In a major U-turn, the UK is ditching the way its COVID-19 contact-tracing app works and shifting to a model based on technology provided by Apple…
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German contact-tracing app launches as EU eyes revival of travel and tourism
The German government pitched the new contact-tracing app, called Corona-Warn-App, to the country on Tuesday. The app, which works on Apple iPhones and…
France’s centralized contact-tracing app approved by lawmakers, to launch this weekend
In France, the government’s contact-tracing app project was approved by the lower house of parliament on Wednesday, paving the way for a weekend launch…
Apple Retail Stores to reopen in Germany on May 11th
Apple is expanding on recent moves to reopen retail stores in South Korea, Austria, and Australia. The company will reopen its 15 stores across Germany …
Loose European coalition forms on coronavirus contact tracing
A loose European coalition is forming around an approach to using smartphone technology for coronavirus contact tracing. Supporters of the decentralized…
UK’s NHS COVID-19 contact-tracing app is fatally flawed and likely illegal
The United Kingdom’s NHS COVID-19 contact-tracing app is fatally flawed and likely illegal. “Britain is sleepwalking into another coronavirus disaster…
France accuses Apple of undermining the country’s ‘StopCovid’ app
France accused Apple of undermining its effort by refusing to help make its iPhones work with the government’s planned “StopCovid” contact-tracing app …
France continues to insist on centralized COVID-19 contact tracing while Apple refuses to budge
The government of France continues to insist on centralized COVID-19 contact tracing while Apple refuses to budge. France’s state-supported “StopCOVID” app…
Britain’s NHS rejects Apple-Google COVID-19 contact-tracing scheme
Britain’s NHS has rejected the Apple-Google COVID-19 contact-tracing scheme. The UK’s coronavirus contact-tracing app is set to use a different model…
Apple and Google look to rebrand ‘contact tracing’ as ‘exposure notification’
Apple and Google, working together on a COVID-19 contact tracing system are now rebranding their tools as “exposure notification.”
Germany dumps centralized COVID-19 contact tracing plan, backs Apple – Google approach
Germany changed course on Sunday over which type of smartphone technology it wanted to use to attempt a COVID-19 contact tracing architecture, ditching…
‘Naked’ investors, not COVID numbers, will determine market performance
Naked investors who went all-in on stocks might sell once they recoup some of their losses, which could lead to a bigger decline in the market…
Disney+ launches in the UK, Spain, Italy, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, and Austria
Disney+ launches today in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, and Switzerland. The service will launch in France on April 7th…
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…
‘App Store Confidential’ hits No. 2 on bestseller list in Germany
After Apple became embroiled in a publishing spat in Germany by trying to halt sales of a book, “App Store Confidential,” the book has hit No. 2 on the…
Apple supplier AMS tops fourth-quarter revenue forecast
Apple supplier AMS reported fourth-quarter revenues above its own forecast amid strong demand for high-end smartphones. The Austrian group, which is…
Disney+ launch moved up in UK, Western Europe to March 24
The Disney+ launch has been moved up a week. Those in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and Austria…
Apple reveals which governments requested the most user data
In their biannual “Apple Transparency Report: Government and Private Party Requests” report, Apple reveals which governments requested the most user data …
German law set to force Apple to grant banks, payment rival access to iPhone’s secure NFC chip
Banks and payment service rivals complain that Apple restricts access to iPhone’s secure NFC chip…
Apple supplier AMS acquires 59% of Osram shares
AMS, known for supplying Apple with sensors for iPhones, wants to build a leader in integrated sensors and lights and develop systems for…
Apple warns of security risks from German law to force open Apple Pay system to rivals
Apple said on Friday moves in Germany to force it to open up its Apple Pay mobile payments system…
Apple Pay expands to additional banks in Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands
ING supporting Apple Pay in Germany is notable after a lengthy waiting period following the original announcement…
Amazon Music now available on Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Starting today, customers can download the Amazon Music app from the App Store for Apple TV and get access to stream millions of songs and thousands of playlists and stations on Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD…
Apple CEO Tim Cook talks climate change, fake news, and more during speech to students in Italy
Tim Cook has been busy traveling Europe over the last week, and his latest stop is in Italy…
Apple supplier TSMC counter-sues U.S. chip rival GlobalFoundries for patent infringement
Apple Inc supplier TSMC has counter-sued smaller contract chipmaking rival GlobalFoundries Inc in the United States, Germany and Singapore…
Tim Cook visits Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich
Apple CEO Tim Cook has traveled to Germany this week to visit local Apple employees and App Store developers…
GlobalFoundries sues TSMC for patent infringement, seeks U.S. and German import bans
In a move to highlight its investment in the United States amid an intensifying U.S. trade war with China over Beijing’s alleged unfair practices involving technology transfers and intellectual property…
Dow plunges 800 points in worst day of 2019
A selloff in U.S. stocks accelerated into Wednesday afternoon after the bond market flashed its brightest warning signal…
Analyst: Goldman Sachs spends $350 for every Apple Card customer; may lose money on credit card in the next recession
An analyst estimates that Goldman Sachs spends $350 to acquire each new Apple Card holder and thinks the bank will begin to break even on a customer after four years…
U.S. Treasury bond curve inverts for first time since 2007 in recession warning
In a classic sign of investor concern that the world’s biggest economy could be heading for recession, the U.S. Treasury bond yield curve inverted on Wednesday for the first time since 2007…
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…
Why the Apple Card is better than a regular credit card
Apple Card completely rethinks everything about the credit card. It represents all the things Apple stands for. Like simplicity, transparency, security, and privacy…
Apple Card launch imminent as Apple trademark filings appear
With Apple’s new payment card appearing to be set for imminent launch in the U.S.A…
iPhone users can scan German ID cards in iOS 13; many other countries expected to follow
The Federal Ministry of the Interior has announced that it will be possible to scan German ID cards with an iPhone running iOS 13…
Prior to settlement, Apple got Qualcomm’s fake patent injunction lifted in Germany
Days before the sudden settlement between Apple and Qualcomm, a German appeals court…
Testimony on stolen patent deals huge blow to Qualcomm’s San Diego infringement case against Apple
The ongoing Qualcomm v. Apple patent infringement trial in San Diego…
Former Apple engineer says Qualcomm tech was his idea but doesn’t claim inventor status
A former Apple engineer testified Monday that some of his ideas are at the heart of a contentious…
Apple loses star witness Arjuna Siva in Qualcomm trial
Apple said Thursday that its star witness in a patent trial against Qualcomm doesn’t intend to appear…
Apple says Qualcomm stole idea for smartphone boot-up tech from engineer
Apple and Qualcomm kicked off the latest chapter in a long-running legal battle…
The Qualcomm v. Apple patent jury won’t get these simple, brutally honest instructions
Obviously, the jury will get nonjudgmental instructions in accordance with the law from Judge Dana M. Sabraw, but…
Qualcomm puts value of its patent portfolio on line in Apple jury trial
Qualcomm Inc. is putting the value of its patent portfolio on the line in a California courtroom…
Qualcomm launches patent challenge to Apple ahead of antitrust case
Qualcomm Inc on Monday kicks off a patent challenge to Apple Inc, capping off a two-year legal strategy…
