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Apple fortifies supply chain in China while increasing presence in India and Southeast Asia
In a strategic balancing act, Apple is simultaneously increasing ties in China while also expanding in India and Southeast Asia and India…
Telegram CEO: Apple’s ‘walled garden’ will cause it to lose Chinese iPhone users to Android
Pavel Durov, billionaire founder and CEO of Telegram, said Apple’s move last week to remove the messaging app from its China App Store…
Apple’s Q1 iPhone sales plummeted 19.1% YoY in China
China’s smartphone sales grew 1.5% YoY and 4.6% QoQ in Q1 2024, , but Apple’s iPhone sales dropped 19.1% YoY in Q1 as…
Apple plans to spend more in Socialist Republic of Vietnam as it looks beyond China
As Apple and other global tech firms to look beyond China to secure their supply chains, cut costs, and open up new markets, Apple is…
Apple pulls Threads, WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal from App Store in China after CCP order
Apple said on Friday it had removed Meta Platforms’ Threads and WhatsApp apps from its App Store in China after being ordered to do so…
Maxim Group issues ‘Hold’ on Apple stock, cites over-dependence on China
Maxim Group on Wednesday initiated coverage of Apple (AAPL) with a “Hold” rating and $178 price target. Apple is too dependent on China…
Apple CEO Cook’s visit to Indonesia is all about China
Apple will consider building an assembly facility in Indonesia, CEO Tim Cook said on Wednesday after meeting President Joko Widodo, who…
Apple doubles iPhone assembly in India in shift away from China
Apple assembled $14 billion of iPhones in India last year, doubling production as it finally makesa concerted push to diversify beyond China…
Apple Silicon supplier TSMC wins $6.6 billion U.S. subsidy for Arizona chip production
Apple Silicon supplier TSMC has been awarded a $6.6 billion U.S. subsidy and up to $5 billion in low-cost government loans for Arizona chip…
Tim Cook’s outdated China playbook may bite Apple
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s recent all-smiles charm offensive in China is the latest in a long parade of Western business leaders in recent…
Can Apple and AI make Baidu cool again?
China’s search leader Baidu has long been viewed as an also-ran, but an Apple deal for AI alongside shifting political and technological…
iPhone shipments in China plummeted 33% in February
Apple, the only major foreign player in China’s smartphone market, saw its iPhone shipments plummet 33% in February, according to…
Apple could double down on China market – analyst
Apple could double down on the China smartphone market amid declining iPhone sales and increasing competition in the country…
Apple’s iPhone production is stable – TD Cowen
Apple’s iPhone builds continue to hold steady “despite anecdotes of weaker China demand,” according to TD Cowen analysts’ forecasts…
Baidu reportedly set to become Apple’s generative AI model provider in China
Chinese state media reported Baidu was set to become Apple’s local generative AI model provider for Mac, iPhone, iPad, and other devices…
Apple CEO Cook to dine with Xi Jinping in China this week
CEOs of 100 or so multinational giants such as Apple CEO Tim Cook, who has plans to dine with Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping…
Apple Vision Pro will be released in China this year – CEO Cook
Apple Vision Pro will hit the mainland China market this year, Apple chief executive Tim Cook said on Sunday, according to Chinese state…
China relaxes cross-border data rules after concern from foreign businesses
Ahead of a a high-profile business forum in Beijing which Apple CEO Tim Cook is attending, China has relaxed rules governing cross-border…
Apple in talks to use Baidu’s generative AI in China
Apple has held preliminary talks with Baidu about using the Chinese company’s generative AI technology in its devices in China…
Apple CEO Cook continues latest charm offensive in China amid flagging iPhone sales
The Apple CEO is continuing his latest charm offensive in China, opening a new retail store in Shanghai that resembles a gigantic curb inlet…
Apple CEO Cook visits Shanghai with iPhone sales under pressure in China
On a visit to China that comes amid a drop in iPhone sales, Apple CEO Tim Cook touted China’s importance in the firm’s supply chain…
Apple reaches $490 million settlement over allegations that CEO Tim Cook defrauded shareholders
Apple has reached a $490 million settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit that alleged CEO Tim Cook in 2018 defrauded shareholders…
Will China’s TikTok be banned in America?
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill on Wednesday that would give TikTok’s Chinese owner…
Apple to expand applied research labs in Shanghai and Shenzhen amid slowing iPhone sales in China
Apple plans to expand its applied research labs in Shanghai and Shenzhen as iPhone sales weaken in China. The company…
Apple to open new Shanghai retail store as iPhone sales slump in China
Apple is preparing to open its eighth store in Shanghai, China this month, adding to its second largest retail network after the U.S. amid…
U.S. House committee unanimously approves TikTok crackdown bill
The U.S. House committee on Thursday unanimously approved legislation giving China’s ByteDance six months to divest its TikTok social…
US DOJ charges Chinese national with stealing Google AI trade secrets
A Chinese software engineer working for Alphabet-subsidiary Google was charged by the U.S. Justice Department with stealing trade secrets for…
Apple’s iPhone sales in China fell 24% YoY in the first six weeks of 2024 – Counterpoint
Apple’s iPhone sales in China fell 24% year-on-year in the first six weeks of 2024, according to research firm Counterpoint, as the…
Apple’s iPhone gets steeply discounted in China on prolonged slump in demand
Signaling an unusually prolonged slump in demand, Apple resellers in China are discounting the price of iPhone 15 models by as much as…
Apple pulls Pray.com app from App Store in China
The Pray.com app is being removed from the Apple App Store in mainland China. Pray.com is the world’s No.1 app for daily prayer and Bible…
Apple iPhone supply chain checks show ‘clear stabilization of demand’ in China
Recent checks into the iPhone supply chain suggest that Apple is seeing a “clear stabilization of demand” in China, Wedbush Securities…
Former Apple engineer who stole Project Titan trade secrets sentenced to 120 days in prison
Xiaolang Zhang, a former Apple engineer who pled guilty to stealing Project Titan trade secrets, was this week sentenced to 120 days…
Apple’s China woes continue
Apple is facing continued challenges in China, one of its most critical markets, as the company’s Q124 sales in the greater China region…
IDC: Apple iPhone is No.1 in China smartphone market for first time ever
Apple became the leading smartphone company in China for the first time with record high market share of 17.3% in 2023.
Apple offers iPhone discounts in China ahead of Lunar New Year holiday
Apple is offering discounts in China, including on its latest iPhones, ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, which starts February 10th…
Apple knew AirDrop users could be ID’ed and tracked as early as 2019, but did nothing – researchers
Researchers warned Apple as early as 2019 about vulnerabilities in AirDrop that Chinese authorities claim they recently used to track users…
China claims to have found way to identify AirDrop senders
A Chinese state-backed institution claims to have devised a way to identify users who send messages via Apple’s popular AirDrop feature…
Apple Music Classical debuts in China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao on January 24th
Apple Music Classical will be available in Japan, China, Korea, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan starting January 24th…
Apple’s iPhone sales in China fell 30% in first week of 2024 – Jefferies
Apple’s iPhone sales in China dropped by 30% in the first week of 2024, Jefferies analysts said in a note to clients Monday…
Is 2024 the year Apple’s crippling dependence on China finally blows up?
Is 2024 the year Apple’s crippling dependence on China, a situation engineered by CEO Tim Cook, finally blows up?
Apple assembler Luxshare set to transform iPhone production landscape with major acquisition
As part of Tim Cook’s plan to strengthen ties with China-based suppliers and enhance relations with the Chinese Communist Party, Luxshare …
