1st…
Apple pulls U.S. podcast platform Pockets Casts from China App Store
Pockets Casts, ranked 85th most popular in the podcast news app section on Apple’s U.S website, said on Wednesday its app had been taken down from…
Apple retailers cut iPhone prices in China
Apple has cut prices on the latest iPhone models in China. This comes ahead of the big online 6.18 shopping festival as the Chinese economy picks up…
Hong Kong media tycoon vows to stay and ‘fight’ China, backs U.S. pressure
Embattled Hong Kong publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai – one of Hong Kong’s most prominent democracy activists – said on Friday he would fight till the last…
Apple set to break out in coronavirus market rally as Dow futures jump on vaccine hopes
Dow futures jumped Tuesday morning, along with S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures, amid continued coronavirus vaccine hopes. The coronavirus stock market rally …
Stock futures jump on Memorial Day as coronavirus stock market rally rolls on
On Monday morning, Dow Jones stock futures rose solidly, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures, with U.S. markets closed for Memorial Day…
China risk reemerges; here’s how Apple could be affected
In the stock market, China risk is reemerging. The U.S. is amending an export rule to block the sale of certain semiconductors to Huawei…
China ready to target Apple, other U.S. firms in retaliation against U.S.’ Huawei ban
The Trump administration on Friday moved to ban shipments of semiconductors to Huawei Technologies from global chipmakers…
President Trump threatens new taxes on American companies that make goods outside United States
On Thursday, President Donald Trump threatened to impose new taxes on American companies that produce goods outside the United States, another move…
Apple supplier AT&S cautiously optimistic thanks to stable first quarter
On Thursday, Apple supplier AT&S said it has kept core profit stable so far in its financial first quarter, after reporting a 22% decline for the full…
Apple urges Chinese supplier to challenge Foxconn in bid to step up competition
Apple has made a move the company hopes will create a formidable alternative to another of its longtime suppliers, Taiwan’s Foxconn …
Apple iPhone sales in China spiked sharply in April
Apple saw a sharp spike in iPhone sales in China in April, according to new government figures as interpreted by Barclays analyst Tim Long…
Smartphone shipments in China up 17% in April, signaling likely rebound
According to Chinese government data released on Tuesday, smartphone shipments from factories in China to vendors rose 17% in April compared to the same…
Apple considering major shift of iPhone production from China to India
Apple is seriously examining the feasibility of shifting nearly a fifth of its production capacity from China to India and scaling up its…
In shift away from China, Apple to produce millions of AirPods in Vietnam
Accelerating its diversification of production out of China amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Apple will produce millions of AirPods in Vietnam…
Stock market snaps two-day slump, lifted by Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon
U.S. stocks ended higher on Monday as increases in large tech and internet companies and oil price gains outweighed concerns sparked by fresh U.S.-China…
Micron exec: Smartphone demand in China is starting to come back
Micron’s executive vice president of global operations Manish Bhatia is starting to see some smartphone demand coming back in China, post-COVID-19 lockdown.
Apple boosts smartphone market share in China – Canalys
Apple captured a greater percentage of China’s smartphone market share in the first quarter, according to data from research firm Canalys…
Apple’s iPhone 11 is the best-selling smartphone in China for Q1
In the calendar first quarter of 2020, Apple’s iPhone 11 reamined the best-selling smartphone in China, having topped China’s best-selling models list…
