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Apple's Tim Cook got big pay bump in 2018: filing

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 09 03:08 PM

Apple's compensation committee cited the company's strong sales performance over the year in justifying the bonus. Read more »

China's Huawei punishes employees for New Year tweet using iPhone

Sijia Jiang, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 04 01:57 PM

Huawei on New Year's Day wished followers a "Happy #2019" in a tweet marked sent "via Twitter for iPhone."   Read more »

Apple warning pummels markets worried about growth outlook

Ben Perry, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 04 08:07 AM

Technology stocks led a selloff in equities after Apple, blaming weaker iPhone sales in China, late on Wednesday cut its revenue forecast for the first time in nearly 12 years. Apple's US-listed shares closed down 10 percent. Read more »

Apple's bombshell and the trillion-dollar question

Rob Lever, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 04 08:01 AM

Apple's rare admission on Wednesday cited steeper-than-expected "economic deceleration" in China and emerging markets and noted that trade frictions between Washington and Beijing were taking a toll on its smartphone sales. Read more »

Cyber researcher cancels public talk on hacking Apple's Face ID

Jim Finkle and Stephen Nellis, Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 07:05 AM

A cyber security researcher canceled a hacking conference briefing on how he said he could crack biometric facial recognition on Apple Inc iPhones, at the request of his employer, which called the work "misleading." Read more »

Yen soars, Aussie tumbles as fresh growth worries trigger FX 'flash crash'

Vatsal Srivastava, Reuters
Posted at Jan 03 10:12 AM

Charging the risk averse mood was Apple Inc's move on Wednesday to cut its sales forecast for its latest quarter, on slowing iPhone sales in China. That followed a series of surveys that showed factory activity weakening across much of Europe and Asia in December. Read more »

Apple cuts outlook, sees 'challenges' in China, emerging markets

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 03 07:14 AM

The rare revenue warnings from Apple suggested weaker-than-anticipated sales of iPhones and other gadgetry, in part because of trade frictions between Washington and Beijing. Read more »

Apple to pull some iPhones in Germany as Qualcomm extends global wins

Jörn Poltz and Stephen Nellis, Reuters
Posted at Dec 21 12:36 PM

Chip supplier Qualcomm Inc won a second court skirmish in its worldwide patent battle with Apple Inc on Thursday, with the iPhone maker saying it would pull some older models from its German stores. Read more »

China court bans iPhone sales in patent dispute: Qualcomm

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 11 08:31 AM

The move marked the latest in a long-running dispute over patents and royalties between Apple and Qualcomm, playing out in courts and administrative bodies worldwide. Read more »

Microsoft topples Apple, returns to the top of the world

Rob Lever, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 03 07:58 AM

Microsoft regained its title as the world's most valuable company when it closed Friday at a higher market value than Apple for the first time since 2010, after a brief move ahead of the iPhone maker earlier in the week. Read more »

Google extends telecom service Fi to iPhones

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 29 08:13 AM

Freshly renamed "Google Fi" service aims to take on traditional carriers by letting people pay based on how much data they use and roam internationally. Read more »

Trump says he expects to raise China tariffs: Wall Street Journal

Reuters
Posted at Nov 27 08:25 AM

Ahead of his high-stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Argentina, Donald Trump said it was "highly unlikely" he would accept China's request to hold off on the increase, which is due to take effect on Jan. 1. Read more »

Apple faces threat from ascendant Chinese phones: analysis

Stephen Nellis, Reuters
Posted at Nov 15 08:20 AM

For the past year, investors had largely been willing to overlook stagnating unit sales of the iPhone because average selling prices kept rising. But it now faces fierce competition from mid-priced phones from makers such as Xiaomi Corp. Read more »

Fears of peak iPhone sales rattle Asian Apple suppliers

Jess Macy Yu and Heekyong Yang, Reuters
Posted at Nov 13 06:47 PM

Shares in Asian suppliers and assemblers for Apple Inc fell on Tuesday after several component makers warned of weaker than expected results, leading some market watchers to call the peak for iPhones in several key markets. Read more »

Q&A: Smartphones raising a mentally fragile generation

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 13 12:20 PM

San Diego State University psychology professor Jean Twenge sees smartphones and social media as raising an unhappy, compliant "iGen." Read more »

Apple, Goldman Sachs send Wall Street tumbling

April Joyner, Reuters
Posted at Nov 13 06:53 AM

Apple shares fell 5 percent after several suppliers to the company, including Lumentum Holdings Inc, whose components power the iPhone's Face ID technology, cut their forecasts. Apple's decline impeded the tech-heavy Nasdaq, which fell more than 2 percent. Read more »

Apple finds problems in some iPhone X and MacBook Pro models

Reuters
Updated as of Nov 12 11:39 AM

The repair offer for the iPhone X and the MacBook Pro are the latest in a string of product quality problems over the past year even as Apple has raised prices for most of its laptops, tablets and phones to new heights. Read more »

Holiday Gift Guide: The best smartphones even you wouldn’t mind receiving

Tony Velasquez
Updated as of Nov 10 04:17 PM

Some are smarter than others, but it all depends on the person you’re giving it to. Read more »

Apple delivers strong profits, but shares slip on outlook

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 02 06:19 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - Apple on Thursday delivered stronger than expected profits in the recently ended quarter, but shares slid on disappointing iPhone sales and the forecast going into the year-end holiday. Read more »

Worried about iPhone eavesdroppers? China says Trump may need a Huawei

Reuters
Posted at Oct 25 06:26 PM

China's foreign ministry has some suggestions for the Trump administration if they are worried about foreign eavesdropping on the U.S. president's iPhone: use a Huawei handset instead. Read more »