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Apple negotiating with Middle East banks to deliver Apple Pay to Israel
Apple is in negotiations with banks in the Middle East to deliver Apple Pay to Israel where many businesses have recently adopted…
Apple supplier Wistron to make PCBs for iPhone in new plant in India
Highlighting Apple’s expansion of manufacturing in India, Taiwan’s Wistron Corp plans to assemble printed circuit boards (PCBs) for iPhones in India …
Mac usage at SAP doubles as Apple grows in the enterprise
Mac usage at SAP has doubled in just over a year as Apple shows continued enterprise growth. There are almost 26,000 Macs in use across SAP at this point…
Apple’s iPhone isn’t made in China — it’s made everywhere
Apple’s iPhone isn’t made in China, it’s made everywhere. Apple’s iPhone may be calculated as a Chinese import, but is reality…
FusionLens for iPhone takes your photography to a whole new level
FusionLens for iPhone promises to take your iPhone photography to a whole new level. FusionLens is an optical system designed for capturing…
You can now purchase a SIM-free iPhone and pay over time with Apple Card
For a limited time, you can now purchase a SIM-free iPhone and pay over time with no interest using your Apple Card. The purchase must be completed…
Samsung warns on phone sales amid strong demand for Apple iPhones
Samsung warned of weaker phone sales on Thursday after Apple set a new all-time quarterly revenue record and gave a positive iPhone sales outlook…
EU lawmakers, eyeing Apple, overwhelmingly call for standard device charger
EU lawmakers overwhelmingly called on Thursday for rules to establish a standard charger for all mobile device makers across Europe…
Jeff Bezos’ hacked iPhone had Apple’s vaunted security, and that may have helped its alleged hackers
A security report last week alleged that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos received a WhatsApp message laden with code that secretly hacked…
Apple’s iPhone is back and analysts say it’s here to stay
Analysts said strong demand led to iPhone sales, spurred by trade-in programs and discounts on older models. Apple’s iPhone is back and it’s here to stay…
Is Apple’s three-year iPhone design cycle too long?
Some people, especially on social media channels, are saying that Apple’s three-year iPhone design cycle too long. They long for the days of a new…
iPhone takes 24.3% smartphone share across five major EU markets
Data reveals that Apple’s iPhone accounts for 24.3% of all smartphone sales across the five major European markets (EU5), with share also up across Urban China, USA, Japan and Australia…
Why Apple is right to oppose an iPhone backdoor for law enforcement
Apple is right to continue opposing an iPhone backdoor for law enforcement. Creating a “backdoor” would undermine cybersecurity and privacy for everyone…
Apple Pay arrives for Curve customers across Europe
Apple Pay arrives for Curve customers today. With Apple Pay on iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad and Mac, customers can make fast and convenient purchases in stores, in apps, and on websites…
Apple asks suppliers to boost iPhone production by more than 10%
Apple has asked suppliers to make as many as 80 million iPhone units in the first half of 2020…
Asian suppliers warn Apple about potential Wuhan coronavirus impact
Apple suppliers warned that the Wuhan coronavirus affect could Apple. The over 10% increase vs. last year’s iPhone production that Apple recently…
Behind the scenes of Imagination Technologies’ company-saving deal with Apple
It’s been a very rocky few years for Imagination Technologies. Then, on January 2, 2020, Imagination announced a new, company-saving deal with Apple …
iOS 14 supported devices said to include all iOS 13-capable devices, including iPhone SE
This year’s iOS 14 release will support all iOS 13-capable devices, including iPhone SE, but iPadOS 14 will have to eliminate support for some devices…
Must-have apps for iPhone and iPad
Every year in late October, I start putting together a rough list of candidates for my annual ‘Must-Have Apps’ story. Two themes emerged…
It’s a bad idea for the EU to force Apple to dump iPhone’s Lightning port
Apple disagrees with the European Union’s idea. It’d be a lose-lose-lose situation for the EU to force Apple to dump iPhone’s Lightning port …
Apple pushes back against EU call for common phone charger
Apple on Thursday again pushed back against European Union lawmakers’ call for a common phone charger standard, warning the move could hamper innovation…
Apple increases iPhone processor orders due to strong demand
Apple has tasked processor supplier TSMC to increase its output of A13 Bionic iPhone processors this quarter due to higher-than-anticipated iPhone demand…
Apple’s new low-cost iPhone starts mass production next month
As Apple looks to address a wider section of the global smartphone market, suppliers are slated to begin assembly of an all-new low-cost iPhone next month…
President Trump demands Apple unlock iPhones
Trump demands Apple unlock iPhones – again. U.S. President Donald Trump has reiterated his stance on Apple’s refusal to unlock iPhones for investigators…
This $10 million NYC lab is dedicated to breaking into Apple iPhones
There’s a $10 million lab in New York City that’s dedicated to breaking into Apple iPhones overseen by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.
