Trump administration officials, including U.S. Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios who led the call, discussed the response to the coronavirus…
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Terry Gou: Foxconn factory restarts in China have ‘exceeded expectations’
Terry Gou, founder of Apple supplier Foxconn, said on Thursday that Foxconn factory restarts in China have “exceeded expectations.”
Warren Buffett reacts to stock market rout: Not as bad as 2008 or 1987
Not as bad as 2008 or 1987. That’s what Warren Buffett said about the current coronavirus / oil shock market freakout. In an interview with…
President Trump bans travel from Europe to U.S. for 30 days
President Trump announced sweeping new travel restrictions in a live address to the nation, instituting a 30-day travel ban from Europe to the U.S…
Apple cancels rumored March event with ‘iPhone SE 2’ delayed indefinitely
Due to the COVID-19 coronavirus, Apple has canceled special media event originally set for March after continuing production delays to the iPhone SE 2…
NAB and E3 conventions canceled due to COVID-19
Organizers for both NAB and E3 have announced both events have been canceled in 2020 as the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to spread…
Apple closes all 17 retail stores in Italy due to COVID-19
Apple is closing all seventeen of their company-owned retail stores in Italy “until further notice” as the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak severely…
British PM Boris Johnson to meet with major tech companies to discuss ways to control coronavirus outbreak
British PM Boris Johnson has summoned major tech companies to discuss ways of improving communication with the public over a coronavirus outbreak…
Coronavirus conference canceled due to coronavirus
The Council on Foreign Relations has canceled a coronavirus conference called “Doing Business Under Coronavirus” due to the spread of COVID-19…
Apple News adds special section dedicated to coronavirus coverage
In an attempt to help users stay updated on the coronavirus outbreak, Apple News today is rolling out a section dedicated to coronavirus coverage…
Trump administration to meet with Apple, others to discuss ways to control coronavirus outbreak
Trump administration officials will meet reps from Apple and other large tech companies on Wednesday to coordinate efforts over the coronavirus outbreak…
Morningstar: COVID-19 market sell-off a ‘gross overreaction’ to a ‘severe but manageable flu’
Morningstar’s biotech strategist Karen Anderson and energy analyst Preston Caldwell are calling the COVID-19 market sell-off a “gross overreaction” to a…
An Apple-centric guide to working remotely to avoid coronavirus transmission
We’ve been working remotely for nearly 18 years now. Breaks are critical and we highly recommend daily exercise. We’re currently challenging ourselves…
Apple employee in Ireland tests positive for coronavirus
A employee at Apple Distribution International in Cork, Ireland has tested positive for coronavirus. The employee was tested for COVID-19…
Apple gives unlimited sick leave to retail, hourly workers with COVID-19 symptoms
Apple hourly employees, including Apple Retail Store workers, are getting unlimited sick leave if they experience COVID-19 symptoms. Apple has also offered…
Apple lost $100 billion in market value in trading today
Today in Wall Street panicking, er… trading, Apple plunged $100 billion in value while Microsoft plummeted by $83.6 billion as the broader market…
‘Today at Apple’ canceled in Seattle and San Francisco due to coronavirus
Apple has canceled all of its “Today at Apple” sessions in Apple Retail Stores in Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area
Coronavirus worries spark panic-driven sell-off on Wall Street
Today, amidst a veritable Wall Street panic, all three major U.S. stock averages opened sharply lower in a plunge so steep it triggered a trading halt…
Apple: It’s now okay to use disinfect your iPhone with disinfecting wipes
Apple now says it’s okay to use Clorox Disinfecting Wipes and other disinfectants to clean your iPhone and other Apple devices, but you shouldn’t use…
Apple CEO Cook offers work from home to many employees this week
Apple CEO Tim Cook offered in a new memo to employees offered many global offices the option to work from home. Cook told employees at several…
Apple sells fewer than 500,000 iPhones in China in Feb. amid COVID-19
In February, Apple sold fewer than 500,000 iPhones in China, according to Chinese government data released on Monday…
NYC retailers run out of iPhone 11 supply due to COVID-19
