Apple today announced Self Service Repair is now available in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the UK…
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Apple hiked iPhone 14 series prices in key markets; kept price the same in America
With rampant inflation persisting in the U.S. and elsewhere, and a global recession on the horizon, observers were keenly interested in…
Germany examines Apple’s App Tracking Transparency privacy rules
On Tuesday, Germany’s Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office) is looking into Apple’s App Tracking Transparency privacy rules…
ASML preps new $400 million machine to create next-generation chips
ASML, a semiconductor industry and stock market giant is now preparing to roll out a new $400 million machine for next-generation chips…
TSMC in talks with German government about potential new chip plant
Major Apple supplier TSMC is in early talks with the German government about potentially establishing a plant in Germany …
Apple Rosenthaler Straße opens on December 2nd in Berlin
Apple today previewed Apple Rosenthaler Straße, the first Apple Store in the Mitte borough of Berlin. Situated on the eastern side of the…
Apple donates to flood relief efforts in Western Europe
Apple will donate to flood relief efforts in Western Europe, where torrential rains have ravaged Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and…
Show your love of country with new Apple Watch International Collection bands and faces
Apple is launching the International Collection bands for Apple Watch, featuring 22 limited-edition Sport Loop bands with colorful designs…
iPhone 12 Pro rescued from bottom of Berlin canal via MagSafe
It‘s been a couple of days since Frederik Riedel’s friend dropped his iPhone 12 Pro into a canal in Kreuzberg in Berlin. How the two men…
Apple to open $1.2B chip design center in Munich
Apple will expand Munich into its European Center for Chip Design, hire hundreds of new employees and build a new, state-of-the-art location…
European activist files complaints against Apple’s ‘Identifier for Advertisers’
Noyb filed complaints on Monday with German and Spanish data protection authorities over Apple’s Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA)…
European markets tumble over fears of widespread COVID-19 lockdowns
Stock indexes across Europe were in the red on Wednesday as fears of COVID-19 lockdowns in Germany and France grip the continent…
Apple iPhone gains significant market share in Germany
Apple gained share as the company’s new iPhone SE 2020 hit the sweet spot in Germany, even as the country’s smartphone market…
UK makes U-turn; to use Apple-Google contract-tracing API
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…
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…
