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Apple, Intel file antitrust case vs SoftBank-owned firm over serial nuisance patent lawsuits
Intel and Apple allege that Fortress and firms it either owned or whose patent portfolios it effectively controlled…
U.S. senator blasts Apple for ‘risking compromise to authoritarianism’ in China
A key U.S. senator warned that Apple and the Chinese-owned music-video app TikTok are threats to international data security…
iOS emulation company Corellium sued by Apple claims using iOS code in their product is legal
On Monday, Corellium, the startup that was sued by Apple for alleged copyright infringement in August, filed its response to the lawsuit…
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz blasts Apple, ‘desperate to make a buck in China,’ for prioritizing profits over principles
I don’t think U.S. companies should be willing to aid and abet oppression and censorship by the Communist government…
Apple CEO Tim Cook joins influential Beijing university board as company’s China woes continue
Apple CEO Tim Cook has been appointed as the chairman of the advisory board at Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management in Beijing, a role which offers access to state leaders…
Ted Cruz, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez among U.S. lawmakers urging Apple to restore Hong Kong police activity tracking app
First Apple pulled the HKmap Live app. Then they reinstated it. Then China criticized Apple, warning of “consequences,” so Apple CEO Tim Cook quickly kowtowed and pulled it again…
Apple CEO Cook meets China regulator after pulling Hong Kong police activity tracking app
Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook met the chief of China’s market regulator in Beijing on Thursday, the Chinese agency said…
Apple accedes to China’s despotic demands
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook has said that “companies should have values, just like people do.”
Apple execs told Apple TV+ content creators not to portray China negatively
Apple’s recent actions in China are a continuation of the company’s years-long practice of appeasing Beijing. To do business in China..
Prominent Hong Kong lawmaker warns Apple of becoming an ‘accomplice for Chinese censorship’
In an open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, A prominent Hong Kong lawmaker and IT entrepreneur, Charles Mok, has warned Apple…
Apple CEO Tim Cook defends removal of Hong Kong police activity tracking app in memo to employees
You have likely seen the news that we made the decision to remove an app from the App Store entitled HKmap.live…
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s continued kowtowing to China is a very bad look
China poses a triple threat to Apple. First, the escalating trade war between the US and China…
Apple removes Quartz news app from App Store in China over Hong Kong coverage
Apple has removed Quartz’s mobile app from the App Store in China after complaints from the Chinese government due to the publication’s ongoing coverage of the Hong Kong protests…
Apple again pulls Hong Kong police activity tracking app from App Store following Chinese warning
The Chinese Communist Party’s official newspaper on Tuesday called the app “poisonous” and decried what it said was Apple’s complicity…
China warns Apple of ‘consequences’ for reinstatement of Hong Kong police activity tracking app
The mouthpiece of the ruling Communist Party slammed a transport app available on Apple’s store that it alleged helped protesters identify police in Hong Kong…
U.S. Supreme Court snubs University of Wisconsin appeal in patent fight with Apple
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a bid by the University of Wisconsin’s patent licensing arm to reinstate its legal victory against Apple…
Apple approves Hong Kong police activity tracking app
Apple Inc.’s App Store reversed a recent decision to reject a Hong Kong app that shows police activity in the midst…
Judge: Nobody in America cares about pixel loss caused by iPhone notch, rounded corners
“There doesn’t seem to be anyone in America” who cares about the iPhone pixel count being down because of rounded edges and the notch, a California federal judge has declared…
Apple pulls Hong Kong police tracking app from App Store, calling it ‘illegal’
Apple has banned an app that allows people in Hong Kong to keep track of protests and police activity in the city state…
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…
Apple sued by customer demanding over $250,000 for not being refunded for devices that were ‘hacked’
A lawsuit has been filed against Apple by private citizen Dana D. Jackson of Minneapolis, Minnesota…
Former Google engineer at center of Waymo-Uber case charged with stealing trade secrets
Anthony Levandowski, the former Google engineer and serial entrepreneur who was at the center of a trade secrets lawsuit between Uber and Waymo…
Apple seeks to shut down Corellium’s unauthorized ‘perfect replicas’ of iOS
Apple has accused Corellium of illegally selling unauthorized virtual copies of iOS under the guise of helping discover security flaws…
Apple sues virtualization software company Corellium
According to documents filed today in Florida, Apple is suing virtualization software company Corellium…
Apple asked the Federal U.S. Court of Appeals for another shot at overturning $439 million patent lawsuit
Apple wants to take another crack at beating patent troll VirnetX in U.S. federal court…
Class action lawsuit alleges Apple of ‘unlawful’ recording of communications
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Apple in regards to recording made via the company’s Siri quality grading program…
Apple vs. VirnetX legal saga continues over $439.8 million FaceTime ruling
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has issued two decisions against Apple and in favor of VirnetX…
New California class action launched over iPhone throttling issue
A collection of 18 plaintiffs have launched a new class action through a U.S. District Court in San Jose, joining cases that have since been consolidated accusing Apple of fraudulent behavior in deliberately throttling older iPhones with weaker batteries…
U.S. Supreme Court’s business-friendly reputation takes a hit
The U.S. Supreme Court in its term that concludes this week was not quite as business friendly as it has been in recent years…
Apartment complex, insurance firm sue Apple over lethal iPad fire
A New Jersey apartment complex and its insurance company are together suing Apple to recover payouts for a Feb. 22, 2017 iPad fire, which killed a tenant of the building, Bradley Ireland…
Judge sanctions plaintiffs’ lawyers in Apple iPhone throttling case
U.S. District Judge Edward Davila in San Jose, California, on Friday said the lawyers’ improper actions warranted a reduction in any fees they are eventually awarded…
Cellebrite claims its new software can crack Apple iPhones and iPads running up to iOS 12.3
Israeli forensics company Cellebrite – which has gained a reputation for unlocking mobile devices like the iPhone…
Apple and antitrust
Last week that the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission were divvying up tech companies for potential antitrust investigations…
U.S. man jailed for not unlocking his iPhone for police
He paid a steep price, spending 44 days behind bars before the THC and gun charges were dropped, the contempt order got tossed and he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor…
Can Apple be trusted with the App Store?
On the App Store, Apple is legislator, judge, jury, and executioner. Apple makes the rules….
Apple defends App Store against developer backlash, says it ‘welcomes competition’
Apple has launched a public relations campaign to counter claims that it uses the App Store…
Apple defends App Store amid mounting criticism
Apple Inc on Wednesday publicly defended its App Store from mounting criticism over its treatment of…
Apple launches new App Store ‘Principles and Practices’ website
Apple has launched a new App Store website which states…
Apple’s App Store: monopoly or miracle?
Launched just a decade ago, Apple’s App Store transformed our interactions with computers, phones, and the internet and remade the world of software…
Apple App Store antitrust case may never make it to trial
The Supreme Court this week ruled in the Apple App Store antitrust case…
Morgan Stanley: App Store antitrust lawsuit to impact Apple stock price for years
The fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to allow an antitrust lawsuit against Apple…
