Tag: Apple

San Francisco: Apple has started sending out notifications to users of its Apple Watch announcing the commencement of its “Heart Survey”, the media reported. In November 2017, Apple had asked the users of its Apple Watch if they wanted to take part in a study called the “Apple Heart Survey” being conducted by the technology […]

San Francisco: Buoyed by iPhone sales in the holiday season, Apple posted a record revenue of $88.3 billion — a 13 per cent increase from a year-ago — for the first quarter of fiscal 2018 that ended on December 30. According to the company, it now has 1.3 billion active installed base of devices globally. […]

San Francisco: The latest Apple iOS 11.3 update supports Advanced Mobile Location (AML) that automatically sends a user’s location to emergency services when the user calls. “Additional iOS 11.3 features include support for Advanced Mobile Location (AML) to automatically send a user’s current location when making a call to emergency services in countries where AML […]

San Francisco: Taking on Amazon and Google, Apple has announced that it will release the HomePod on February 9 and the pre-orders for the device will start from January 26 in the US, Britain and Australia. According to The Verge, the smart speaker — that will use Siri voice assistant — will then arrive in […]

San Francisco: Apple has announced to contribute $350 billion to the US economy over the next five years that includes an estimated $55 billion investment this year. The investments will concentrate in three areas where Apple has had the greatest impact on job creation: direct employment by Apple, spending and investment with Apple’s domestic suppliers […]

San Francisco: The Computer History Museum in California has planned to release Apple’s legendary Lisa operating system (OS) for free as open source this year, the media reported. The Mountain View-based museum announced that the source code for Lisa, Apple’s computer that predated the Mac, has been recovered and was being reviewed by the tech […]

San Francisco: Contrary to the reports of Apple launching a video subscription product in 2018 to counter Netflix, analysts from Citi have said that the iPhone maker could possibly buy the entertainment company by taking advantage of US President Donald Trump’s corporate tax cut. According to Citi analysts, Jim Suva and Asiya Merchant, there is […]

San Francisco: As part of its $1 billion Advanced Manufacturing Fund to support innovation and job creation by American manufacturers, Apple has invested $390 million in optical communication component manufacturer Finisar whose technology has made the iPhone’s Face ID feature viable. The fund was awarded to increase the production of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs), which […]

San Francisco: Apple is reportedly acquiring popular music recognition app Shazam for a likely sum of nearly $400 million, media reported. According to a report in TechCrunch on Saturday, the iPhone maker may officially announce the deal on Monday. “One source describes the deal as in the nine figures; another puts it at around $401 […]

San Francisco: While Facebook has become the best place to work in America, Cupertino-based tech giant Apple has tumbled to number 84 this year from its 36th position last year in the leading job website Glassdoor’s “100 Best Places to Work in the US”. Apple still remains a highly rated employer — with 4.3 out […]

Shanghai: Hinting at a possible resumption of a harmonius relationship with China, Google’s India-born Chief Executive Sundar Pichai on Sunday said that a lot of the tech giant’s work actually helps Chinese companies. Attending the fourth edition of the Chinese state-run “World Internet Conference” in Wuzhen, near Shanghai, Pichai said that many small and medium-sized […]

New Delhi: Aiming to take on OnePlus 5T, Huawei’s sub-brand Honor is to bring its bezel-less V10 smartphone with an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled chipset — the first from Honor — to India in January. Industry sources told IANS that V10 is likely to be launched in the China market early this week and Honor will […]

San Francisco: Following recent reports that Apple was working with LG on a future foldable iPhone, the company has filed a patent application for a unnamed foldable device which can be “opened and closed like a book”. “An electronic device may have a flexible portion that allows the device to be folded. The device may […]

San Francisco: Apple has postpone the release of its new smart home speaker HomePod until next year and reportedly said that it required more time to work on it. “We can’t wait for people to experience HomePod, Apple’s breakthrough wireless speaker for the home, but we need a little more time before it’s ready for […]

New Delhi: Apple’s much awaited iPhone X was launched in India amid heavy demand on Friday but only few people who had pre-booked it received their units as retailers and online players were handed over a thin supply of the device on Day 1. At the iWorld Store in North Delhi’s Kamla Nagar, only three […]