Many New York City-area retailers have either run out of stock or are running low on iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and Phone 11 Pro Max supply…
SXSW canceled over coronavirus, Austin mayor declares ‘local disaster’
Austin, Texas mayor Steve Adler has just declared “a local disaster” and “effectively” canceled South By Southwest (SXSW) amid the coronavirus outbreak…
Apple encourages Valley employees to work from home
Apple is encouraging employees in Silicon Valley to work from home today if they can as an “additional precaution,” due to the coronavirus outbreak…
Despite COVID-19, Apple’s iPhone production is up over last year
In a new research note to clients, UBS analyst Timothy Arcuri reports that Apple’s iPhone production is up YOY with the company having built…
All ‘Today At Apple’ sessions canceled in Italy due to coronavirus
Due to the coronavirus outbreak, Apple has cancelled all of its Today At Apple sessions throughout Italy, one of the world’s hardest hit countries…
Apple is not accepting coronavirus tracking apps that aren’t from recognized institutions
Apple is rejecting coronavirus tracking apps that aren’t from recognized institutions like doctors, hospitals, or governments, app developers say…
Apple supplier Foxconn’s revenue drops 18.13% YOY due to coronavirus
In the wake and continued midst of the COVID-19 coronavirus slowdown, Apple supplier Foxconn reported its biggest year-over-year revenue drop since 2013…
Apple pulls out of SXSW 2020 over coronavirus concerns, cancels planned Apple TV+ premieres
As concerns heighten over the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, Apple has pulled out of their participation in the South by Southwest (SXSW) 2020 festival…
Apple warns retail stores about replacement iPhone shortage
Apple has warned technical support staff at the company’s retail stores to expect shortages of replacement iPhones, another sign the coronavirus…
Apple supplier Skyworks sees no significant production disruptions from coronavirus
Skyworks, a chip supplier to Apple, said on Wednesday the coronavirus has not significantly disrupted its manufacturing operations…
Apple supplier Dialog Semiconductor sees Chinese chip supply chain near full capacity by month-end
Apple supplier Dialog Semiconductor said on Wednesday it expected Chinese chip supply chain and contract manufacturers to return to normal in Q2…
Apple temporarily closes some retail stores in Italy due to coronavirus
Apple is set to temporarily close a single retail store location in a shopping mall in Italy, Apple Oriocenter, on March 7th and 8th on orders from…
Apple restricts employee travel to Italy, South Korea due to coronavirus
After restricting employee travel to China, Apple is now doing the same for Italy and South Korea, due to concerns over the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak.
iPhone assembler Foxconn expects China factories to return to normal by month end
Foxconn, Apple’s iPhone assembler, expects its factories in China to return to normal by the end of this month after the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak…
Apple stock just had an historic day on Wall Street
The U.S. stock market on Monday had an historic rally. Apple stock surged 9.3%, the stock’s largest single day move in more than 11 years…
Woz and his wife don’t have coronavirus, just a sinus infection
Earlier today, Apple co-founder Steve “Woz” Wozniak tweeted that he might have the COVID-19 coronavirus. It turns out to be just a sinus infection…
Woz and his wife may be the first U.S. COVID-19 coronavirus cases
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak today tweeted that he and his wife may have the first in the U.S. – patients zero – to have the COVID-19 coronavirus …
Tim Cook and Apple bet everything on China. Oops.
More people are now asking if Apple CEO Tim Cook has made Apple too dependent by betting everything on China. Cook, since joining Apple more than 20 years ago…
Apple shares surge as investors buy the coronavirus dip
Shares of Apple surged back from a 4-month low to jump 6.3% and lift the S&P 500 more than any other company. The stock market bounced back on Monday…
Apple sends care packages with iPads and more to employees stranded in China
Apple has sent gift packages that include iPads, hand sanitizers, disinfecting wipes, face masks, and more to its employees stranded in China…
A dog in Hong Kong tests positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus
The World Health Organization confirmed that a dog in Hong Kong has tested “weakly positive” for the COVID-19 coronavirus. Hong Kong scientists…
