Tag: Apple

San Francisco: In yet another milestone, Apple’s market capitalisation briefly soared past $800 billion threshold, making it the first company ever with such a mammoth valuation. Apple’s shares closed up 2.7 per cent for the day at $153.01 late on Monday, taking the company to a market value of $797.8 billion, Fortune reported. Earlier, analyst […]

San Francisco: US tech giant Apple is experimenting with wireless charging technologies that could see users charge their iPhones with a Wi-Fi router. “Apple’s patent application for ‘Wireless Charging and Communications Systems With Dual-Frequency Patch Antennas’ is a method for transferring power to electronic devices over frequencies normally dedicated to data communications,” appleinsider.com reported on […]

New York: The titans at the commanding heights of the tech world owe their success to talent from across the globe, according to Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel, who pointed to what could be the Achilles heel of the ‘America First’ policy that seeks to restrict H1-B visas and imports. “Where would Apple […]

New York: Apple has hired Steven Keating, the doctoral student from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) who made a 3D printout of his own brain after he was diagnosed with a tumour, a media report said. According to a report in CNBC on Friday, it is still not known whether Keating is working on one of […]

New York: Customers who need to replace their fourth generation iPad will now get a newer and more capable iPad Air 2 as a substitute from Apple Stores and authorised service providers, a media report said. Apple is doing this because the company has no stock left of the aging and now discontinued fourth generation […]

New Delhi: Xiaomi has become the most preferred smartphone upgrade choice for Indian consumers in 2017, beating popular brands like Samsung and Apple, market research firm Strategy Analytics said on Friday. According to the report, 26 per cent of potential Android buyers looking to upgrade their devices in 2017 list Xiaomi as their preferred brand. […]

Bengaluru: Giving its India growth strategy a fresh impetus, Apple on Friday announced the opening of its App Accelerator in Bengaluru that will provide specialised support for developers to build tools for the iOS platform. Each week, Apple’s team will guide developers to design best practices and refine their skills to create iOS apps. “We are […]

New York: Users of Google’s Android operating system will spend $41 billion in total on apps and subscriptions in 2017, topping $40 billion for Apple, a new report has found. App Annie, which focuses on data related to the mobile-app ecosystem, projected that Apple would still have the most dominant single app store. Apple’s App […]

San Francisco: US tech giant Apple has acquired ‘Workflow,’ a popular iOS tool that allows users combine the functionalities of various apps together to automate normally complex processes, media reported on Friday. ‘Workflow’ enables users to drag and drop any combination of actions to create powerful workflows for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. “We are thrilled […]

New York: Apple said it has partnered with component supplier Ibiden to power all of its manufacturing in Japan with 100 per cent renewable energy. To meet the commitment, Ibiden will invest in more than 20 new renewable energy facilities, including one of the largest floating solar photovoltaic systems in the country. “We are proud […]

Houston:Tech giant Apple has been ordered to pay USD 532.9 million in damages after a federal jury found it guilty of wilful patent infringement. The jury, sitting in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, took eight hours to decide that Apple’s iTunes software infringed three patents belonging to licensing firm Smartflash. […]

New Delhi: Apple has unveiled a new app for delivering news to users of iPhones and iPads. The News app, which was launched at Apple’s world wide developers conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, will give an innovative reading experience with the use of pictures, infographics and custom fonts and layouts. It will be available to […]

San Francisco/New Delhi: Apple’s CEO Tim Cook came on to the stage ON yesterday morning in San Francisco to reveal the technology giant’s music service, OS X update El Capitan, iOS 9 and its Watch OS 2. After being greeted by the crowd, Cook announced the ransom for a Cleveland Indians baseball player whose teammates […]

Apple has overtaken China's Xiaomi to become the largest vendor of smartphones in the Chinese market for the first time, new data showed today

Google has apologised for an image of its android mascot urinating on an Apple logo that went viral on social media this week