Apple pulls plug on wireless charging mat
- 30-Mar-2019
Apple on Friday said it is canceling the AirPower wireless charging mat that the company announced in 2017 on the same day as its iPhone X
Apple finds quality problems in some iPhone X models
- 10-Nov-2018
Apple Inc said on Friday it had found some issues affecting some of its iPhone X and 13-inch MacBook pro products and said the company would fix them free of charge. The repair offers are the latest in a string of product quality problems over the past year even as Apple has raised prices for […]
Apple’s mettle in India tested in squabble over anti-spam app
- 09-Aug-2018
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: In India, the world’s second-biggest smartphone market, Apple Inc’s normally deft management of government relations is being put to a fresh high-stakes test. For almost two years, Apple has battled India’s telecom regulator over a demand that it allow the use of the government’s anti-spam app. Non-compliance, the watchdog threatened last month, could […]
World stocks rise as metals surge mitigates iPhone X woes
- 27-Dec-2017
LONDON: World stocks edged higher on Wednesday as a strong rally in commodities buoyed expectations for a strong year for the global economy in 2018 and helped mitigate concerns over the technology sector triggered by reports of soft iPhone X demand. Oil and copper prices rocketed to multi-year highs, pushing the MSCI world equity index, […]
Apple says illegal student labour discovered at iPhone X plant
- 22-Nov-2017
BEIJING: Smartphone maker Apple and its biggest manufacturing partner on Wednesday said that a small number of students were discovered working overtime in its Chinese factory, violating local labour laws. The students worked voluntarily in the factory for more than 11 hours a day as part of a school internship program at a plant run […]
Vietnamese researcher shows iPhone X face ID ‘hack’
- 14-Nov-2017
HANOI: A researcher in Vietnam has demonstrated how he apparently fooled Apple’s face recognition ID software on its new iPhone X using a mask made with a 3D printer, silicone and paper tape. An announcement on Friday by Bkav, a Vietnamese cybersecurity firm, that it had cracked Apple’s Face ID, and a subsequent video apparently […]
Apple admits screen problems in ‘the most expensive’ iPhone X
- 07-Nov-2017
CALIFORNIA: As Apple’s newly-launched iPhone X continues to fetch profits for the company, buyers of the expensive handset, on the other hand, are encountering a problem they shouldn’t have expected. Apple’s iPhone X went on sale last Friday with queues at Apple Stores around the world as fans hoped to get their hands on the […]
Apple’s iPhone X hits stores as profits soar
- 03-Nov-2017
Apple’s flagship iPhone X hit stores around the world on Friday, as the company predicted bumper sales despite the handset’s eye-watering price tag and celebrated a surge in profits. Apple enthusiasts around the globe were lining up to get their hands on the new device which features facial recognition, cordless charging and an edge-to-edge screen […]
iPhone X sales: Apple nears trillion-dollar in market cap
- 03-Nov-2017
SAN FRANCISCO: AppleInc Chief Executive Tim Cook quashed concerns recently about muted demand for the iPhone X, saying pre-orders for the 10th anniversary smartphone were “off the charts,” but it might be the company’s market capitalization that needs a bigger graph. Positive reviews for the new device and expectations that many users are on the verge of upgrading from […]
App developer access to iPhone X face data spooks some privacy experts
- 02-Nov-2017
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple won accolades from privacy experts in September for assuring that facial data used to unlock its new iPhone X would be securely stored on the phone itself. But Apple’s privacy promises do not extend to the thousands of app developers who will gain access to facial data in order to build entertainment features […]