iPhone vs. Android: Hidden iPhone feature is a big advantage over Android
When it comes to iPhone vs. Android, Apple often comes out on top; likely because they invented the modern smartphone while Google is just trying to approximate it for the less discerning…
Entrepreneur to Congress: Apple’s App Store appeals process would make ‘Kafka blush’
Basecamp founder David Heinemeier Hansson said that Apple’s system of appeals is so difficult to navigate that it would make Kafka blush…
This iPhone revenue chart of the past decade is crazy
This iPhone revenue chart is breathtaking. It shows just how huge the iPhone is compared to Apple’s other businesses:
President Trump demands iPhone backdoors, putting all iPhones at risk
President Trump is ratcheting up the pressure on Apple to unlock two iPhones used by an Islamic terrorist suspect in a shooting at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in December…
Analysts expect Apple to drop Lightning from iPhone next year
Echoing uber-analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Barclays analysts see the potential for Apple to drop the Lightning connector from at least one iPhone model in 2021…
FBI successfully unlocks iPhone 11 Pro, so why is it demanding Apple unlock older iPhones?
Senator Ron Wyden’s office has asked the Department of Justice to explain why it is making public demands for backdoors if it has already used the tool to access the newest iPhones…
Apple CEO Tim Cook has had a remarkable run
Throughout Tim Cook’s tenure as Apple CEO, critics have lamented his lack of “the vision thing,” casting doubt on his ability to launch breakthrough products…
Steve Bannon warns Apple: President Trump is going to ‘drop the hammer’ on you over unlocking iPhones
Steve Bannon, U.S President Trump’s former chief strategist, says that the president is going to “drop the hammer” on getting Apple to work with authorities…
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin urges Apple to work with law enforcement
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday that Apple and other companies should cooperate with U.S. investigators as law enforcement officials continued probing last month’s Islamic terrorist attack…
The FBI doesn’t need Apple to unlock Pensacola terrorist’s iPhones
Forensics firm Cellebrite has released a new update its UFED Physical Analyzer software that could be used to access data on the Pensacola Islamic terrorist’s iPhones…
Apple preps for legal fight with DOJ over encryption
Apple is preparing for a legal battle with the U.S. Justice Department and the Trump administration as the company publicly attempts to defuse the dispute. Apple CEO Tim Cook has assembled a group of top advisers…
As DOJ pressures Apple, researchers say older iPhones are easier to crack
The escalation of a long-running encryption conflict between the Justice Department and Apple Inc. has puzzled security experts who say that new hacking tools have made it possible to gain access to many of the company’s older devices…
EU wants to force all smartphone makers to use the same charging port
Members of the European Parliament want binding measures for chargers to fit all mobile phones and other portable devices…
Apple to A.G. Barr: No, we won’t unlock the Pensacola terrorist’s iPhones
Earlier today U.S. Attorney General William Barr called on Apple to unlock the alleged iPhones of the Islamic terrorist who murdered three people and injured eight others…
U.S. Attorney General Barr complains Apple has provided no ‘substantive assistance’ in accessing terrorist’s iPhones
U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr declared on Monday that a deadly shooting last month at a naval air station in Pensacola, Fla., was an act of Islamic terrorism…
Apple’s 5G ‘iPhone 12’ expected to support ‘true’ mmWave 5G
Uber-analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes that Apple will release new 5G-capable iPhone models that supportboth mmWave and Sub-6GHz later this year…