Apple reaches $2T market value as tech fortunes soar
Comes amid a devastating pandemic that has shoved the economy into a deep recession and caused unemployment rates to soar.
Apple wins big EU court case over US$15B in taxes
EU Commission claimed in 2016 Apple had struck an illegal tax deal with Irish authorities that allowed it to pay extremely low rates.
Report: Apple to shift assembly of Mac Pro from US to China
Apple is still spending US$1 billion on a corporate campus in Austin, Texas.
Apple buys more self driving car technology in latest deal
It confirmed its acquisition of Drive.ai.
Apple deepens Austin ties, expands operations east and west
There are already 6,000 Apple employees in Austin.
Chinese court bans some iPhones over Qualcomm dispute
Qualcomm says the ban covers iPhones 6S through X.
Apple CEO backs privacy laws, warns data being ‘weaponized’
Tim Cook applauded EU authorities for bringing in a strict new data privacy law in May, the GDPR.
Apple, Salesforce teaming up on mobile apps for business
New business apps exclusively for iPhone and iPad.
Trump: Apple can avoid tariffs by shifting production to US
Company makes many of its products for the US market in China, also sells there making it a potential target for Chinese retaliation.
How Apple’s app store changed our world
The app store is now the fasting growing part of Apple’s gigantic business.
Aluminum smelting breakthrough produces oxygen instead of greenhouse gases
Process eliminates greenhouse gas emissions from traditional smelting by producing oxygen.
iPhone X puts exclamation point on Apple’s pricing strategy
Will sell for $999, double what the original iPhone cost a decade ago and more than any other competing device.
Apple tests the bounds of iPhone love with a $1,000 model
Rumoured to feature a sharper OLED screen that extends from edge to edge of the device.
Apple invests $200 million in scratch resistant glass
Money is the first of $1 billion the company plans to spend on US-based companies from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund.
Apple plans $1B expansion at data centre in Nevada
Will hire 100 employees, construction to support an additional 300 jobs.
Apple steps up its effort to emphasize its economic impact
Releases a state-by-state breakdown of where its 80,000 US employees work.
CEOs push back against Trump temporary immigration ban
Companies standing up to the president’s executive order include Apple, Google, Uber, Starbucks and Ford.
Apple’s iPhone changes the world in just 10 years
Revolutionary touch screen doomed Canada’s once-popular BlackBerry.
High court sides with Samsung in patent dispute with Apple
Not required to pay all the profits from 11 phone models; features copied from iPhone only part of Samsung’s devices.
US, Europe fray nerves with crackdowns
Companies of interest include Apple, Volkswagen.
Apple to open app development centre in India
Development lab gives tech-giant an in-road to one of the world’s fastest growing smartphone markets.
Sensing a threat, Detroit’s automakers embrace mobility
Automakers are reinventing themselves as mobility firms due to pressure from agile tech firms like Apple and Uber.
Apple loses Chinese lawsuit over iPhone name
Failed to prove it was a “famous brand” in China before local company’s trademark application in 2007.
Foxconn to buy Japan’s Sharp Corp. for $3.5B
Final agreement to be signed Apr. 2.
Meet Apple’s 29-armed, iPhone recycling robot [VIDEO]
Yields a 97% successful component removal rate.
Apple releases small new iPhone, iPad for business use
iPhone SE will sell for $399 without a contract.
Google’s Alphabet tops Apple as world’s most valuable company
California-based tech giant earned $4.9 billion in net income on revenue of $21.3 billion in Q4.
PC sales fall globally, except for Apple
Computer maker increased the number of Macs it shipped worldwide in 2015.
Apple’s Tim Cook got a raise of more than $1M last year
Tech giant’s CEO earned more than $10 million in 2015.
Samsung wants $399M smartphone award tossed
Appealing to US Supreme Court over Apple patent dispute
Tag Heuer unveils $1,500 luxury smartwatch with Google, Intel
The Tag Heuer Connected adopted the Carrera Calibre mechanical design, uses premium materials, and Google’s Android Wear OS.
Entrepreneurism key to Alberta’s revival, Notley says
Premier says innovation to play increasingly important role as climate change and carbon reductions become more important.
